A recent survey by a real estate organization says that Tullahoma and Manchester are two safe places to live in Tennessee. According to a recent survey the Movoto Real Estate blog, an online real estate brokerage company located in California. Tullahoma ranks as the 18th safest town and Manchester ranks 43rd safest town. The blog has been recognized for its approach to city-based research by major news organizations such as Forbes. The survey is based on FBI crime figures for 2012. They looked at several points of data for cities in Tennessee that have a population greater than 10,000...

An armed robbery took place on Wednesday at Mike’s Pharmacy in Tracy City while the pharmacy was closed for lunch between the hours of 1 and 2pm. A masked suspected entered the Pharmacy next and pulled a gun on pharmacy technician Tammy Marshall demanding Xanax and Oxycodone. Marshall said she believed the suspect was a woman and was around 5 feet tall. No one was injured during the robbery and police are currently looking for the...

Tennesseans getting their first bills of 2015 will soon see new charges for 911 services. Under a new law that took effect on Jan. 1, the surcharge for all landlines and mobile phones was set at $1.16 per month. That’s a 16-cent increase for mobile phone users, and a decrease in the fee for business landlines in all 100 emergency communications districts in Tennessee. For residential landlines, the universal $1.16 fee marks an increase for subscribers in 45 districts, and a decrease for those in the remaining 55 where most people paid $1.50 per month. Coffee County Emergency Communications...

Warren County High School and Hickory Creek Elementary School in McMinnville were placed on lock-down briefly Wednesday after a man wanted by authorities ran from a traffic stop near the schools. Warren County Sheriff Jackie Matheny said a suspect, identified as Jeff Hodges, was spotted traveling near the high school and was pulled over by a deputy. Hodge was wanted on a burglary charge. Matheny said Hodges ran from the officer, prompting a foot chase just east of the high school. The Sheriff said Hodges was never on school property and students and staff at the schools were never...

The Manchester City School board will be holding an informational meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday (Jan. 22). The meeting is being held at Westwood Middle School to further discuss the possible school merger issue with teachers, parents and citizens. The meeting is open to the public. A joint meeting of the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen and the city school board will take place next Thursday, Jan 29 beginning at 5:30pm at city hall. In other city related news; at its regular board meeting on Tuesday night Manchester leaders voted to approve a 1% raise for city...

A resolution by the 911 Emergency Communications District Board (911 board) in Coffee County to build a new, $3 million communications center at its current location could be delayed by the county commission’s recent vote to consider using the old jail and sheriff’s quarters for that purpose instead. The existing center is located on Jack Welch Drive, between Manchester and Tullahoma, adjacent to the fairly new 911 communication tower. Although the board’s long-range plans, which already included building the new center at its exiting site, were authorized by the county commission years ago, the commission voted 13 to 6...

Police in Winchester are searching for who they are calling a very dangerous man. Police say 40-year-old Marc Andrew Castle fired more than 20 rounds into a home on North High Street Tuesday. The bullets passed through the house and into a neighboring home. A 70-year-old woman was inside but was uninjured. Castle is now on the loose and authorities are saying he heavily armed. He fled the scene early Tuesday on a bicycle. Castle is described as a white male, 5-feet-9-inches tall, weighing about 180 pounds and is in his mid-30s with a normal build. Anyone who has...

Two chairmen and an internal challenger have been moved out of leadership positions by state House Speaker Beth Harwell. Rep. Judd Matheny was replaced as chairman of the Government Operations Committee, and Rep. Matthew Hill was removed a chairman of the Local Government Committee. Hill cast the deciding vote against Harwell’s measure to allow wine sales in grocery stores in 2013. The measure passed the following year. Matheny, in 2012, mulled a challenge to Harwell for speaker before deciding against it. Rep. Rick Womick, who unsuccessfully challenged Harwell for the Republican nomination for speaker this session, is no longer...