Six young people in trouble after what they did over the weekend. The six are facing charges of aggravated assault after they allegedly shot vehicles and people with paint balls. According to a report by Manchester officer Keith Hendrix, 19 year-old Dalton Mai, 18 year-old Jay Wooten, and 20 year-old Cody Smart were at Sonic talking about shooting paintball guns. After picking up a juvenile at Sonic, they went to Wal-Mart and bought equipment and met up with others, 19 year-old Josh Thomas and another person. The 6 then went around Manchester allegedly shooting buildings, cars and people including...

Interstate 24 was closed for over two hours Tuesday afternoon around mile marker 121 after a one-car crash around 12:20 p.m. took the life of a Beech Grove man and sent a Manchester man to Vanderbilt Medical Center for treatment. According to Tennessee Highway Patrolman Charles Graham, Wendell Reed, 62, was driving a 2007 Nissan went he went off the roadway and he pulled back onto the roadway and crossed into the median. The car eventually ended up flipping until stopping in the median on its top. Reed was pronounced dead at the scene while William Dewolfe of Manchester...

Just before noon Tuesday, a flat bed truck hauling a John Deere tractor was traveling of Hwy 127 near the Oakley Subdivision. He locked his breaks and went into the ditch overturning and losing his load. The driver told WMSR that a car was turning into the subdivision but had no brake lights causing him to lock his brakes and crashed into the ditch to avoid hitting the car. Hwy 127 was blocked while the wrecker removed the truck and tractor from the ditch. According to information received the driver of the car was cited. Coffee County Deputies were...

A Decherd woman was arrested last week on theft charges after she allegedly took money and merchandise from Wal-Mart. According to warrants obtained by store officials, 40-year-old Shannon Kate Herrin of Main Street, Decherd, is accused of taking $150 cash from a register while she was working as a cashier at the store. She is also accused of taking approximately $150 worth of merchandise at various times between April 17 and July 31 from the store. Herrin was booked into the Coffee County Jail but was released after posting a $5,000 bond. She is scheduled to appear in General...

A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper was injured after being dragged by a car in Marshall County overnight Monday. Officials said Trooper Jon Judge, 42, made traffic stop on Highway 431 South. When he went to arrest the man for not having a driver’s license and giving a false name, the suspect drove off, dragging the trooper. Trooper Judge fired shots at the man as he drove away, and the suspect was shot in the arm. The TBI said the man was taken into custody in Lincoln County, and then transported to a local hospital before being transferred to Vanderbilt...

A Manchester man was arrested Saturday on burglary and drug charges. He was found at a house belonging to his former girlfriend. Linda Youngblood reported to Manchester Police that a truck belonging to her ex David Kennedy was in her driveway and was not allowed to be there. Manchester Police searched the truck, but Kennedy was not in it. Police got Youngblood to open the house and there sat Kennedy in a recliner. The man was arrested for burglary and as police checked him they found various drugs in his truck causing more...

Around 2pm Monday afternoon two cars of a male and female from Manchester collided at the intersection of McMinnville Hwy and North Waite Street. The man, in a Chevy Caprice, turned from Waite St into the path of a Honda driven by the woman. Both were transported to area local hospitals to be treated for minor non-life threatening...

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration is changing procedures at its annual competition that are used to detect signs that a trainer has applied painful chemicals to the horses’ legs in a banned practice known as soring. The celebration’s board of directors on Monday announced the changes that will, for the first time, make the results of chemical tests public and result in trainers immediately losing their trophies and prize money if caught abusing horses. In the past, chemical test results were delayed, but this year the show is expediting the results so they will be available during the...