People in Coffee County were saddened Sunday (July 15, 2102) as news broke that Coffee County High School Resource Officer Dale Goodwin had passed away. Goodwin apparently had surgery recently and had some type of complication and died on Sunday. Goodwin was an army veteran, a Coffee County sheriff’s deputy, and was the current SRO at Coffee County High School where he served for several years. Coffee County High School Principal John Bush responded to the death of Goodwin by saying, “this is a tragedy. Our hearts go out to his family.” Many current and former students sent condolences over...

Two Tullahoma residents are being held under a bond of $122,000 each for burglarizing two churches last month. Aaron Conley, 20, and Ethan James Payne, 20, both of Silver Street in Tullahoma have been charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of vandalism and two counts of theft of property in connection with the burglaries of People’s Church on Bel Aire Drive and Spring Creek Baptist Church on Old Estill Springs Road on June 20. “We received an anonymous tip of where some of the items taken in the burglaries could be found,” Lt. Jason Ferrell explained. “We...

Two Grundy County men indicted in separate incidents have been arrested by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Richard Fults, 33, of Stagecoach Road in Altamont, who last month allegedly tried to knife two deputies trying to serve him with a warrant, was indicted on two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of resisting arrest, according to the TBI . One of the deputies shot Fults in the confrontation, and the TBI investigated that shooting. The other arrest was Wayne Charles Green, 26, of Tram Road in Tracy City. The TBI says Green...

The Tennessee woman who ended her Russian adoption by sending the 7-year-old boy to Moscow on a plane by himself has lost her bid to get a judge to set aside an order that she pay child support. Torry Hansen made her first court appearance Friday in a case that began in April 2010 when she sent the boy away from her home Shelbyville with a letter that said he had violent behavior problems and she no longer wanted to be his mother. Criminal charges were never filed but the World Association for Children and Parents adoption agency sued...

Experts discovered an alarming statistic regarding children in Middle Tennessee and what happens to them during their spring and summer vacations. It has officials concerned enough that they’re issuing a warning to parents. More Middle Tennessee children are sexually abused during the spring and summer. Over the last 10 years data show’s there’s no question that more abused children are seen by professionals in the months of March through August – than any other months of the year. A spokesman from “Our Kids” an outpatient clinic at General Hospital in Nashville says the data comes from child sex abuse...

An endangered child alert has been canceled after a teenager from Lincoln County was found safe. Officials said that 13-year-old Lauren Anderson was found safely in Nashville Friday. She had been last seen at her home July 9. Police had said that Lauren may have been with her 21-year-old boyfriend, Timothy Alan Yates. There was no word on whether she was with...

The South Central Human Resource Agency Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is designed to provide assistance to elderly handicapped and low-income persons with energy used to heat their homes through financial assistance to help offset a portion of the cost. The amount of aid each LIHEAP participant receives varies, depending upon a variety of factors, including income level. In order to receive the assistance, applicants must meet a number of criteria, including having a family income that is 150 percent or less of the federal poverty guidelines. For a single-person household this translates to an annual income...

Robin Hood (A Hometown Original Musical) Auditions are rolling into Manchester on Thursday July 26th & Friday July 27th from 5:30-7:30pm at the Duck River Electric Co-Op Auditorium in Manchester (213 East Fort Street). Auditions are open to kids ages 5-14. No previous theater or musical experience required. Those auditioning are asked to come prepared to sing a one minute portion of their best song a cappella or with CD accompaniment (CD player provided). This production is brought to you by Help Out Inc., a local 501(c)(3) education based non-profit which brought you the well received 2011 Cinderella (Hometown...