Nissan North America has given Middle Tennessee State University two electric cars and three charging stations to promote the use of 0-emission vehicles. MTSU officials said Tuesday that the Nissan Leaf cars will go into the university’s motor pool. Students, faculty, staff and campus visitors will be able to use the charging stations. Nissan has an auto assembly plant in Smyrna that is scheduled to begin making lithium ion batteries this fall and to begin producing the all-electric Leaf vehicle in...

The Old Farmer’s Almanac has hopes for those of you who like cold weather. The publication, which has been forecasting the weather for over 170 years, is predicting winter will be much colder and drier than normal, with the coldest periods in mid- to late December, early January, and early February. Snowfall will be near to above normal, with the snowiest periods in the north in mid- to late December, early January, and...

Tennessee walking horse groups continue to clash with U.S. Agriculture Department inspectors this week as the industry’s premier event takes place in Shelbyville. The Tennessean reports that frequently during the Celebration, USDA inspectors have issued citations where independent inspectors and an independent veterinarian found signs of soring. Soring is the illegal practice of causing injuries to a horse’s legs or hooves to exaggerate the high-stepping gait that wins prizes. On Monday night, USDA inspectors cited Winky Groover, a trainer who recently appeared in newspaper and television reports explaining what’s being done to clean up walking horse shows. Groover disputed...

                        Four runaway juveniles from Manchester were taken into custody around 2pm Tuesday afternoon. The four teenagers allegedly ran away from Coffee County High School on Monday when they were seen entering a cornfield. Coffee County Rescue Squad and Coffee County tracking dog, Deputy Griff, entered the field just before dark Monday and then searched. The teens were identified as William Campbell, Josh Cox, Hannah Fryman and Rachel Irving. They were spotted in the Pelham area Tuesday morning by a couple of individuals. Deputies were notified and converged...

Graphic testimony was presented during a preliminary hearing for Thomas “Tommy” Allen who is accused of murdering Meagan McGuinn March 8, 2012, at her Harton Boulevard apartment in Tullahoma. Tullahoma Investigator Ty Brazier testified in Coffee County General Sessions Court that an autopsy of McGuinn revealed she was stabbed in the head, neck, jugular, trachea, liver, lungs, 5 to the legs and hands. The cause of death was listed as sharp force trauma. After listening to the testimony, General Sessions Court Judge Jere Ledsinger bound the case to the October term of the grand jury. After the hearing, Allen...

Just after 6:00pm Monday afternoon, a red Toyota pickup was traveling south on Murfreesboro Hwy. The Manchester man attempted a left turn into Hill Top Gas Station and lost control jumping the curb. The small pickup became wedged on the curb and a light pole. The driver and the passenger were checked out by EMS and both refused to be transported. Manchester PD worked the...

It’s not exactly the news people want to hear days before a holiday weekend, but gas prices have gone up. In Tullahoma the average price per gallon of gasoline yesterday was $3.49 a gallon, while in Manchester it is $3.50….But that’s 23 cents lower than the national average, with is sitting at $3.73 per gallon. With soon-to-be hurricane Issac heading towards the coast, prices could even spike even higher in the coming days. In anticipation of the storm, oil companies are evacuating their rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Experts’ estimate 75 percent to 90 percent of gulf oil...

Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a fire that damaged a vacant house located on General Lee Drive in Lakewood Park in the northern section of Coffee County Sunday night. According to sheriff’s Fire Investigator Jeff McCullough, the fire appeared to have started in the living room and was basically confined to the room. The rest of the house suffered smoke damage. The investigator stated that the fire was of a suspicious...