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Hillsboro Elementary Honored
Education Commissioner Candice McQueen announced Tennessee’s 2017 Reward schools on Friday, which include the top 5 percent of schools for academic achievement and the top 5 percent for student growth. These 169 schools span 60 districts across Tennessee. “These schools represent what is possible for students in Tennessee as they exemplify excellence in performance or progress and in some cases, both,” Commissioner McQueen said. “We want to replicate this success across the state and continue to celebrate the hard work of our educators and students happening in classrooms every day.” Of the 2017 Reward schools, 59 are being recognized...
Former Tullahoma Co-Band Director Pleads Guilty
Martin McFarlane, former co-director of bands at Tullahoma City Schools, who was charged in August with one count of transportation of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography recently pled guilty to a charge. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office he could be headed to prison for up to 20 years. According to court documents, McFarlane pled guilty Thursday to one count of transportation of child pornography. Because of the plea agreement, McFarlane will have a possession of child pornography charge against him dropped. The transportation charge comes with a mandatory minimum prison sentence of five...
Alabama Man Arrested for Drugs on I-24 in Manchester
On Thursday, Charlie McGillis, Jr age 61 of Decatur Alabama was stopped for a traffic violation on Interstate 24 west near the 116 mile-marker by Tennessee State Trooper Donnie Clark. According to the arrest warrants the man and a passenger had conflicting stories about their travels. The trooper did a safety pat down of McGillis and felt something in his pocket and discovered what was believed to be a glass pipe and a small amount of marijuana. After a search of the man’s car the warrant says that Trooper Clark found 1,179 Hydrocodone pills in several bottles inside the...
Attempted Murder Charge Against Monteagle Man
U.S. Marshals, THP and Monteagle Police arrested a man for a shooting earlier in October. Michael Godsby, 44, was arrested about 3:30pm Thursday at a home in Monteagle, and charged with attempt to commit murder, aggravated assault, convicted felon with a weapon charge and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon. Police say Godsby has been on the run since the shooting of his daughter’s boyfriend. Godsby is now in the Marion County...
Drug Bust in Moore County
On Wednesday October 18, 2017, while on routine patrol in Moore County, Deputy Dustin White initiated a traffic stop for failure to come to a complete stop at a traffic control device. The incident happened at Carr Creek road and 41-A intersection, and upon contact with the Driver, William Larry Nelson of Moore County, Deputy White detected a strong odor of what was believed to be Marijuana coming from the vehicle. Deputy White was joined by Deputy Ruslan Tucker and upon further investigation, the deputies discovered that Nelson was in possession of a large quantity of Methamphetamine, Marijuana and...
TBI Warning
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Drug Investigation Division (DID) is urging public caution, especially among recreational drug users, following recent evidence submissions to two TBI crime laboratories. Several samples of cocaine, submitted by law enforcement agencies in Middle and East Tennessee in recent months, also tested positive for fentanyl, a powerful, narcotic painkiller, or one of its dangerous analogs. Previously, fentanyl had primarily been identified in samples of heroin or in pills compounded to resemble legitimate prescription opioids. The recent submissions mark the first-time samples of cocaine have tested positive in a TBI laboratory for fentanyl. The investigation into...
Fire Damages Manchester Home
Manchester Fire and Rescue responded to a call of a structural fire at 115 Rigney Road early Wednesday night. When fire crews arrived, the back side of the mobile home was heavily involved in fire. Crews made an aggressive attack on the fire, but were met with high heat and fire. Two animals lost their lives in the fire. Fire Chief George Chambers said firemen did an excellent job in combating the fire. He also thanked the Manchester Police Department, Coffee County EMS and Coffee County 911 Center for their...
Three Coffee Countians Named to State Boards
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam earlier this week announced the appointments of 217 Tennesseans to 93 boards and commissions. Three people from Coffee County have been appointed to serve. Coffee County Commissioner and Alternative School Principal Major Shelton of Manchester has been appointed to the Advisory Council for Alternative Education; Christine Hopkins of Tullahoma will serve on the State Workforce Development Board and Tullahoma Mayor Lane Curlee has been appointed to the Tennessee Duck River Development Agency. Haslam said, “By serving on our state boards and commissions, these Tennesseans are helping us provide responsive, effective and efficient service to their...
