Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron’s Insurance company in Murfreesboro was being searched by officer’s of the Murfreesboro Police Department as part of an investigation related to insurance fraud involving the business Wednesday.  Kelsey Ketron, a Tennessee Republican Party official and the daughter of Mayor Ketron, has been accused of fraud in cases related to Ketron’s insurance company. Kelsey is the vice president.  Mayor Ketron told the Daily News Journal: “I was surprised and shocked of the search warrant at the office. As an elected official, I have always been transparent and I am cooperating with all that’s requested, and time...

Applicants for the Tennessee Promise from the class of 2020 will all need sponsors and tnAchieves has started its effort to recruit 9,000 volunteer mentors.  Nearly 64,000 students from the class of 2019 applied for the scholarship, which has a universal acceptance policy. Program administrators are expecting more in the class of 2020.  Mentors are needed to make the program successful. tnAchieves asks mentors to give one hour per month. The group provides a one-hour training session, a handbook and weekly communication to ensure the mentor is full equipped to serve students.  To learn more about becoming a mentor,...

A former Grundy County resident was arrested by an FBI SWAT team and US Marshals Tuesday evening after three years on the run as a fugitive.  Knoxville, Chattanooga and Tullahoma FBI Agents, along with U.S. Marshals located 53-year-old Vincent Garner at a mobile home in rural Sequatchie County Tuesday evening. He was taken into custody without incident. Garner was indicted by a federal grand jury in Chattanooga on drug and gun charges in 2016. He was booked at the FBI Office in Chattanooga and transported to the Hamilton County Jail until his initial appearance and arraignment on those charges...

Human remains have been discovered in the Beech Grove area of Coffee County.   According to Coffee County District Attorney General Craig Northcott, human skeletal remains were discovered in Beech Grove off of Cole Ridge Rd. at approximately 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, 2019 and a joint investigation is underway involving the Manchester Police Department and the TBI.  Connie Ray, 61, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with false reporting, abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and accessory after the fact. She remains in the Coffee County Jail on $600,000 bond.  Northcott was not prepared to identify the remains....

Manchester Police Department chief Mark Yother and officers were at it again Monday, logging another “patch run.” Officers from day and night shifts started running the 16-mile route Sunday night from Manchester City Hall to the Wartrace Police Department and then continued 11 more miles Monday to the Shelbyville Police Department and Bedford County Sheriff’s Office. They also went another five miles to the Bell Buckle Police Department. These runs are designed to bring awareness to the local special olympics. To donate, you can call the Manchester Police Department at...

The Department of Justice has made a dent in methamphetamine and fentanyl being trafficked into middle Tennessee. Twenty people have been sentenced for their roles which resulted in 21 kilograms of meth and one kilogram of fentanyl being trafficked into Middle Tennessee.  Two dozen people from Tennessee and Georgia were arrested on drug trafficking charges.  Friday, the leader of this organization, Filmon Mehtsentu, age 33, of Clarkston Georgia, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Beginning in early 2017, Mehtsentu brought large quantities of meth and fentanyl to Middle Tennessee for distribution. He pleaded guilty. Tennessee residents sentenced were...

Gas Prices in Tennessee have been creeping up over the past week, according to AAA. Last week, the price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $2.46 and that average as of Tuesday was 2.53. That price is 20 cents more than a month ago, but still 9 cents cheaper than this same time last year.  The average price in Coffee County was 2.54 per gallon as of Tuesday, which is well below the national average of 2.79. The lowest price reported in Manchester Tuesday was...

Coffee County School System employees can expect a raise for this upcoming fiscal year – with the board of education approving a 1% raise for all employees fo the school system and step raises also coming While the raises are welcome, surrounding systems have offered as much or more. The city of Manchester is giving 1% raises and Tullahoma schools gave a 2% raise, according to to Lisa Myers with Coffee County Schools....