Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue conducted the investigation that led to the arrest of the former general manager of Warren County Kubota on charges of sales tax evasion and theft. Irvie W. Loudermilk, Jr., age 55, was arrested by Special Agents of the Tennessee Department of Revenue. On Friday (September 14, 2012), Irvie Loudermilk was indicted by a Warren County Grand Jury on multiple Class E felony counts of sales tax evasion and one Class C felony count of Theft of Property over $10,000. The indictments charge Irvie W. Loudermilk, Jr. with willfully attempting to...

Early Tuesday morning flooding at Monteagle’s new sewage treatment plant filled the facility’s basement four feet deep with wastewater, potentially damaging equipment and leaving the town without sewer treatment capacity. Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Agency spokeswoman Meg Lockhart said the incident happened overnight after heavy rains in the area. Electrical service was cut off at the plant and the backup, meanwhile, could overflow manholes and pump stations in Monteagle. Local firefighters brought pumping equipment to the plant Tuesday to pump wastewater from the basement onto the ground surrounding the plant because the treatment basins already are full....

There will be a minor construction project taking place from Oct. 17 – 22 that will reduce or eliminate some of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s (AEDC) Visitor Center services during that timeframe. This will have a direct impact on base employees, official visitors and the area’s military retirees and their dependents. The Visitor Center will undergo a minor remodeling/reconfiguration project and some of the computer systems will be disconnected for several days, according to Dan Hawkins, AEDC’s installation security section manager. “We ask patrons in need of military ID card services during this time to defer their request...

Tennessee has a new college savings plan officials hope will help students afford a higher education. Governor Bill Haslam and several state officials announced the “TNStars College Savings 529 Program” on Tuesday. Under the program, Tennesseans who open accounts with at least $50 will receive a one-time $50 match from the state. Those who roll over their account balances from other 529 college savings plans, including the state’s prepaid plan, will get $100. The program also has other benefits, such as federal tax-free earnings if the money is used for higher education expenses. About four years ago, the state...

A federal judge in Chattanooga has sentenced a Tennessee walking horse trainer who was caught abusing horses in an undercover video to three years’ probation and fined him $75,000. The video shows Jackie McConnell and others applying caustic substances to horses’ legs and hooves and beating the horses to make them stand. The process is called soring and is used to enhance the horses’ high-stepping gait. Stable hands Jeff Dockery and Joseph Abernathy were sentenced to one year probation and ordered to write an article about soring at the hearing Tuesday. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that McConnell...

Junior Miss Coffee County 6-8 year-olds 4th #22 Parris Pless, 3rd #6 Jalie Grace Davis, 2nd #15 Lilee Scott, 1st #8 Kyleigh Morgan, Winner #1 Marli Brynn Miller Junior Miss Coffee County 9-12 year-olds 4th #2 Macy Tabor, 3rd #11 Madison Golden, 2nd #14 Madison Murray, 1st #13 Bailey Nicole Keel, Winner #20 Kylie Reece Phillips Thursday, September 20 7:00 PM Amateur Karaoke Contest-Final Round Ride special: 2 for 1 1 Person Pays Full Price 2nd Person Rides Free This Saturday will be the first ever antique tractor parade for tractors built in 1965 or before. The parade will...

Here is a follow-up to a story we told you about yesterday. Three people were treated at a hospital for injuries, and a fourth person was arrested following a two-vehicle crash Sunday night. According to a report by Tennessee Highway Patrolman Tommy Lyles, around 9:30 p.m. Tiffany Fults, 18, of Hillsboro lost control of the 1997 Pontiac Sunfire that that she was driving on a curve in Prairie Plains Road. After losing control of the vehicle, the car traveled sideways, skidded and struck a utility pole. The Sunfire then reentered the roadway and was struck by a 1993 Ford F-150 operated...

What started out as a legitimate Internet transaction resulted in a Tullahoma man being a victim of a scam. The man reported to Tullahoma Police Officer Rocky Ruehling that he posted an electric generator on Craig’s List on the Internet. He received an email agreeing to purchase the generator for $615. The victim then received an email from the customer telling him that they had sent too much money for the generator. The victim was requested that he wire them the difference between the purchase price and what was sent, which he agreed to. He later received three money...