A Shelbyville man died Monday morning after being shot in his home Sunday night. Bedford County investigators say they’re working on leads. 25-year-old Joshua Clark, was able to tell Bedford County deputies two men forced their way into his home and robbed him. Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce said Clark wasn’t actually robbed, but the suspects took an undetermined amount of marijuana from the home, which contained a growing operation. The suspects are described only as one white male and one black male, Sheriff Randall Boyce said. Clark told investigators he didn’t know the men. Clark was able to...

Coffee County Rescue Squad Halloween party will be held tomorrow, October 31st from 5:00PM – 9:00PM at the Coffee County Rescue Squad building 2270 Murfreesboro Highway in Manchester. Please join them for some freaky fun and frightening food! FREE: Hot Dogs and Candy. Everyone Welcome! This is very safe place for children to Trick or Treat. Questions please call Neal: (931) 212-6005 or Stuart: (931)...

Jasie and Josie Willis wanted a Halloween-themed birthday party this year, but they didn’t want any presents. Instead, the sisters, ages seven and nine, wanted to raise money for six-year-old Caden Goodrich, a kindergartner at Hillsboro Elementary school. Caden was diagnosed with leukemia in June and is currently receiving treatment at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. For Jasie, a fourth grader, there’s a deeper connection. She is a cancer survivor too. Jasie was diagnosed with a rare form of ocular cancer in 2007, and had her left eye removed. Now she’s cancer-free and eager to ‘pay...

Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center is organizing the 5th Annual Safe on the Square, a safe and family friendly trick-or-treating event for children on the historic Manchester Square. This year’s event is Wednesday, October 31st from 2:30 PM-5:00 PM. Over 60 local businesses will be passing out treats for the kids and there will be some special activities including face painting, games, and more along the way. A new addition to this year’s event will be a costume parade. Between 3:30 and 4 PM, the Manchester Police Department will be escorting a costume parade of all the kids around...

A teacher at College Street Elementary School in Manchester was booked into the Coffee County Jail Friday night on charges of child abuse. Charges are against 32-year-old Gary Wilson Hawkins who was accompanied by his attorney when he turned himself into the Coffee County Jail Friday night. According to Coffee County sheriff Steve Graves, charges were brought against the teacher after witnesses came forward describing excessive bruises on Hawkins’ young daughter. The sheriff stated that the bruising was on the girl’s buttocks and back. Investigator Jason Dendy conducted an investigation into the allegations and presented that evidence to Coffee...

A Florida man is being held in the Coffee County Jail under a $506,000 bond after he was arrested at the eastbound scales on I-24 in Manchester Friday morning. Oreste Jose Garcia, 51, of Miami, Fl was charged with felony theft of property, refusal for drug inspection and evading arrest. He is a federal parolee out of Florida. According to reports by the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Trooper Corey Stuart he stopped the Freightliner tractor-trailer Garcia was driving around 2:40 a.m. Friday morning. The officer requested Garcia’s log book and planned to conduct an inspection of the vehicle after noticing...

A 19-year-old woman was attacked Thursday morning, as she was about to enter the Kroger store on North Jackson Street. 19-year-old Nakayla Sullivan told Tullahoma Police Officer Cody Brandon that she and her 2-year-old son were attempting to enter the store when she attacked from behind and knocked to the ground. Sullivan stated that she covered her son to keep him from being injured. Sullivan told the officer that her attacker struck her in the ribs, back, arms, and face and head. While she was being attacked, an unknown male yelled at the attackers and said he was calling...

U.S. production of the 2013 Nissan Leaf moved one step closer to reality earlier last week. Leaf Motor production started trials at its facility in Decherd, where Nissan will start official U.S. production of the 2013 Leaf electric car’s motor production line–and its staff–are going through final production test runs before the plant commences official motor manufacturing later this year. Currently made in Japan, the Leaf’s electric motor contains around one mile of copper wiring, and takes Nissan longer to assemble than a conventional gasoline engines. Nissan says it takes around 25 shift workers in total to ensure an...