A domestic dispute at a residence on South Franklin Street leads to Tullahoma Police arresting three people living there to be arrested on drug charges. Officer Chris Coe charged Mitchell Harrison Ghea, 22, was charged with manufacture/delivery/sell of a controlled substance, disorderly conduct, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving on revoked/suspended license assault-domestic. He is being held in the Coffee County Jail under a $56,000 bond. Shawnee Kelsey Morgan, 21, was charged with manufacture/delivery/sell of controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and assault-domestic. She is being held under a bond of $53,000. William Anthony Nutt, 23, of South Franklin Street...

A local nineteen-year-old was riding his motorcycle late Tuesday afternoon on Jackson Street near Lowery Street in Manchester. The rider said the bike suddenly locked up tossing him to the pavement. The bike slid about 100 feet before coming to rest in a yard. The rider was taken to Medical Center of Manchester with road rash to all four extremities. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Manchester Police Department was in charge of the...

Tullahoma’s Cedar Lane widening has been in the works for several years through the planning and design phases, and now the project is moving toward when the actual work will start. According to Public Works Director Wayne Limbaugh, a pre-bid meeting is set for 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 17 at City Hall to inform prospective contractors specifically about what the project will involve. According to the public works director, bids are scheduled to be opened on Aug. 24 meeting at the Public Works office building on Maplewood Ave. The widening will extend Cedar Lane from near Tractor Supply in...

According to a report published by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, crimes against the elderly increased from 2009 to 2011. The study focused on crimes against persons and crimes against property where the victim of the crime was age 65 or older. While the total number of all crime victims decreased 5 percent over the three-year period, the total number of elderly victims increased by 7 percent. The crime categories studied were robbery, burglary, assault and fraud. All crimes were reported by Tennessee law enforcement agencies through the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS). The elderly are often targets...

Chandler Lawson, Miss Tennessee 2012, is coming home to Tullahoma!  The public is invited to stop by to meet and congratulate Miss Tennessee and her family on Monday, August 13, 2012 between 4:00-5:00 p.m. at the Tullahoma Events Center, 205 NW Atlantic Street.  This reception, hosted by the City of Tullahoma and the Tullahoma Area Chamber of Commerce, will be an excellent opportunity to meet and congratulate our hometown celebrity.  Please remember to bring your camera if you would like to get a picture. Miss Lawson, now Miss Tennessee, a graduate of Tullahoma High School, has performed extensive volunteer...

Franklin County investigators are continuing to investigate the early July 2nd death of a 24-year-old nursing student Megan Sharpton. They say they still need information to lead them to a suspect or suspects in the slaying. Sheriff Detectives and TBI agents have conducted “more than two dozen” interviews since her burning body was found by a passing motorist. Franklin County Sheriff’s spokesperson Sgt. Chris Guess says investigators are still awaiting results from an autopsy and an examination of Sharpton’s 1995 Ford Mustang performed by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Initial autopsy results indicated she was killed by “blunt force...

An argument allegedly over a $25 debt has left one Grundy County man dead of multiple gunshot wounds. On Sunday, July 29, Grundy County residents Kurt Brewer, 31, and Corey Henry, 30, allegedly had been arguing all day. At approximately 5:30 p.m. at a residence on 60th Avenue North in Gruetli-Laager at the home of an acquaintance of Henry where he and others were gathered for a cookout, Brewer, who had called Henry and threatened him several times, came to the residence and allegedly shot Henry. When authorities arrived, they found Henry with multiple gunshot wounds to his leg...