According to Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott, early Sunday morning around 4:30 Manchester Police received a call of a possible homicide at a home on Duck River Road. When police arrived, they found the deceased body of 46 year-old Lisa McCoy. She had been shot several times. As the investigation was being conducted police discovered the incident took place sometime Saturday night. Northcott confirmed that the woman’s husband, 54 year-old James Richard McCoy, Jr has been charged with the crime. After being arrested the man was charged with 1st Degree Murder, Tampering with Evidence, Domestic Violence and Abuse...

Manchester firefighters responded around 5pm Thursday afternoon to a reported paint room fire at Batesville Casket Company on Monogard Dr. Fire units arrived on scene within 4 minutes and reported heavy smoke and fire coming from the exhaust stacks on the main building. Immediately mutual aid requests were placed through the Coffee County Communications Center for Tullahoma Fire Rescue, AEDC Fire & Emergency Services and Hillsboro Volunteer fire department to respond for mutual aid assistance. As firefighters entered the facility they found a large fire in the paint booth areas. Due to the confined nature of the paint booth...

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS COFFEE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE PLAZA September 11, 2018 @ 6:00 p.m. A G E N D A 1. Sheriff Proclaims Commission Open for Business 2. Invocation 3. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag 4. Roll Call 5. Approve agenda. 6. Review and approval of the minutes of previous meeting. 7. Resolution of Memorial, Sympathy and Commendation a. Resolution 2018-26 – Warren G. Walker b. Resolution 2018-27 – Steven R. Jones c. Resolution 2018-28 – Sam Mai d. Resolution 2018-29 – Kerry Farrar e. Resolution 2018-30 – Harold G. “Buddy” Speer f. Resolution 2018-31 – Diane Argraves g....

The Tullahoma City Clean Up day is Saturday, September 15 from 8:00 am until 10:00 am. Volunteers are asked to report to Public Works for tools and assignments. The following Saturday, September 22, residents can dispose of hazardous waste at Public Works. “Getting litter picked-up is critical to the vibrancy of our City,” said Director of Public Works, Butch Taylor. “We ask residents to not litter. With your help, we can go a long way in keeping Tullahoma clean and beautiful. It is simple to keep the garbage with you and throw it away and recycle it at home...

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office would like to make all citizens aware of an ongoing problem in Franklin County concerning what authorities believe to be dog thefts. There have been numerous reports of dogs missing over the past several weeks and the sheriff’s office would encourage everyone to take any and all precautions to protect your animals. Anyone having any information about these missing animals are encouraged to contact your local authorities or the Franklin County Sheriff’s...

Tennessee’s largest health insurer will stop covering OxyContin prescriptions as part of an effort to combat opioid addiction. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee’s Natalie Tate tells The Tennessean the company will encourage doctors to recommend two alternatives to OxyContin, which BlueCross will cease paying for on Jan. 1. The suggested alternatives, Xtampza and Morphabond, are more expensive opioid pain relievers, designed to be more difficult to abuse. Tate says customers will pay the same copay as for OxyContin, and BlueCross will absorb the additional cost. OxyContin is manufactured by Purdue Pharma, which has been accused of intentionally fueling the opioid...

The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) is warning Tennesseans of a scam in which victims are contacted via Facebook Messenger and then asked to wire funds in order to receive money from a federal workers’ compensation program. The alleged scam artist, who used the account of an actual Facebook friend, recently contacted a Tennessee resident via Facebook Messenger to tell her she could be entitled to money through the new program. He explained the program is designed to help retired, semi-retired, working class, and low-income earners. During the online conversation with someone she thought she knew, the scammer...

The Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network (TSPN) in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Veterans Services wishes to announce the formation of the Veteran Suicide Prevention Task Force (VSPTF). This joint effort of TSPN and the Tennessee Department of Veterans Services, which was created and approved by the TSPN Advisory Council, will serve to focus veteran serving organizations throughout Tennessee towards the goal of suicide prevention. The VSPTF will meet to create and carry out action items to support the veteran population at-risk of suicide. According to a press release from Director Joanne Perley, “We are excited about Tennessee being...