A female’s body was located on Wednesday by Tullahoma Police. A search and rescue crew from Metro Nashville helped to find the body not far from the Rock Creek Greenway. Though the body has not yet been identified, police said it could be the body of a woman who has been missing for several days. Tullahoma Police reports that Debbie White was last seen walking in the area of North Collins Street near the D.W. Wilson Community Center, where her car remains parked, around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 16. It is believed she was headed toward the Tullahoma greenway....

Early Thursday morning Richard Dale Walker age 63 of Cedar Lane Village Dr, Tullahoma was arrested by Tullahoma Police Office Randy Baltimore on 2 counts of observation without consent. The man was located at Dosett apartments on East Moore Street and had allegedly been involved in looking into another family’s window without their consent. Walker is accused of going to the outside of an apartment removing the screen from the window and then allegedly moving the curtains to view inside the victim’s window. Footprints leading to and from Walker’s apartment and his neighbor’s apartment were apparently found. Walker allegedly...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that Fentanyl-laced marijuana has been found in Tennessee at one of its forensic labs. Fentanyl is a powerful, narcotic painkiller considered deadly when administered even in small doses, and authorities say it and its derivatives are often imported and used by criminals to create counterfeit pills or to mix with other illegal drugs. Authorities worry marijuana laced with Fentanyl could prove to be a deadly combination, as the opioid can kill in extremely small doses, and they worry someone smoking laced marijuana could unknowingly overdose very quickly. According to the TBI, fentanyl...

While many people will be enjoying time on the water this Fourth of July, it’s important to be responsible and take necessary precautions during the highest-boating traffic time of the summer. Three key things that boaters can do to prevent a boating accident is to always wear a life jacket, use an engine cut-off device and never boat under the influence. “The July 4th holiday is a great time to celebrate our freedom with family and friends,” said Yvonne Pentz, communications director of the National Safe Boating Council and lead organization for the Safe Boating Campaign. “If you are...

After years of requests Wright Paving and Custom Stone LLC has been attempting to open a quarry business in Hillsboro. At a recent Coffee County Commission meeting the Wright’s were denied a rezoning request by a vote of 15-5 against creating a new zoning designation (M-3) that would have allowed the establishment of a quarry outside the county’s Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). The Wright family owns 230 acres in Hillsboro near the intersection of Viola and J.D. Ring road. They have made several requests over the past 15 years. Grady Wright has said for many years that his company...

The Tennessee Department of Education announced Wednesday that issues with the state’s TNReady testing that plagued schools this spring were not the result of a malicious attack. Instead, the department said the issues were the fault of the testing vendor, Questar. According to the department, Questar implemented a “significant and unauthorized” change to the text-to-speech function that led to a number of online testing issues. The department told Questar they would be reducing their payment to the company for the spring assessment by $2.5 million because of “substandard performance issues” and the costs the state incurred addressing those issues...