Grundy County School Board members voted Thursday night to have 11 co-valedictorians this school year. The Grundy County district’s Facebook page said all students with a 4.0-grade point average will become co-valedictorians. The reason stems from a high school senior arrested earlier this month. Senior Trevor Sanders was arrested recently for saying something about the selection process of the school’s valedictorian. Trevor Sanders tried speaking up after a controversial selection. Sanders and the rest of the school found out this year’s graduation would be a little different. The school announced the valedictorian for the class of 2018 would be...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has announced a partnership with the Country Music Association (CMA) Foundation to launch a $1 million competitive grant opportunity focused on expanding students’ access to high-quality music and arts education. Tennessee: State of the Arts is a first of its kind public-private partnership to ensure more students across the state of Tennessee will have access to a quality arts and music education. School districts in Tennessee will have the opportunity to apply for funding to improve or develop their music education programs. The statewide initiative will kick-off with the 2018-19 school year. In its first...

Congratulations to Student of the Week -Jack Beachboard!!! Jack is an eleventh grader at Coffee County Central High School. Jack was nominated because “he is so involved in many activities, he is a great student with a tremendous work ethic; and he is a gentleman at all times. He is exactly what we want in a student at CCCHS ” says CCCHS Principal, Dr. Joey Vaughn. Jack is a member of the Future Business Leaders of America. Jack is a member of the CCCHS Swim Team. Jack enjoys being outside and camping, when he is not in school. Jack...

The Tullahoma Police Department needs your help identifying a person that might have been involved in a fraud case. Anyone with information regarding this person’s identity or the fraud committed, is asked contact Tullahoma Police Department Investigator Tyler Hatfield by calling 931.455.0530 or by emailing thatfield@tullahomatn.gov. The Shelbyville Police Department needs your assistance locating Wesley Mark Shaw of Decherd, Tennessee. Shaw is wanted for Impersonating a Licensed Professional and Criminal Simulation. Shaw was identified as a person of interest and is believed to be the sole suspect in an ongoing fraud investigation involving numerous mid-state restaurant owners. Shaw, who...

Two men have been charged with setting a fire in a restroom at a Manchester Park. Patrick Scott Potts, 24, of West Moore Street, Manchester and Alexander Michael Constantaras, 51, of Kennesaw, Georgia were charged with aggravated arson and public intoxication. The charges were filed after the two were seen leaving a restroom at Fred Deadman Park in Manchester and a witness finding paper towels on fire. After finding the fire, the witness then “stomped out” the fire. The men were later found on West Moore Street in Manchester and Potts, according to warrants, had several lighters in his...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s (TDEC) mobile household hazardous waste collection service will be in Coffee County on Saturday, April 14. Since the program’s inception in 1993, more than 346,000 Tennessee households have properly disposed of more than 22 million pounds of material. “I encourage all Tennessee households with eligible hazardous materials to participate in this free annual event which helps protect our waterways and our air,” said TDEC Commissioner Bob Martineau. Any Tennessee resident is encouraged to bring their household hazardous waste – including cleaning fluids, pesticides, batteries, and more – to the designated drop-off locations....