Sylvia Ogle, 70, of Winchester, was killed after she and her husband were allegedly hit by a drunk driver in Bedford County late Saturday. The driver of the other vehicle, Kyle Nevison, 24, of Chapel Hill was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide, DUI, simple possession of a Schedule VI drug and possession of drug paraphernalia. The crash occurred on U.S. Highway 41 in Shelbyville just before midnight. THP officials said Nevison, was pulling a boat behind his Chevrolet Silverado on the northbound side of Hwy. 41 when he swerved into oncoming traffic, striking Sylvia and Jerry Ogle head-on...

Coffee County young farmers AJ and Valerie Teal were named Tennessee Farm Bureau’s Outstanding Young Farmer and Rancher Achievement Award winners. The results were announced during the Tennessee Young Farmer Summer Conference held at the headquarter offices of the Tennessee Farm Bureau in Columbia, Tenn. The young row crop and livestock farmers from the Morrison community competed against 13 other county contestants across the state to be named state winners and have the opportunity to compete for national honors in January. AJ and Valerie won based upon farm growth, as well as their leadership on their farm, in their...

A man and woman were arrested in Grundy County when deputies busted a meth lab over the weekend. P.J. Thomas, 38, and Jonah Elaine Morris, 31, were arrested when deputies approached them in the parking lot of the Elk Meadow Apartment Complex. Deputies found around 4 grams of meth, a handgun and an operational meth lab. The Dangerous Drug Task Force helped contain the lab. Both Thomas and Morris are charged with Promotion and Manufacturing of Meth and Possession, Sale & Delivery of Schedule II...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips have released the statewide unemployment rate for June 2018 and it marked an entire year the jobless figure in Tennessee has been 3.5 percent or lower. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June is 3.5 percent, which is unchanged from the May 2018 figure. In a year-to-year comparison, the June rate is 0.1 of a percentage point lower than it was in 2017. Throughout the last 14 months, Tennessee has continued to experience historically low unemployment. Since May 2017 the statewide unemployment rate has...

The Tennessee Lottery says it had record sales last year. The lottery said in a statement that it had gross total sales of $1.7 billion last fiscal year. The statement says it will return nearly $422 million to education programs, which is 9 percent more than the previous fiscal year. The state had record sales for both instant tickets and drawing-style games such as Powerball. Lottery President Rebecca Hargrove says the results are “incredible” and help the state provide a strong foundation for education. The Tennessee Lottery has generated more than $4.6 billion for education in the state since...

Director of Coffee County Schools Transportation Tim Morris announced on Monday that this week is the deadline to sign up for bus service for Coffee County students. Parents can call 723-5157. A new Facebook page has also been launched with more information on bus transportation for county schools....

Many Coffee Countians are taking part in the 2 weeks of early voting. Election Day August 2nd, but early voting continues through Saturday July 28, 2018. This the county general election, city elections and the state primary. You do not have to declare a party for the county election or city, but if you choose to vote in the state primary you must declare. So far 3,419 ballots have been cast. 2,366 republicans, 1,019 democrats and 34 voters chose to not declare a party in the state primary, so they could only vote in the county and possibly city...