The Moore County Sheriff’s Department is looking for information concerning a stolen truck. Wednesday at approximately 5:00 pm an individual arrived at the Jiffy Mart on Highway 55. The individual, a passenger in a white Dodge extended cab pickup, got out and went into the store, and returned to the vehicle that was parked at the fuel pumps. After waiting a bit, this individual got out of the Dodge, and entered into a 1998 Maroon Toyota Tacoma extended cab, Tag # U7834V, that was left unattended. The two vehicles fled from the scene and went toward Bedford County on...

A Tennessee agency is asking for tens of millions of dollars more in the upcoming state budget to address growing foster care needs amid the opioid epidemic. Department of Children’s Services Commissioner Jennifer Nichols said at a budget hearing Monday that since 2016, Tennessee has seen a 10.3 percent increase in the number of children in foster care. She said the jump is due largely to the scourge of opioid abuse. The department is requesting $78 million in budget increases through state and federal money, including $64 million more for foster children case management and treatment services. New Gov....

Back in Oct. 2017 David Edward Steele, 33, of Tullahoma was found hanging from a tree after being reported as missing. WMSR News reported that Steele of Tullahoma was missing on Oct. 3, 2017. A few days later we reported that his body was found in Franklin County. 45-year-old Miguel Sanders was captured in Putnam County late last week. This is the seventh suspect wanted in the slaying and hanging of Steele. Sanders along with Bruce Edwards Dorsett Jr., Voltaire Xavier Hickerson, Michael Andrew Taylor, Shawna Haney, Jamie Wilson and Bryan Dudley have all been charged in this case....

Around 6 p.m. on January 20th, Tullahoma Fire Department, the Hickerson Station Volunteer Fire Department and Coffee County Sheriff’s Department deputies were dispatched to the Barton Springs Campground, on Frank Hiles Road, near Normandy lake. When firefighters arrived on the scene, the camper-trailer was fully engulfed in flames. The camper-trailer was a total loss. Firefighters later discovered a body and the remains of a small dog. The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department sent the body to the state medical examiner’s office in Nashville for an autopsy where he was identified as 84 year-old Lawrence Dickerson. Dickerson lived in the camper...

A body was found on the side of a highway in Moore County on Tuesday afternoon. Officials with the Tennessee Highway Patrol said the person was killed in a hit and run crash on Lynchburg Highway. The body was found in the area of Lynchburg Highway at the intersection of Louse Creek Road. Investigators are seeking help with finding the vehicle involved in this crash. The suspect’s vehicle is a silver or gray 1998-2002 Lincoln Town Car. The vehicle should have damage to the front passenger side and possibly the windshield. The car was last seen near the area...

As hemp cultivation continues to grow in Tennessee, a new bill seeks to protect those in possession of industrial hemp products from being searched or their property seized by law enforcement due to the smell of cannabis. HB274/SB279 has been proposed by Senator Janice Bowling (R-Tullahoma) and Representative Jay D. Reedy (R-Erin). Under the bill, those in possession of industrial hemp or it’s isolates which do not contain more than 0.3% THC would not be subject to search and seizure based solely on their composition. Police would also not be able to subject a person to search based solely...

With most of the Volunteer State experiencing frigid temperatures this week, the Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) is reminding residents that decreasing temperatures bring an increased risk for fires and fire deaths. When temperatures drop below 15°F, structure fires are twice as likely to occur than when temperatures remain above 32°F, according to state fire data and information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). For this reason, January and February are consistently the deadliest months of the year for accidental residential structure fire deaths in Tennessee. “Fire safety isn’t seasonal, but winter brings its own hazards...