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I-24 Crash Disrupts Traffic For Several Hours
Saturday there was a crash around 1pm involving a tractor trailer that ran off the roadway between mile markers 111 and 110 on I-24 in Coffee County. Wreckers and other emergency crews worked for many hours to remove the truck and debris. TDOT had to close the westbound side on Interstate 24 at the 111 mile marker for a long period of time. The 18-wheeler clipped a light pole, knocking it to the ground. Troopers diverted traffic off onto Exit 111 where people traveled down Interstate Dr. and then got back on the Interstate at Exit 110. Traffic was...
Tullahoma Woman Charged With Attempted First-Degree Murder
An Estill Springs woman is in a Chattanooga hospital and her accused attacker is in the Franklin County Jail following an incident in Estill Springs Thursday night. According to Estill Springs Police Chief Allen Rhodes, Amanda Mines, 40, of East Grizzard Street, Tullahoma entered the Ake Street residence of David Miles and Andrea Gurien and attacked them. According to the police chief, Mines pulled out a knife and cut Miles on the upper part of his body and arm. He was transported to Southern Tennessee Medical Center for treatment of his injuries. He was then released. His girlfriend, Gurien,...
All Inmates Removed From The Grundy County Jail
Large yellow school buses began pulling up in front of the Grundy County Jail in Altamont in the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 16. Responding to a call from the sheriff’s office, the school system provided buses and drivers to transport approximately 73 inmates to seven different facilities throughout the state, the result of a notice by the Fire Marshal that major electrical problems posed a hazard to the inmates at the jail. A recent inspection of the Grundy County Jail by the Fire Marshal determined that exposed electrical wiring and natural gas lines put the inmates at...
Man Heads To State Prison For Child Rape
Last week a Franklin County resident was sentenced in Franklin County Circuit Court after being found guilty on charges of Rape of a Child and Sexual Battery. The conviction was the culmination of a criminal investigation conducted by Franklin County Sheriff’s Office investigator George Dyer. William Julian Pillars (196 Sunshine Circle Decherd, TN.) was charged with Rape of a Child 3 counts and Sexual Battery 1 count and ultimately found guilty in a jury trial proceeding in Franklin County Circuit Court. Pillars was sentenced to serve 62 years in a facility to be named by the Tennessee Department of...
Judge Retention Meeting To Be Held In Manchester On Monday
Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia A. “Connie” Clark will be in Manchester Monday to hold an informational meeting regarding the upcoming retention vote of Tennessee Supreme Court justices. The meeting is set for 3 p.m. in the Coffee County Circuit Courtroom, 300 Hillsboro Boulevard. Also scheduled to be on hand at the meeting are former Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Cottrell, Senior Judge Walter Kurtz, attorney Margaret Behm, and attorney William “Bill” Purcell. The vote will effect the retention of Tennessee Supreme Court Justices Gary Wade, Clark, and Sharon Lee. For more information about the event, call Christina...
Unemployment Rate For Tennessee
Tennessee’s unemployment rate for the month of June was 6.6 percent, a slight increase from the May rate of 6.4 percent. That’s according to Tennessee Labor Commissioner Burns Phillips. The national unemployment rate for June was 6.1 percent, which was down from 6.3 in May. Over the past year, Tennessee’s unemployment rate decreased from 8.4 percent to 6.6, while the national rate decreased from 7.5 percent to 6.1 percent. The largest decreases occurred in mining, logging and construction, government and other services. The largest increases occurred in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality and trade, transportation and...
Pedaling Police
This past week officers from the Manchester Police Department and surrounding communities participated in a Police Cyclist Course under the direction of the Law Enforcement Bicycle Association. This 40 hour training course was held in Manchester and each day of the week focused on a new topic such as Basic Bicycle Riding Techniques, Defensive Bike Tactics, Firing a Weapon after Dismounting a Bike, & Off Road Trail Techniques. Some of the benefits associated with having trained bicycle officers within a community include more mobility within condensed city surroundings, less gas expense for local police departments, and the opportunity for...
Former Grundy County Sheriff’s Captain Arrested By TBI, Accused Of Stealing Guns
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has obtained indictments for a former Grundy County Sheriff’s Department captain accused of stealing handguns from the department’s evidence room. At the request of 12th District Attorney General J. Michael Taylor, TBI Special Agents began investigating Deke Matthew Stone on August 1, 2013. During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information, that in June 2013, Stone took three handguns from the department’s evidence room. Stone left his job with the department before the TBI case began. This week, the Grundy County Grand Jury returned indictments for the Altamont man, charging him with one...
