We have a missing teenager to report. The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department posted on their social media on Wednesday about Shelby Keeton. The teenager from Manchester has been missing since May 11, 2019. Shelby is a white female standing 5’3” and weighing around 135lbs with brown hair and hazel eyes. If you have information concerning the whereabouts of 17 year-old Shelby Keeton of Manchester, please contact the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department at 931-728-9555 or you can call 1-800-843-5678, that’s...

A Shelbyville man lost his life around midday Monday when his motorcycle and a flatbed truck collided on North Main Street at Palmer Drive. Victor Curry, 58, of U.S. 41A South was responsive and talking with emergency personnel at the scene, Deputy Chief Brian Crews of the Shelbyville Police Department said. They added that Curry was airlifted to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville where he died of serious internal injuries. Bobby Williams, 29, of Jolley Road, told Officer Chris Vest he pulled into the busy intersection from Palmer Drive and didn’t see Curry’s oncoming northbound motorcycle. Williams showed no...

Motlow State is offering the Accuplacer Assessment Test at all Motlow campuses multiple times through the 2019 calendar year. The Accuplacer replaced the Compass test. Students planning to enroll at Motlow for the fall semester who need to take the Accuplacer, which is used to assess a student’s readiness for college-level work, should do so as soon as possible. Students who are 21 years of age or older must take all three portions (reading, sentence skills and math) unless they have valid ACT scores on file or collegiate credit from an accredited college or university. The Accuplacer test is...

Tennessee’s 4.1 inches of monthly rainfall and 51.6 inches of yearly rainfall make it the sixth rainiest state in the nation, reports financial news website 24/7 Wall St. To identify the states with the most rain, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed for each state average yearly precipitation from 1901 to 2000 using the Climate-at-a-Glance feature of the National Centers for Environmental Information produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 24/7 Wall St. also reviewed for each state average monthly rainfall based on precipitation data collected from 1981 through 2010, also from NOAA. Hawaii ranks number 1 with 57.1...

Elk River Public Utility District (ERPUD) serves more than 17,000 homes and businesses in Coffee and Franklin counties and they have some good news to pass along. ERPUD has announced no rate increases for the year to come. Rebates will also be coming to all active customers in the total amount of approximately $975,000. For residential ERPUD customers, the base service charge falls at either $10.75 or $14 per month, depending on whether the customer uses services year-round or for heating only. Commercial and industrial customers pay higher monthly charges. In June, ERPUD will credit those customer service charges...

Another electric bill payment scam has surfaced in the Lynchburg district this week as an impersonator told a DREMC member to call the number and pay his last three months bills with a credit card in the next two hours or his power would be cut off. This time, the scammer somehow knew the member’s last three bill amounts and the late fees. The member was wise to the scam and quickly reported it to DREMC. The scammer gave 913-380-8000, ext. 204 to call with the credit card payment. Please beware of payment scams such as this. Always call...

The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who is wanted in connection to recent thefts. The GCSO says investigators are looking for 36-year-old Hershel K. Patterson from Tracy City. If you have any information on Patterson’s location, please call Sgt. Larry Sims or Capt. Josh King at 931-692-3466 extension 5. You can also send an anonymous message through Facebook to the Grundy County Sheriff’s...

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, Tennessee Department of Health, and University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) has announced the detection of the invasive Asian longhorned tick in Tennessee. The Asian longhorned tick has now spread to 11 states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that there is no evidence that the tick has transmitted pathogens to humans or animals in the U.S. Two Asian longhorned ticks were recently found on a dog in Union County, and five were found on a cow in Roane...