Glick & Woods Dentistry of Tullahoma will be providing free children’s dental check-ups on Saturday, February 6th, 2016 beginning at 9 a.m. by appointment only. Children ages 4 to 10 are offered a dental examination, cleaning & fluoride treatment free of charge. Glick & Woods Dentistry is asking for a donation (minimum $10 per child with max of $25 for immediate family only). The donation money will be given to the Haven of Hope. To schedule an appointment please call: Glick & Woods Dentistry 931-455-3917. Appointments are limited so call early to reserve an appointment...

On Sunday (Jan 3) Coffee County Sheriff’s Corporal Jim O’Neal responded to 828 M.G. England Rd for a burglary in progress. According to O’Neal’s report, when he arrived the owner of the property, Richard Hickman said he was alerted by an alarm on his property that people were inside, he reported a similar incident on Dec. 28, 2015. Hickman reported that a winch had been taken from a shed on the 28th. On the 3rd he watched on surveillance video two people allegedly take a set of tail pipe exhaust and place them in the back of a pickup....

On Wednesday afternoon an individual accidently jumped the curb stop at Lincoln Medical Clinic in Manchester and drove their vehicle into the outside wall of the building. According to Manchester Fire Chief George Chambers, damage occurred to the outside and inside of the facility. The driver of the accident vehicle was transported to Unity Medical Center by Coffee County EMS. Working with the Codes department, the facility has been closed until repairs can be done to the exterior wall. All utilities to the facility have been currently disconnected until repairs can be made. Manchester Fire and Police Departments responded...

Wednesday night’s Hamilton County School Board meeting followed the closed, Executive Session called after the December 22 assault of an Ooltewah High School basketball player in a Gatlinburg cabin during a basketball tournament. Shortly before 6:30 p.m., Hamilton County School Board members left the private meeting with their attorney to begin the meeting scheduled with the public, to answer their questions. The meeting was ended in about five minutes, following a prepared statement from a board member, saying that all questions from the public should be directed to the board’s attorneys. Attorney Scott Bennett said after the meeting the...

A mechanical issue may have been the problem that involved the car that was traveling at 90 MPH and allegedly caused the New Year’s Eve day crash that killed three people in Winchester. The Winchester Police Department has now requested that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration help with the investigation. Winchester Police Chief Dennis Young said Wednesday that there have been problems reported in the past with the type of car that Mary Parks was driving. Young said that the Kia Optima that Parks was driving has “a history of gas pedals sticking, leading to unwanted acceleration.” 7-year...

Michael Curtis of Tullahoma was convicted Oct. 6, 2015 of voluntary manslaughter. He was accused of the brutal killing of Kayla Qualls Nov. 26, 2012 at his residence on General Street in Tullahoma and then placing her body in her SUV and driving it to an area on Spring Creek Road in Franklin County. Two men discovered Qualls’ body, the mother of Curtis’ grandchildren in the rear seat of her vehicle. An autopsy revealed that she had been beaten to death. On Wednesday (Jan 6) Curtis received his sentence. Judge Craig Johnson sent him to a state penitentiary to...