Two people died in a single car accident on Gourdneck Road in Franklin County on Wednesday. The victims were identified as Allan Lewis Bisby, 26 of Tullahoma and Ramon Winfrey, 31 of Normandy. Bisby is the son of former Mayor and current Tullahoma mayoral candidate Troy Bisby. According to Highway Patrol Sgt. Larry Fraley, Bisby, who was driving, lost control of his 1990 Volvo and ran off the right side of the curvy, narrow road. He then overcorrected the vehicle which crossed the road, ran off the left side and crashed into two trees. The trooper’s report also states...

WTVF-TV NewsChannel 5 reported this week that Bonnaroo has been designated as a “soft target” for terrorism. Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves and others question the report. The sheriff stated that there will be officers checking the vehicles and there will be dogs used to check vehicles as well. In addition to the local officers checking vehicles, members of the Tennessee Highway Patrol will be on hand to handle traffic and assist in checking vehicles. Manchester Police Chief Mark Yother stated that his force will be doing the same this year as always, getting 80,000 into the site as...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has arrested and charged a deputy for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department accused of assaulting his wife. At the request of 17th District Attorney General Robert J. Carter, TBI Special Agents began investigating Timothy Alan Moorehead on Tuesday, soon after the Sheriff’s Department learned of an allegation of domestic violence involving the 34-year-old. During the course of the TBI investigation, Agents developed information that Moorehead and his wife were involved in a physical altercation at their Petersburg home on Friday, May 16th, which left visible injuries on the woman. Agents arrested Moorehead without incident...

May 9th, representatives of the Tennessee Future Farmers of America (FFA) Association selected Stephen McBride of the Coffee County FFA Chapter to serve as the Tennessee FFA National Officer Candidate at the 2014 National FFA Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, which takes place annually in October. McBride was elected to serve a one-year term as State FFA President in 2012. During his year of service, his team travelled to more than 150 schools and numerous businesses promoting the Association. Among other honors, McBride was named State Prepared Public Speaking Winner in 2011 and became a national finalist. McBride is a...

Acting on information, Coffee County Sheriff’s Investigator James Sherrill conducted a search of a residence on West Hogan Street in Tullahoma Tuesday and allegedly found drugs. According to the deputy he found 15 grams of marijuana, some Hydrocodone pills and three sets of scales that had cocaine residue on them. While Sherrill did not make an arrest he plans to present a case against an individual living at the residence to the Coffee County Grand Jury when it convenes next month. Tullahoma investigators Tyler Hatfield and Sam Campbell assisted in the...

A Franklin County woman has been ordered to repay the state for healthcare insurance benefits she received through TennCare, even though she was not eligible for TennCare. Wendy Farrell, 37, of Estill Springs, was ordered by a Rutherford County court to repay the TennCare a total of $25,041.80, after she pleaded guilty to TennCare fraud, a Class E felony, and felony theft of services. She also received four years’ probation. The Office of Inspector (OIG) brought the charges against Farrell in February for falsely claiming dependents in her household, which would have made her ineligible for TennCare. “People who...

A disaster declaration has been granted for Lincoln County and its bordering counties for flooding and tornado damage last month. The declaration includes Bedford, Franklin, Giles, Lincoln, Marshall and Moore counties in Tennessee. Homeowners and businesses affected by the bad weather will be eligible for low-interest federal loans. On April 28, Tennessee experienced an outbreak of severe storms producing heavy rain, hail and damaging winds. A tornado touched down in Lincoln County striking several homes and South Lincoln Elementary School. The tornado killed two people and injured six...

Two Tennessee cities are near the top of the latest rankings of the deadliest large cities in the nation for pedestrians. The Memphis metro area is listed as the fifth most dangerous and Nashville as the 15th in the report from the National Complete Streets Coalition. Director Roger Millar says many of the pedestrian deaths and injuries are happening at intersections that are dangerous by design. “They’ve been engineered and operated for speeding traffic with little or no provision for the safety of people walking or biking or using public transit,” he explains. Overall, Tennessee ranked as the 11th...