On Sunday in Tullahoma, Officer Justin Smith observed a man crashing his vehicle into a guardrail on East Lincoln St and kept on driving. According to a warrant, upon making a traffic stop Smith said the man had a smell of alcohol coming from inside the truck and the man admitted to drinking some beer. Upon exiting the vehicle the subject was very unsteady on his feet. The warrant says that he was given three field sobriety tests doing poorly on all three, he was taken to Harton Hospital for blood tests with results pending. A check of his...

A Grundy County assistant football coach and teacher at Swiss Memorial Elementary School 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 Services about Andrews on May 7....

If your finances feel tight this holiday, you’re in good company. Tennesseans – and specifically those living in Knoxville and Memphis – have some of the lowest holiday budgets, when compared with 563 cities nationwide, according to a report released by WalletHub, a website providing information to consumers and small-business owners. Spokeswoman Jill Gonzalez said WalletHub studied average monthly expenses, income and debt to income ratios to arrive at its conclusions. “In Memphis, the average consumer can only afford to spend about $98 on their holiday spending, Knoxville more like $80,” she said, “so both are less than one-eighth...

According to a report by Tennessee Highway Patrolman Randy Euler, a 2003 Mustang driven by 28 year-old Eric R Anderson of Manchester was traveling at a high rate of speed on Powers Bridge Rd in Manchester on Thursday night around 7:30pm. The report says Anderson lost control of the vehicle, struck a tree on the driver’s side. The vehicle then flipped and came to rest with the driver underneath the vehicle. Anderson was pronounced dead at the scene. An 11-year-old passenger in the car, was flown to Vanderbilt for treatment of his injuries. He was listed in serious condition...

Brent McCawley a Tennessee State Trooper assigned to Coffee County (but on leave of absence) was arrested on Thursday by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for theft of property over $1,000 and three counts of official misconduct. The arrest are for indictments issued by the Coffee County Grand Jury. He is accused of stealing drugs designated for training of his drug dog and using the drugs. McCawley age 30 was booked into the Coffee County Jail on the charges. He made bond of $10,000. Trooper McCawley was hired as a state trooper on January 22, 2012. His first assignment...

Authorities say 11-year-old Sienna Owens died after she was shot in Estill Springs Friday evening. Deputies located the victim in a garage with a gunshot wound to her upper back. According to Franklin County Sheriff Tim Fuller, a responding deputy attempted to perform CPR. Sienna was transported to Southern Tennessee Medical Center where she died. An autopsy will be performed to determine if the shooting was accidental or intentional. Authorities are also working to determine if it was neglectful. Authorities say she did not live at the home where the shooting occurred and that they know who the shooter...

A hunter was shot in Franklin County late Friday afternoon. Authorities said it occurred in the UT Farm area around 4:20 p.m. According to Franklin County Sheriff Tim Fuller, a hunter shot the victim in the knee thinking it was a deer. The victim was airlifted to a local hospital for treatment. His condition was not immediately known. Additional information was not...

An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and investigators with the Shelbyville Police Department, Fayetteville Police Department and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has resulted in a Fayetteville man being arrested and charged with especially aggravated burglary. At the request of 17th District Attorney General Rob Carter, TBI Special Agents, working alongside detectives with the Shelbyville Police Department, began investigating the September 14th homicide of 45-year-old Angela Kibble. The victim was found deceased in her residence at 800 Belmont Avenue in Shelbyville by a neighbor. During the course of the investigation, Special Agents developed information that...