The Better Business Bureau of Middle Tennessee warns consumers and businesses of a new phishing email scam making the rounds within the last few days. This emails appear to be coming from AT&T Wireless from an “AT&T Customer Care” address, stating that the recipient’s wireless bill is ready for viewing and encouraging them to click on links to view the alleged bill, pay online, and download a smart phone application to manage the wireless account. However, the links lead to a third party website that downloads a virus onto the recipient’s computer instead. BBB contacted AT&T to confirm that...

This week’s winners who had the correct guess to Nurse Belinda’s Mystery Answer were 7th grader Kayla Smith and 8th grader Zachary Duncan. The answer this week was Reggie Jackson. They won a Spaulding Basketball with a pedometer and a Head Tennis racket with a reusable water bottle. The Subway card winners this week are: 6th grader – Roberto Crisanto 7th grader – Michael Partin 8th grader – Jeremy Varden Staff member – Donna Robinson All of this is made possible through the Fuel Up to Play 60 Grant. Helping kids make healthier food choices and be more physically...

Five Coffee County residents were arrested on federal sealed indictments. Richard Anthony, Audrey Williams, William Williams, Timothy Baltimore and Jeff Hill were named in sealed indictments on charges conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamines of more than 500 grams. They were transported to Chattanooga where they appeared before a federal magistrate who ordered them held without bond. The arrest of the five was the joint operation between the Manchester Police, Coffee County Sheriff’s Department and the Federal Drug Enforcement...

Manchester Fire Department responded to a fire call Friday night at 9:45pm at the Budget Motel on the Hillsboro Blvd. When fire and other emergency vehicles arrived they found smoke coming from the roof of the building. Most of the damage was the left side of the building and especially room 109 where the fire apparently started. No one was in the room at the time the smoke and fire began. No injuries were reported and an investigation continues into the...

A Tullahoma man from East Coffee Street has been charged with statutory rape after allegations surfaced regarding him and a 17 year old. According to a report by Tullahoma Police Officer Daryn Gadeken, Craig Patrick Barabas, 37, of East Coffee Street was charged with statutory rape of a 17-year old girl. The officer was called to a report of an unruly juvenile. When he arrived the father of the girl advised him that he had been having problems with his daughter and that she had admitted to him that she had been have sex with the man. The case...

Golfers who enjoy playing at the Arnold Golf Course will not need to find a new place hit the links. Despite talk about the course closing. According to the AEDC Director of Public Affairs, there are no plans to close the golf course. That, however, has not always been the case. The spokesperson said that the course operates on a “break-even cost model. As part of a process to determine where costs could be reduced. The course’s financial situation has since improved in recent times and the facility is no longer on the chopping block. Officials say that the...

Elk River Public Utility District employees have been working on Cedar Lane to relocate gas utility lines in preparation for the widening of that street. Because of the work Tullahoma Police are asking motorists to slow down when driving through the area. Mayor Lane Curlee and Public Works Director Wayne Limbaugh agree that in the coming weeks employees will be working near the Forrest Gallery Shopping Center and drivers should slow down to accommodate their situation. In addition to Elk River’s gas line work, the project involves moving Tullahoma Utilities Board’s electrical and broadband communications lines, and broadband communications...