A Tullahoma man is being held in the Coffee County Jail on a $44,000 bond after being arrested for the same offence for the 16th time, March 29th on Highway 55. 40 year old Nathaniel Allen Love of the Old Tullahoma Highway, Tullahoma was charged with driving on his 16th charge of driving on a revoked or suspended driver license. He was also charged with his second offense of being a Habitual traffic offender. Nathaniel Allen Love is scheduled to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court on April...

A member of the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s East Bureau Interdiction Plus team arrested two men on drug related charges in Coffee County last Friday, March 27. Driver Osman Mohamed, 40, of Kansas City, Kan., and passenger Sheikh Abdulqadir, 57, of Kansas City, Mo., were arrested and charged with possession of schedule IV drugs with intent to resale. They were transported to the Coffee County jail. While patrolling a stretch of Interstate 24 in Coffee County, Trooper Brent McCawley stopped a Toyota Corolla for littering near the 109 mile marker on the westbound side of the interstate. Upon initial contact,...

Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Libya caused oil prices to briefly spike last week nationwide, but stayed about the same in Tennessee. “The increase in oil came at a time when gasoline supplies in Florida are already tight,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “March is the peak month for gasoline demand in Florida, because the weather warms up, people drive more, and there are more visitors for spring break and Major League Baseball Spring Training. Plus, it is still maintenance season, and refinery gasoline output is reduced.” Oil traders got nervous when fighting broke...

This past weekend three churches were vandalized on Midland Rd. in Bedford County. The churches were Blankenship Methodist, Midland Heights, and Westside Church. Several windows were broken by objects being thrown through the windows. If anyone has information, please contact the investigations division at the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office at 931-684-3232. If your tip leads to an arrest, you could receive a cash reward from Crime...

A new study from Duke University warns against resorting to physical punishment. In the study of 1,000 children and mothers from eight different countries, researchers found that maternal warmth can’t dampen the anxiety and aggression connected to physical punishment. “A parent who is both causing pain to the child by frequently hitting a child, but also saying they love them and hugging them, is very confusing to a child,” says George Holden, a psychology professor at Southern Methodist University. “It’s virtually unanimous that physical punishment is not an effective parenting technique.” Instead of spanking or hitting, experts cited in...

County unemployment rates for February show the rates decreased in all 95 counties. Coffee County went from 6.7 to 5.9 percent. 23,290 people are employed in Coffee County and 1,470 are currently without a job in the county. Warren County’s unemployment rate for February was 6.4 percent it was 7.3 in January. Grundy County dropped from 10.0 percent to 8.7. In Cannon County they went from 7.0 percent to 6.0 percent. Down in Franklin County they dropped from 6.4 to 5.7%. Moore fell from a January rate of 5.8 to 5.1 in February. Our friends in Bedford County saw...

The winter storms hit hard on Tennessee’s landscape. Heavy ice brought down limbs and trees across the state. Brush pile burning is one of the best ways for landowners to clean up woody debris from the storms. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry is reminding citizens that outdoor burning requires a permit through May 15. “Burning woody debris from the ice storms is an efficient way of getting rid of such material,” State Forester Jere Jeter said. “However, it is very important that citizens be safe when conducting a debris burn. Obtaining a burn permit in advance...