Two men were arrested recently for auto burglaries by Coffee County Sheriff’s deputies. Christopher Anthony Adams, 22, of Courtnea Lane, Manchester and Bryant Edward Frederick 23, of Indiana were charged with three counts of burglary. According to Sgt. Danny Ferrell of the Sheriff’s Department the two men broke into vehicles and took a GPS, police scanners, guns and a wallet. Adams was also charged with unlawful possession of a...

Coffee County assistant football Coach Randy Horn was driving his 1997 Ford F-150 pickup on Friday morning around 6:50am on I-24 in the left lane near mile-marker 109. According to a report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol the 45 year-old Horn, who is from Smyrna, TN merged into the right lane and continued to the right and exited the roadway. The vehicle traveled down an embankment where it struck a tree and turned over onto its top. After Horn was rescued from the truck he was transported with injuries by Coffee County EMS to Medical Center of Manchester and...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has agreed to hear a legal challenge over a law allowing the state to electrocute death row prisoners if lethal injection drugs are unavailable. The challenge is part of a lawsuit filed by 34 death row inmates over Tennessee’s death penalty protocols – both lethal injection and electrocution. The state wants the court to dismiss the challenge to electrocution protocols because none of the inmates are currently scheduled to die by electrocution. The new electrocution law was meant to jumpstart the state’s stalled execution process, but it opened the door to new legal challenges. The...

Cancer’s effects can stretch far beyond the physical, emotional and psychological problems the disease can have and it is not limited to the individual facing the diagnosis. These are facts that Tullahoma resident Julia Logan-Mayes and her family know all too well. After finding solace, guidance and support in connecting with other cancer patients and their families during her husband’s battle with the disease, Logan-Mayes has dedicated herself to providing that network of caring and understanding to people in the Tullahoma area. Logan-Mayes and her husband, Stephen Logan, were raising their family in San Francisco in 1999 when Stephen...

It’s been over 2 years since we reported the murder of Thomas Colucci, at his residence on Maple Springs Road near Manchester on Nov. 13, 2012. Connie King and Troy Lynn King are accused of killing the man. Their trial is set to begin in May, 2015. Troy was in court this week trying to get his bond lowered. The judge denied his request and King’s bond will remain at $1 million. Connie King has also asked that her bond be lowered from $500,000 to $50,000. Judge Vanessa Jackson will decide soon on that bond reduction...

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday awarded over $47 million to public housing authorities in Tennessee. The funding will allow agencies to make major large-scale improvements to their public housing units. The grants are provided through HUD’s Capital Fund Program, which offers annual funding to approximately 3,100 public housing authorities to build, repair, renovate and/or modernize the public housing in their communities.  These housing authorities use the funding to do large-scale improvements such as replacing roofs or making energy-efficient upgrades to replace old plumbing and electrical systems. The Manchester Housing Authority will receive $80,050 and...