The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department and other nearby law enforcement officers are a looking for a wanted man. Jon Canada Lovvorn age 41 is wanted for two active warrants for auto theft out of Rutherford County. He was wanted by authorities for similar charges in June of this year. Lovvorn stand 6’2” weighing around 220lbs with brown hair and blue eyes. He has tattoos on each arm and his back. The latest stolen vehicle was a 2004 green F-150 truck. Call the Communication Center if you see this man at...

If plans are approved by the Coffee County Planning Commission a new Loves Truck Stop will be coming to Coffee County at Exit 117 near AEDC. The location would bring in over 40 jobs. There will be a store and restaurant at the location. The next meeting of the commission is Aug. 22. They are looking at potentially changing C-1 to C-2 (commercial zone, level two, for commercial or office use). If members decide to change the zoning to C-2, The Coffee County Commission will have to approve that decision. If the planning commission proceeds with the project without...

A Coffee County man has filed a $300,000 lawsuit against the Coffee County Government after being injured by a toilet. Bruce Alan Oliver alleges in a Coffee County Circuit Court suit that he took a toilet to a convenience center to dispose of it. He alleges that when he placed the toilet on the floor of the waste bin, an employee told him to throw it onto the pile of other debris. The suit alleges that when Oliver threw the toilet onto the pile the “shattered toilet recoiled back towards him.” The suit alleges that Oliver put his “arm...

Recently the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the Decherd Police Department and the Fayetteville Police Department conducted an undercover operation targeting human trafficking and prostitution. The operation resulted in eleven arrests/citations and the seizure of money, two firearms plus at least one vehicle. Suspects have a court date of Thursday August 31st at 8:00am in Franklin County General Sessions...

A Franklin County man is charged with TennCare fraud for selling prescription drugs paid for by TennCare, the state’s healthcare insurance program. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced the arrest of Jimmy Dale Wiggs, 59, of Estill Springs, after a joint investigation with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. Wiggs is accused of obtaining the painkiller Oxycodone and later selling a portion to a confidential informant. He is charged with TennCare fraud, felony sale/delivery of a Schedule II controlled substance and felony possession of a Schedule II controlled substance. The prescription was obtained through Medicare Part B, which is...

The Tullahoma City election will take place on August 3. Polls will open at 8:00am and close at 7:00 pm. The Coffee County Election Commission will meet on August 7 at 4pm in their office in Coffee County Administrative Plaza, 1329 McArthur Drive in Manchester. The purpose of the meeting is to canvass and count provisional ballots issued in the Tullahoma City Election. Voter registration forms will also be...

On Monday, (July 24, 2017) Ronald Gregory Freeze age 38 of Parker Road in Manchester was a passenger in a pickup truck that was stopped for a traffic violation on Panhandle Road by Coffee County Deputy Blake Simmons. In the arrest warrant, the deputy noted that there was a shotgun lying in the bed of the truck. After getting both the driver and Freeze out of the truck Simmons also viewed a rifle in the back seat of the truck. The warrant goes on to state that deputies were given permission to search and when they went to where...