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Grant Money for Coffee County Joint Industrial Park
Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd have announced that 15 communities will receive $5.7 million in site development grants to prepare economic development sites for marketing. One of those grants was awarded to the Coffee County Joint Industrial Park. The grant is in the amount of $163,350, which will go for the clearing of 16.5 acres of the 48.62-acre Select TN site. The grants assist communities in finalizing infrastructure and engineering improvements for project-ready certified sites. The Site Development Grant program is part of the larger Rural Economic Development Fund, announced by Haslam and...
County Schools Teen Expo receives donation from University of Tennessee
Kaitlyn Thornton, 2011 graduate of Coffee County Central High School, 2015 graduate of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and current graduate student at UTK and employee of the UT Athletic Department recently provided the Coffee County Schools Teen Expo program with a much needed and appreciated donation. This donation of UT athletic wear will be included in the second annual Coffee County Teen Expo. “What a blessing it is to have Coffee County natives return to the community with an interest in giving back,” says Taylor Rayfield, coordinator of Teen Expo. This event, scheduled for July 30th, is intended to provide Coffee...
Man Flees from Deputy in High Speed Pursuit
On Thursday night Coffee County Deputy Lee Marcom attempted to stop a man driving a silver 4-door car on Lyndell Bell Road in Manchester for reckless driving. The deputy states the man refused to stop and took off at a high rate of speed passing several vehicles on curvy roads while it was raining, placing those drivers at risk of serious injury or death. In Deputy Marcom’s report he says the driver lost control of his vehicle on Riley Creek and Ovoca Lake Road in Tullahoma and flipped the car several times. The deputy says in his report that...
Grundy County Woman Arrested On Child Neglect, Endangerment Charges
An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Grundy County woman, who is charged with the aggravated neglect and endangerment of her son when he was an infant. At the request of 12th District Attorney General Michael Taylor, TBI Special Agents joined investigators with the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office on November 22, 2013, in investigating allegations of child endangerment and neglect of a male infant. During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information that in February 2013, Meredith Richardson was responsible for the endangerment and neglect of her...
Homicide Investigation Continues in Grundy County
Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum says a search warrant was recently carried out at 287 W. Pickett Road in Coalmont. The warrant involves the homicide case of Samantha Chandler. Chandler’s body was discovered in the Ross Creek area on May 1, with wounds sufficient to open an inquiry. Sheriff Shrum had previously that they suspect foul play just by some of the things that was at the scene. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation conducted the search with GCSO assisting. The TBI removed some type of items from the home. No other details are...
Report: Barriers to Child Care Assistance Can Be a Burden
Wading through the paperwork involved in getting government help to pay for child care can be overwhelming to already overworked parents. A new report by the Center for American Progress looks at how difficult it can be for low-income families to navigate an underfunded child-care support system. As child-care costs keep rising, applying for and finding assistance can become a full-time job of its own, said Judith Warner, a senior fellow for the center who authored the study, “Jumping Through Hoops and Set Up to Fail.” “It’s the sort of psychological, emotional side of things that really hit me...
Carlie Trent Found Safe
Carlie Trent was found, safe, Thursday afternoon, a week after an AMBER Alert was issued after her uncle Gary Simpson kidnapped her from school. Two Hawkins County men spotted Carlie and Simpson while riding on their property on Hawkins County, and contacted authorities. Below is the statement TBI Director Mark Gwyn delivered upon learning of Carlie’s safe return: I am very pleased and relieved tonight to announce that the AMBER Alert issued for the Rogersville Police Department on May 5th, for Carlie Trent, has been successfully resolved. Carlie is safe tonight because an entire community pulled together and worked...
Crash Injures local Pastor
A Tullahoma man was transferred to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville after being injured in pickup/motorcycle crash earlier this week. According to an accident report by Tullahoma Police Officer Tyler Walls, Stephen Groves Yates, 46, of Quail Drive Tullahoma was riding his 2010 Honda motorcycle when he collided with 2006 Ford pickup operated by James Wade Frazier, 44, of Allen Street, Tullahoma. According to the police report, Frazier stated that he was traveling on East Warrant Street when he stopped at a stop sign and proceeded into traffic not seeing the motorcycle. He then noticed the bike and...
