On Tuesday morning  (June 5, 2012) just after 9am, the Manchester Fire Department received a fire call from Oakdale Street. Firemen found a mobile home on fire in the Parker Place mobile home park. Jeremy Woods, who investigated the fire, says that the home was heavily damaged by fire and smoke and is considered a total loss. According to Woods the blaze started in the bathroom and was deemed to be an electrical fire. The rental property is owned by Freddie Reynolds. One person and an animal were inside the trailer but were able to escape without any...

Grease left on the stove caused an early Tuesday morning house fire at 3197 Matts Hollow Road. North Coffee Fire Department responded quickly and kept the damages to a minimum. The kitchen area suffered most of the fire damage although heavy smoke spread throughout the house. No one was injured in the fire, and all pets were...

As attendees of Bonnaroo arrive, area law enforcement are gearing up to deal with the huge influx of people to Coffee County. The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department will be operating a communication truck to handle dispatching for Bonnaroo. Sheriff Steve Graves says that his department will also be maintaining a specially equipped trailer to handle the booking process during the busiest times at the festival. This trailer will handle the paper work to book a person into jail, which will speed up the process at the jail. Manchester Police will also be operating a specially equipped truck at the...

On Monday June the 4th at approximately 2:00pm, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office personnel conducted a search of the residence located at 260 Knights Home Place Decherd, TN. As a result of the search, Sheriff’s Office personnel discovered what they believed to be 34 marijuana plants with a street value of approximately $27,000. Future criminal charges are anticipated in an ongoing investigation concerning this case. Investigator Todd Hindman and Corporal Craig Arnold participated in the...

Tullahoma Police are investigating the burglary of a business on West Carroll Street. According to a report by Tullahoma Police Officer Samuel Campbell, a burglary was reported at Snow White Laundry and Dry Cleaners located at 405 West Carroll Street. When the officer arrived he found the front door glass was broken out of the business. He also found a brick that was apparently used to break the glass door. The damage to the front door equals $800 according to the officer’s report.  The business’ owner, Howard Eads, noted the cash register holding $273.38 cash was...

A Grundy County family no longer feels safe, after bullets riddled their home. One struck their 17-year-old son in the head. It was just after midnight when Benji Goins says bullets flew through the windows of his Coalmont home, with one grazing his 17-year-old son Timothy. “He has fragments under the scalp,” says Goins. “Nothing penetrated deeply, so we’re thankful for that.” Goins believes the shooting was intentional, but is unsure who would want to hurt his family. “As far as we know he doesn’t have any enemies, so we’re just struggling to try and find answers,” he says....

The Coffee County Budget and Finance Committee members and school directors say greed and lobbying in the state Legislature are why Coffee County is being mandated to purchase new school buses instead of getting more life out of its old ones. Schools director Kenny Casteel reiterated last week the need for an additional $390,000 for three new school buses and increased fuel costs. The director stated that the school system will be retiring eight buses at the end of next spring, plus six more the following year, because they will reach the 200,000-mile limit imposed by the state legislature....

A Tullahoma man died at Vanderbilt Medical Center from injuries he received in a two-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon. According to a report by Tullahoma Police Officer Rocky Ruehling, around 4:15 p.m. Saturday afternoon Anthony Wayne Holman, 54, of West Lincoln Street was attempting to turn into his driveway when his 1990 Toyota was struck by a 1994 Ford Explorer operated by Travis Langley Williams, 24, of Coffee Creek, Lynchburg. According to the officer’s report, Williams was traveling west on West Lincoln Street and attempted to pass Holman’s vehicle on a double yellow line. Travis told the officer that he...