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Burch & Stanley Attorneys at Law Student of the Week 18 December 2015
The Burch & Stanley attorneys at law “Student of the Week” for 18 December 2015 is Gracie Cruz. Gracie is in the fifth grade at East Lincoln Elementary School in Tullahoma. She is the daughter of proud parents Kaila and Luis. She was selected as our student this week because of the many positive attributes she possesses. Gracie is not afraid of anything when it come to school work and actually takes the initiative whenever she can. She does the right thing and is very responsible. Gracie is often the first choice (by her fellow students) to work with because she...
Tullahoma Man Busted for Drugs in Manchester
Kenneth Hubbard of Tullahoma was arrested by Manchester officers on Tuesday on two counts of manufacturing/delivery/selling/possession of a controlled substance, schedule IV drug violations, driving on revoked or suspended, unlawful drug paraphernalia uses and activities. Manchester Police Officer Ernie Colvin responded to Holly Tree Apartments to speak to an individual about using drugs. Colvin saw Hubbard arrive in a Nissan Xterra and after getting out of the vehicle the police report says the man almost fell as well being very unsteady on his feet. The officer requested the department’s new K9 dog and Officer Dale Robertson come to the...
Shelbyville Woman Charged with 17th DUI
Police say a Shelbyville woman has been arrested 17 times for drunken driving. WSMV-TV reports Dorothy Hanson’s charges date back to 1985. Police say six of the offenses have taken place in the past 10 years. Police say Friday marked Hanson’s 17th DUI arrest, when she hit another car head-on. Hanson reportedly had open beer and whiskey containers in her car, and paramedics were unable to draw blood from her being so dehydrated. Shelbyville Police Chief Jan Phillips says in addition to the DUI arrests, Hanson now has 16 charges of driving on a revoked license. Hanson was released...
Fatal Accident in Beechgrove
A Tracy City man was killed in a two-car crash on Highway 64 in the Beechgrove area Tuesday afternoon. According to a report by Tennessee Highway Patrol, Joshua Collings, 30, of Tracy City, was driving a 1995 Mustang east on Highway 64 when he lost control and began to cross over the center line into the westbound lane of traffic. The Mustang then collided at an angle with a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix operated by Bryan Martin, 27, of Shelbyville. Both vehicles came to rest in the westbound lane of the highway. Martin was injured in the accident and...
Beware of Scammers Using the Name IRS
Some area residents have received calls from a scam that is making the rounds in the area. People are calling residents claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service. The caller tells their intended victim that they owe the federal agency money and if they don’t pay it then they will be arrested. The scammers called one Tullahoma resident and left a message for her to call the IRS. When she called the number back it was in El Paso, Texas and man answered by announcing that he was with the IRS. He then asked for the woman’s Social...
East Coffee Elementary School Receives Grant and DARE Students Graduate
East Coffee Elementary School received a $3,000 grant from bestselling author James Patterson to support its library. In addition, Scholastic matched these dollars with bonus points for the teacher who submitted the grant, fifth-grade teacher Melissa Leedy. East Coffee Elementary was selected from over 27,000 applications. This year alone, Mr. Patterson personally donated $1.75 million to school libraries nationwide. The full list of grant recipients is available online at www.scholastic.com/pattersonpartnership . East Coffee Elementary fifth-graders recently graduated from the DARE program sponsored by the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department. During the semester-long course, Officer Morris Vanattia taught the students how...
UPDATE–Skateboarder Struck by Car in Tullahoma Dies from Injuries
DeMarcus Mayes of Tullahoma was riding his skateboard on Monday night when he was struck by a car on Atlantic St. Mayes, 22 was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville with serious injuries. Mayes died late Wednesday night. According to a police report by Tullahoma Police Sgt. Robert Weaver, around 7:15 p.m. Mayes was struck by a 1996 Ford Mustang operated by Ronald Allen Jacobs, 21, of Beechgrove. Jacobs said that he did not see the skateboarder in the roadway until he struck him. After striking Mayes, the Mustang then struck a guardrail. Witnesses told the officer that...
Update on the Grundy County Teacher Facing Rape Charges
We have an update on the Grundy County assistant football coach and teacher at Swiss Memorial Elementary School that is facing statutory rape charges. Deputies arrested Tommy Andrews, 41, on Sunday and charged him with one count of aggravated statutory rape and one count of aggravated statutory rape by an authority figure. Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum says, “We received a complaint last week and we presented the case to the district attorney’s office before charges were filed”. Shrum says during the process of his department’s investigation his officers learned a complaint was made to the Department of Children’s...
