The Board of Education is beginning its search for a replacement for Tullahoma City Schools’ outgoing director Dr. Dan Lawson and has slated a special meeting to receive information from the public as to what skills and qualifications that new director should have. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Tullahoma High School Thoma Lecture Hall. Dr. Tammy Grissom, Tennessee School Boards Association executive director, will lead groups in discussion designed to determine their views about the issues and challenges facing the school system and the director’s position. Lawson announced earlier this year that he...

Several thousand people crammed into downtown Tullahoma Saturday afternoon and night for the annual Kiwanis Clubs 41-A Music Festival. Fans of various local musical groups attended the event and a HUGE crowd turned out for the performance of Tullahoma native Dustin Lynch, who currently has the top 10 hit, “Cowboys and Angels”. In addition to the musical performances, there were also arts and crafts for those who crammed into the historical downtown area to view and enjoy. There were also various food vendors. There were a lot of people who joined the throngs in attendance who said that it...

A search was conducted of a residence on Bel Aire Drive in Tullahoma Thursday morning in connection with the Megan Sharpton murder. Some 10 or 15 officers from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department along with investigators from the Tullahoma Police Department searched the residence but would not say what they were looking for or if anything was found. The partial burning body of the 24-year-old nursing student was found in the early morning hours of July 2 on the side of Awalt Road in Franklin County. Her vehicle was found later that day sitting in the middle of Three...

A Tullahoma man has been arrested on charges for the burglary of a residence on Sycamore Circle in Manchester. James Patrick Mears is accused of breaking into a residence and taking several hundred dollars worth of tools. Manchester police and Coffee County Sheriff’s Deputies were able to develop leads that lead to Mears. After questioning he allegedly confessed to the crime and officers were able to recover all of the stolen items. He is charged with burglary and theft of property of $1,000. He is to appear in General Sessions court Nov. 13. Mears is being held under a...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation remains at the scene of this week’s fatal Bedford County house fire as the mystery of the whereabouts of two children continues. After combing through debris from the house fire that occurred in Unionville, TN, on Sunday night, crews said they have been unable to find the bodies of Chloie Leverette, 9, and 7-year-old Gage Daniel. An endangered child alert was issued Wednesday for the children and remains active. Members of the University of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Center were at the location Thursday afternoon. Crews said they are sifting through ashes by hand at...

A former corrections officer at the Coffee County Jail has been ordered to serve eight years in prison. 53-year-old Susan Winters this week entered a plea of guilty to charges of bribery of a public official, possession of Schedule II, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Winters was arrested last January for allegedly taking cocaine and marijuana into the jail. She was paid by friends and family of inmates to take the drugs into the jail. Sgt. Danny Ferrell of the sheriff’s department received information of the illegal actions and arranged for an individual to meet Winters...

Charles Perry was baling hay on Goose Pond Road Thursday afternoon when he said he looked around at the baler, it was on fire. Perry and neighbors attempted to extinguish the fire, but it spread to the grass in the nearby field. The New Union Fire Department was called to the scene and went to work on the field fire. The Forestry division was also notified. The bailer was a total loss along with several round bales of...

An endangered child alert has been issued for the two children who had been presumed dead in a Bedford County fire over the weekend. The children, 9-year-old Chloie Leverette and 7-year-old Gage Daniel, were declared missing by Sheriff Randall Boyce early Wednesday morning after two days of searching the charred home. According to State Bomb and Arson investigators, the children were not victims of the fire and their whereabouts were unknown. The Tennessee Highway Patrol flew over the area Wednesday with a helicopter using infrared cameras to search for the bodies. Investigators used cadaver dogs to search the home...