As most of you know there was a terrible accident on New Year’s Eve in Winchester that took the life of three people including twin 7 year-old boys James and John Hill of Hillsboro. A benefit and auction for the Hill family will be held Feb. 13 at the Hillsboro Elementary School. Aaron and Lynetta Hill have huge hospital bills as they have been in the hospital since the wreck. The benefit auction will feature barbecue plates for $8 with serving time between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. The auction will be held at 6 p.m. A $1 donation...

Four Coffee County juveniles believed to be involved in the death of McMinnville man early last week have been ordered held pending a transfer hearing on Feb. 4th. The four are accused in the murder of 43-year-old Osbaldo Luna early Tuesday morning. During a detention hearing Thursday, testimony indicated that 17-year-old Shazon Brinkley told police he fired the shots that killed Luna inside Luna’s camper. The other juveniles are Charles Guess, Malik Scott and Melvin Horn, all 17 years old and all from Coffee County. The four reportedly went to Luna’s camper to rob him of what they thought...

The economic impact of Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC), which includes the Complex and its remote operating locations – the Hypervelocity Tunnel 9 at White Oak in Silver Spring, Md., and the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex at Moffett Field, Calif. – was $609.3 million for fiscal year 2015. Each location impacted the local areas through payroll, secondary jobs created through local spending, and other expenditures for supplies, utilities, fuel and services and the spin-off impact of those purchases. AEDC employed a combination of active-duty military personnel from the Air Force and Navy; Department of Defense civilians; and contractor personnel,...

Three high school officials charged with failing to report the sexual abuse of four basketball players have been suspended without pay. Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Rick Smith says Ooltewah head basketball coach Andre Montgomery, assistant basketball coach Karl Williams and athletic director Allard Nayadley will be suspended until the investigation into last month’s incident is complete. He made the announcement after the Hamilton County Board of Education held an agenda work session Thursday in which it discussed clarifying its anti-bullying policies. Three Ooltewah High School basketball players have been charged with the aggravated rape of a teammate while on...

Upon hearing the story of a Middle Tennessee teen’s battle against heart failure, THP Colonel Tracy Trott knew he had to do something. Tanner Davis, a senior at Lawrence County High School, was born with a congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome and critical aortic stenosis. When he was just hours old, he had the first of many surgeries at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Though his life was full of extensive procedures, including multiple open heart surgeries, Davis was a fighter. His mother said he continuously surprised and puzzled the doctors. In 2012, his health began decline...

Russ Spray, Chief Executive Officer of Harton Regional Medical Center, announced this week that he will retire in February. “I’m proud to finish my career at Harton Regional with some of the most talented and dedicated physicians, employees and volunteers I’ve known,” said Spray. “Although I will certainly miss supporting their work to care for southern middle Tennessee, I’m glad to be spending my retirement in the community that has been our home.” Spray joined Harton Regional in 2011. In that time, the hospital has increased healthcare resources with the recruitment of physicians to the community and the expansion of the...