On Thursday morning Coffee County deputies responded to the Dollar General store on McMinnville Highway in reference to a theft and assault. When Corporal Stephen Sharketti arrived the victims told Sharketti that they were attempting to detain the subject for theft of items valued at $40.00. According to the arrest warrant the victims told officers that Jennifer Danielle Webb age 30 of Lowell Colony Rd Manchester stole items and concealed them in her purse. The warrant goes onto say that after taking the items from her purse she became agitated and grabbed a box cutter from the area and...

On Friday morning Manchester Officer Jordan Watson stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation on Highway 55 near the Red Raider Academy. A check of John T Anderson’s driving privileges revealed his license to be revoked/suspended. The vehicle was allegedly stolen out of the state of New Mexico. Anderson age 52 of Sewanee, TN was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and theft of property. His bond was set at $16,500 and he’ll be in court on April 26,...

A special called meeting of the Manchester City School Board will be held at 5pm on Monday inside the administration building on Fort St. This meeting is being held to further discuss the Director of Schools position. Board member Susan Parsley made a motion last week to approach current Coffee County High School Principal Dr Joey Vaughn with a contract for director of schools. This comes after Vaughn recently pulled his name from consideration. Board member Lisa Gregory said at last week’s meeting the board should consider offering interim director Sandra Morris a limited contract of somewhere between 60-120...

The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department has been involved with several law enforcement agencies in the investigation of a recent rash of burglaries in Coffee and other surrounding counties. As a result of partnering with the Shelbyville Police Department, Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, and the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office five individuals have been charged in the burglaries. Investigators from the various agencies worked long hours for over 2 weeks in order to solve these cases that have affected multiple areas. The victims in these crimes will be contacted once the investigators have finished pursuing the locations...

A Rutherford County high school booster club paid out almost $100,000 in gift cards and cash over a four-year period in numerous unauthorized transactions, according to an investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office. John Dunn, spokesman for the office, described what investigators found, which has since been turned over to the county district attorney to determine if any laws were broken. “What we found,” Dunn said, “was that the Blackman High School Football Booster Club basically opened a second account for the purposes of paying their coaches pretty much on the side in a way to circumvent a policy...

It has been more than a decade since Middle Tennessee has dealt with swarms of cicadas. The last time the 13-year periodical cicada emerged from the ground was in May of 1998. Come May of this year, most of Middle Tennessee will again see the cicadas, Brood XIX. Various populations are called broods and scientists use Roman numerals to designate which brood they are referring to. The cicadas will start appearing in early May and live for about five to six weeks. Cicadas are completely harmless but they are very loud and the noise could affect outdoor events in...

On Wednesday Tullahoma Officer Tommy Elliott stopped Leonard F Pike on 315 East Lincoln Street for suspicious activity in the area. According to the arrest warrant, Officer Elliott made contact with Pike and detected in plain view a used hypodermic needle lying in the back seat of the vehicle. Elliott then allegedly searched the vehicle and located 2 pistols hidden under the center console of the vehicle along with ammunition for both firearms. The warrant goes onto to say that the officer located in the Pike’s front jacket pocket a pill crusher that contained two white pills believed to...

Tennessee Army National Guard Colonel Milton Thompson on Tuesday took command of the 30th Troop Command, headquartered at the Tullahoma Readiness Center. Thompson assumed the leadership role from Colonel John Krenson, who served as the 30th’s commander since March, 2014. Brigadier General Tommy Baker, Assistant Adjutant General, Army, officiated over the change of command ceremony. “I’m blessed and truly honored at the opportunity to lead and serve with this vast talent of men and women… these Soldiers… of the 30th Troop Command” Thompson stated. “I look forward to working with the local community leaders and the different community agencies...