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As Roadway Deaths Increase THP Urging Everyone to Drive Safely

As Roadway Deaths Increase THP Urging Everyone to Drive Safely

As the year is quickly coming to an end, the Tennessee Highway Patrol is urging everyone to drive safely and lower the traffic fatalities on Tennessee roads. So far in 2017, 898 people have lost their lives on Tennessee roads, the same as this time last year. 14 have died in crashes on roads in Coffee County this year up from 2016 when 6 people had died. The Tennessee Highway Patrol urges you to be safe, buckle your seat belt, don’t speed, don’t drive intoxicated and don’t drive...

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Possible Embezzlement from Tullahoma Business

Possible Embezzlement from Tullahoma Business

A Tullahoma man was arrested on Nov. 10 on the charge of theft that contains embezzlement. Tullahoma Police Officer Matt Pruitt arrived at K-Mart on North Jackson Street in reference to a larceny call. When Officer Pruitt spoke to Cheryl Montesi of the store he was told that employee Jaavan Shay Williams, 18, of West Lincoln Street had been taking money from the register prior to leaving work since Oct. 13. Montesi alleged that Williams had taken money on approximately 14 different occasions totaling $2,900. Williams allegedly told the officer that he had been taking the money because he...

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UPDATE–Decherd Runaway Found

UPDATE–Decherd Runaway Found

The Decherd Police Department has located a runaway juvenile. James Dalton Jones, age 17, had been missing since September 20, 2017. Dalton was found and taken into custody on Tuesday. November 15,...

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Survey being conducted for Duck River Electric Membership Corporation

Survey being conducted for Duck River Electric Membership Corporation

Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) and a Touchstone Energy third-party member survey affiliate, Bellomy Research, Inc., has begun a market research study to better understand how its members are using and accessing the internet in their households as part of the cooperative’s ongoing due diligence relating to offering broadband services in its service area. DREMC’s study will target the opinions of residential members who are randomly selected in efforts to represent various age groups who live in both rural and more densely populated areas within its service area. The purpose of the survey is to gather an accurate...

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Bedford County Woman’s Guilty Verdict Reinstated by Supreme Court

A guilty verdict against a Bedford County woman who paid two men to kill her husband in 2012 has been reinstated by the Tennessee Supreme Court. The Tennessee Court of Appeals overturned the verdict against Susan Walls last year because deliberations in her trial continued until 1 a.m. One juror had fallen asleep several hours earlier during a delay before deliberations began. The appeals court said that late-night trial proceedings should be avoided except in unusual circumstances. The Supreme Court didn’t agree. Walls was being tried in May 2014 for soliciting the 2012 murder of her husband Larry Walls...

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New Bonnaroo Contract to be discussed at County Commission Meeting

New Bonnaroo Contract to be discussed at County Commission Meeting

The Coffee County Commission will meet at 6pm Tuesday (Nov. 14, 2017) inside the Coffee County Administrative Plaza in Manchester. A Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival representative is expected to attend the meeting to update officials on the proposed new contract between the county and music festival organizers. The current contract, which has been in effect since 2006, ended June 30. The first infrastructure project outlined by Bonnaroo is widening of Bushy Branch Road in Manchester. Festival organizers have been in discussions with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) to widen a 2.9-mile section of Bushy Branch Road. The...

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Tullahoma Police asking for the Public’s Help

Tullahoma Police asking for the Public’s Help

The Tullahoma Police Department needs assistance identifying a person in a theft case. Anyone with information regarding this person’s identity, please contact the Tullahoma Police Department at 931.455.0530 or by sending us a message on our Facebook page. If you wish to remain anonymous you may text your tip to 847411 and start your text with your community keyword “TPDTIP.” The Tullahoma Police Department thanks the public for its...

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Manchester Man facing the Same Charge for 10th Time

Manchester Man facing the Same Charge for 10th Time

On Thursday (November 9, 2017) Coffee County Deputy Shaun Green stopped Brian Keith Escalon age 40 of North Vine St Manchester on Doak Road and Hills Chapel Road for a registration violation. Upon reviewing Escalon’s driving license status, the deputy determined that Escalon was driving on a revoked license for the 10th time and was determined to be a habitual motor vehicle offender. Escalon was booked in at the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $17,500 and is set to appear in court on December 4,...

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Terry Glenn Adcox

Mr. Terry Glenn Adcox, age 70, passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at St. Thomas Rutherford in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Mr. Adcox was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee to the late James Earl and Virginia Lee Hamilton Adcox. He was the owner of a Motorcycle Shop and restored and modified many motorcycles, motorcycle seats and classic cars. …

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Lydia Smith Keating

Mrs. Lydia Smith Keating, age 61, passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at Alive Hospice in Nashville. Mrs. Keating was born in Nashville, Tennessee to Johnny Reid Smith and the late Lois Kathleen Fuller Smith. She graduated from Tennessee Tech in 1982 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, and worked as the H. R. …

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PREP SPORTS SCOREBOARD: Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022

Scoreboard Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022 CMS VOLLEYBALL 2, NORTH FRANKLIN 0 Lady Raiders win 25-7, 25-17. JV wins 25-7, 15-25 and 15-3. Westwood Football 38, Cascade 30

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Birthdays – August 18

Birthdays: Sally Porter Nathan Cassell Savanah Avery – 4 – Pizza Winner! Shirley Strike Jenke Anniversaries: Elizabeth & Nathaniel Elrod – 4 Years

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