A terrible tragedy struck Coffee County on Friday afternoon as a Coffee County High School Senior died from a gunshot wound. Many people were shocked to hear that Austin Davis, 17 perished after accidentally shooting himself. According to reports the young man accidentally shot himself in the head while allegedly playing with a gun. He was pronounced dead at Manchester’s Unity Medical...

Molly Poppins pled guilty to drug charges on Wednesday in federal court. Graham Mitchell Clark, aka Molly Poppins known to distribute drugs at music festivals, including Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN, pleaded guilty to charges of possession with the intent to distribute MDMA and LSD at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2017. Clark faces a federal prison term of up to 40 years and at least four years of supervision after his release. Sentencing is set for Nov. 30 in U.S. District Court in Chattanooga. According to court documents, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents conducted an undercover drug buy from...

A Manchester man was injured when the car he was driving on Oakdale St. in Manchester went off the roadway. The vehicle went off the roadway near WMSR. According to witnesses, they say the car went off one side of the street, crossing over the road, hit a culvert, then flipping before coming to rest on its top in Thunder Radio’s yard. The accident occurred around 5pm Saturday and injured Samuel Watters. He was taken by Coffee County EMS to Unity Medical Center and then airlifted to Nashville. Manchester Police and Manchester Fire & Rescue also responded to the...

A weekend crash claimed the life of a Warren County woman. It happened on Highway 108 near the Mt. Zion community. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 46 year old Maria Lopez was driving northbound in a Toyota Matrix when, for unknown reasons, the car crossed the center line and hit a concrete culvert in a creek bed before bursting into flames. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash happened Saturday afternoon at around...

Tennesseans took home a little more money in their paycheck last year according to the latest data released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). The median wage earned for all Tennessee occupations increased by 3.16 percent between May 2016 and May 2017 to $33,870. “It’s always a positive to see wages increase, by amount,” said TDLWD Commissioner Burns Phillips. “The state’s economy is thriving and more money is a person’s paycheck is going to help that continue.” The largest occupational groups in the state were office and administrative, sales and related, food preparation and serving,...

The Coffee County Election Commission will meet on Monday, September 10, 2018 at 4:00 PM in the Election Commission office, Administrative Plaza, 1329 McArthur Street, Suite 6 in Manchester. The purpose of the meeting will be to open resumes received concerning the Administrator of Election position. Also, there will be a meeting on September 12, 2018 to lock and seal ballot boxes, tentatively approve poll workers and set times for early voting for the November 6, 2018 elections. Any outstanding resumes will also be opened. For more information contact: Vernita Davis, Administrator Coffee County Election Commission at...

At approximately 12:45pm, Thursday, August 30th, Investigators and officers of the Tullahoma Police Department took a seventeen (17) year old male into custody after investigating threatening social media posts. The department, in conjunction with the Tullahoma City Schools began investigating social media posts which were being passed by students and parents. Although the initial post did not make any reference to the school or any student, the Department began efforts to identify those involved and ensure the safety of the students, school and the community. The Department would like to thank the Tullahoma City Schools for their assistance and...