The continued sale of so-called plant food or bath salts has officials increasing their undercover stings. Just recently, Governor Haslam signed legislation making the substance illegal, but the makers of the product keep changing the chemical contents in order to bypass the law. Convenience stores caught with the synthetic drugs will be held to the highest penalty. The consumption of bath salts is most recently suspected in an incident in Florida where a man mauled a homeless man, chewing off parts of his face. Police are still awaiting toxicology tests to confirm those suspicions. With Bonnaroo in Manchester this...

The city of Manchester is hosting the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival this week. Over 80,000 music lovers are expected to attend this year’s festival, which kicks off Thursday night and continues through Sunday night. As Manchester prepares to welcome a multitude of visitors, the Tennessee Department of Transportation and Tennessee Highway Patrol are gearing up for the extra traffic expected in the area. TDOT and the THP are working with the Manchester Police Department, the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department, and festival promoters to keep traffic moving on I-24 while also getting Bonnaroo attendees to their destinations. Area...

The burglaries of four Tullahoma churches are under investigation by Tullahoma Police. Thieves entered and vandalized Kings Cross Church located on Turkey Creek Road, Trinity Lutheran Church and Faith Lutheran (both located on Wilson Avenue), and Westside Nazarene Church. Thieves recently broke into three other church buildings in Tullahoma and two in the rural area of the...

Former Coffee County Commissioner Don Northcutt passed away Sunday (June 3, 2012). Northcutt served on the commission for many years, wrapping up his service in 2010. Don Northcutt was a local Coffee County artist creating beautiful work for nearly 40 years. Northcutt also produced single prints and yearly calendars that many Coffee Countians will enjoy for generations to come. Northcutt sketched HUNDREDS of scenes of life and places throughout Coffee County and surrounding...

Hunter Jay Kimbrough, an 18-year old Manchester resident, lost his life Friday morning around 9:30 a.m. in a single vehicle crash on Rock Creek Road. According to Tennessee Highway Patrolman Duane Stevens, Kimbrough was driving a 2002 Acura on Rock Creek Road some two miles outside of Tullahoma when he went off the roadway. According to the police report the teenager apparently overcorrected and came back on the roadway. He ended up traveling across both lanes and off the road. According to the trooper, after leaving the roadway Kimbrough’s vehicle hit trees and overturned landing on its top. The...

Tullahoma Police arrested a 17-year-old Manchester teen last week on multiple charges. Tullahoma Officer Samuel Campbell charged the teen, whose name was not released because of his age, with aggravated burglary, theft of a motor vehicle, property damage, evading arrest, violation of drinking age law, and illegal consumption. Campbell’s report alleges that the teenager pulled into a driveway on Washington Street and jumped out. He left the car in drive and the vehicle struck a porch. The teen was located hiding in some nearby bushes. According to the officer’s report, the teen admitted to breaking into a residence on...

A resident of the Highway 130 is being held in the Franklin County Jail under a $1 million bond and is charged with criminal homicide. 61-year-old Mary Mason of 9321 Old Tullahoma Hwy is accused of shooting 71-year-old Eules Wimley multiple times following a domestic disagreement at Mason’ residence. According to Franklin County Sheriff Tim Fuller, deputies received a call of a domestic disagreement at the residence. When they arrived they found the two standing in the yard talking and Mason had a weapon. As the officers approached the pair, the woman fired multiple shots and Wimley collapsed. Deputies...

A Tullahoma man has been charged in connection with the beating of a Silver Street resident last week. Patrick Perkins, 20, of Eastgate Apartments in Tullahoma, was served a warrant for aggravated robbery Friday while in custody in the Franklin County Jail in Winchester. He is being jailed on charges of assault and failure to appear in court. Perkins is accused of beating Timothy Richard Howard, 40, early last Tuesday morning outside of Briarwood Apartments. According to a police report, Howard was beaten by three men as he went to remove an item from his vehicle. He told police...