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Judge Lowers Bond For Murder Suspect
Last week Coffee County Judge Vanessa Jackson lowered the 39 year old accused murder Connie Sanders King’s bond from $500,000 to $75,000. King is facing charges in the murder of Thomas Colucci on Nov. 13, 2012 at a residence on Pocahontas Road near Manchester that they shared. At the time, King was seen running from the house with blood on her screaming hysterically. She claimed that someone broke into the house and assaulted her and killed Colucci. His body was found just inside the garage by authorities. After the murder police later arrested her husband Troy King in California...
Body Found In Shelbyville Identified
The body found alongside Mullins Mill Road in Shelbyville last Monday has been identified as a Murfreesboro woman. Lois Jean Espy, 86, apparently lived alone, Bedford County Sheriff Austin Swing said Thursday, but has family in the Nashville area. Her body was positively identified by the state medical examiner’s office, said Susan Niland, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. A TBI forensics team is searching her residence for possible evidence, officials said. An online telephone directory indicates Espy, whose maiden name was Parker, lived on Battleground Drive in Murfreesboro. Espy’s naked body was found a half-mile north...
Missing Teenager Found
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office says Autumn Spencer has been located and is safe. The Sheriff’s office had been searching for a missing teenager. 16 year old Autumn Spencer was considered a possible runaway. She was last seen on February 20th leaving a residence on Hardbarger Road in Monteagle, TN. The Grundy County Sheriff’s announced they had located the teenager on...
Tennessee Exports Lots Of Goods and Services
Tennessee exported $33 billion worth of goods and services last year – a record amount for the fifth year in a row. The Tennessean reports that the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that Tennessee exports increased 2.2 percent last year over the previous year and 61 percent over 2009. Tennessee helped the U.S. hit an all-time high of $2.35 trillion of exports of goods and services in 2014. Canada got more Tennessee products than any other country, followed by Mexico, China and Japan. Transportation equipment was the leading category of exports, accounting for $7.4 billion of the total $33...
ACT Prep Classes Set For Motlow’s Fayetteville Site
Area high school students planning to take the ACT can prepare for the test by enrolling in an ACT preparation class at the Motlow College Fayetteville Center campus. Classes will meet each Thursday (March 26, April 2, 9, and 16, 2015) from 6 – 9 p.m. in the first building on campus, Room 104. The registration deadline is March 20, and the course is limited to 25 students. Registration forms can be obtained on Motlow’s web site at www.mscc.edu/workforce. Completed forms can be mailed or faxed to the address indicated on the form. However, registration is not complete until...
10-Digit Calling For Some Portions Of Middle Tennessee
DTC Communications would like to remind Middle Tennesseans that Sunday, March 1, 2015, marks the first day of the new 10-digit dialing requirements for making phone calls in the area. This process is being required by the Tennessee Regulatory Authority (TRA) in order to accommodate the newly established (629) area code that now joins the (615) area code. This new “Overlay” option was implemented based on the results of a TRA survey conducted in 2013 in which consumers were asked how best to resolve the issue of limited phone number availability in the existing (615) area code. Starting tomorrow,...
Domestic Dispute Leaves One Man Shot In Coffee County
A shooting occurred on Thursday afternoon in Coffee County at Henley and Son TV, 2202 Woodbury Hwy. According to Coffee County Sheriff Investigator Frank Watkins, James Henley, Sr allegedly shot his son James Henley, Jr after a domestic disagreement with a .380 caliber pistol. Henley, Jr suffered a gunshot wound to his side and was airlifted to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. Henley, Sr suffered an injury and was transported to Medical Center of Manchester for evaluation. Watkins stated that the case will be presented to the Coffee County Grand Jury on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Manchester Police, Coffee...
One Person Killed In I-24 Crash
An accident occurred on Interstate 24 eastbound near mile-marker 121 on Thursday morning just before 10am. According to emergency workers on the scene, it appears a van lost control and went into the median. The driver of the red Saturn car saw the van and was pulling over to apparently assist. An 18-wheeler driven by David Lynn Wright of Illinois was unable to stop in time and rear ended the Saturn causing it to leave the roadway and strike a tree. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the driver of the Saturn, Tracey Michele Hullender age 44 of Villa...
