On Wednesday (April 6, 2016) afternoon at approximately 4:45pm Coffee County Sheriff’s Department Captain Frank Watkins received information of a possible homicide at 962 A Street in Hillsboro. When patrolman arrived they made contact with a man to advise him why they were at the residence and received verbal consent to search the property. A patrolman discovered a deceased male body located outside the subject’s residence covered with numerous items. At that time investigators advised Vincent John Elliott Jr age 48 of 962 A Street Hillsboro of his Miranda rights. According to the arrest warrant, Elliott allegedly gave investigators...

A Manchester woman was arrested after being indicted by the Coffee County Grand Jury for inflicting injuries on her 4-year-old daughter. Shraddhaben Alpeshkumar Chaudhari, 34 of Summer Street, Manchester was arrested March 31 after being indicted on charges of aggravated child abuse or neglect and aggravated assault. According to a report by Manchester Police Investigator Butch Stewart, the Tennessee Department of Children Services (DCS) called for him to meet them at Westwood Elementary School in Manchester on Dec. 2, 2015. When the investigator arrived he alleges that DCS investigators showed him pictures of the little girl that allegedly showed...

The Coffee County Democratic Party is announcing a $1000 scholarship for any Junior or Senior currently enrolled at Coffee County Central High School. Applicants will create and post on-line a short public service announcement on the political process. The deadline to submit is 20 April, with the winner to be announced in early May. If the winner is currently a Junior, the scholarship will be held and awarded after the winner enrolls in college in 2017. Applicants must a minimum GPA of 2.5. For additional details including parental permission, topics for the public service announcement, and other information visit...

On Wednesday morning in Tullahoma Officer Tommy Elliott stopped a vehicle on South Jackson Street for a traffic violation. Elliott says Justin Trey Burnette consented to a search of the vehicle. The officer allegedly found under the back seat several items used in the manufacturing of meth including Drano, cold packs, tubing, brake fluid and an aerosol cleaner. Also allegedly found in the passenger’s door was a loaded syringe with approximately 30 cc of what field tested as methamphetamine. Burnette age 29 of Bryan Blvd Manchester was arrested and charged with promotion of methamphetamine, schedule II drug violation and...

The Tennessee Attorney General has declared that fantasy sports contests are gambling. In Opinion 16-23, Tennessee AG Herbert H. Slatery III stated that gambling is illegal in the state, despite the state-sponsored lottery which is currently in operation. The opinion continues to define gambling to include: “…lotteries, chain or pyramid clubs, numbers, pinball, poker or any as yet unnamed scheme where value is risked for profit.”  Voters in Tennessee passed a lottery amendment in 2002 which made state-organized lotteries legal. Tennessee’s lotteries are run by the Tennessee Education Lottery...

In the last 10 years, distracted driving was to blame for more than 172,000 accidents on Tennessee roadways, according to the Tennessee Department of Safety. Experts believe that number is actually higher, with not everyone reporting their distraction at the time of an accident. April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and AARP Tennessee is reminding Tennesseans about the importance of paying attention when behind the wheel. George Coleman, state coordinator for AARP Tennessee, teaches safe-driving classes in the Memphis area. “People are doing so many more things,” he says. “They’re multiple-tasking in their driving and this is why so...

The 11th annual Coffee County Area Wide Home and Garden Show will be held at the Coffee County Fairgrounds this Saturday, April 9. Over 30 vendors will display goods and services from 9am-3pm. The event is presented by Al White Ford/Lincoln. You’ll be able to attend for free we just ask if you can to bring a non-perishable food item that will be donated locally. Builders, pest control, furniture, landscaping, real estate and so much more will be on display plus many, many prizes will be given away. Don’t miss this outstanding...