The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning parents about their children’s vulnerability to online sextortion. The agency highlights the case of a 32-year-old Mexican citizen living in Georgia as a permanent resident as an example of why parents need to monitor their child’s internet access and social media activities. According to the FBI, Gerardo Uribe posed as a 13-year-old boy and later as a 25-year-old when he coerced a 12-year-old girl to produce child pornography and send it to him. The FBI says Uribe was able to get the girl to send a partially nude image of herself in...

A Franklin County man was injured Monday after crashing his motorcycle in a wooded area in Warren County. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 42 year-old Robert Langford of Belvidere, Tn. was observed speeding on his 2006 Kawasaki motorcycle on Highway 70 going westbound. When a trooper attempted to make a traffic stop, the cyclist turned around and headed outbound on Highway 70 and turned on to Highway 30 going into Van Buren County. The pursuit eventually led back into Warren County, where Langford lost control of his motorcycle, went off the road and crashed into the woods. Authorities...

WMSR News reported that on January 8, 2018 an arrest warrant was filed against Jewell Daniel Frame age 71 of Suits Me Lane Manchester. The warrant stated that Frame on multiple occasions engaged in unlawful sexual activity with a victim that was approximately age 5 (2004) and continuing until the female victim was approximately age 12 in 2011. Frame was charged by Deputy Brandon Reed of the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department with Rape of a Child. Last week in Coffee County Court, Frame pled guilty in a plea deal that will send him to prison for 40...

A tanker truck overturned on I-24 Eastbound, going toward Manchester, near the Rutherford – Coffee Co. line around 2am Monday. Only one lane was open while hazmat crews determined if there was a spill. Just before the roadway re-opened, all lanes were shut down as the tanker was up righted. Most of the traffic was diverted to Hwy 41 to the Beechgrove exit during the hazmat cleanup. The tanker truck was loaded with used motor oil. The crash happened at mile marker 92, just 5 miles from the Coffee County...

On Sunday morning just after midnight Coffee County deputies responded to a call of a structure fire at 931 Sherrell Road. The mobile home was fully engulfed when emergency crews arrived along with a Dodge van that was pulled up near the home. Pelham Valley fire department and Hillsboro fire department began extinguishing the fire. Once the fire was extinguished due to not knowing if anyone was inside the trailer, the fire department began pulling the metal from the walls and removing debris to check for any victims. It was determined that no one was inside the...

For the last 3 years, Encounter Life Church has hosted the Tim Tebow Foundation’s Night to Shine event in Manchester. Night to Shine is an unforgettable prom night experience, centered on God’s love, for people over the age of 14 with special needs. On one night, February 9th, 2018, more than 540 churches from around the world will come together to serve approximately 90,000 honored guests through the support of more than 175,000 volunteers. Locally, all of the festivities will happen in the gymnasium at First Baptist Church, located at 1006 Hillsboro Blvd. in Manchester, from 6-9pm. Adam Cutshaw,...