The Twelfth Judicial District Drug Task Force (DTF) assisted by the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) and Marion County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit (MCSO), capped off a month’s long investigation involving the distribution of over 100,000 illegal prescription pills as well as counterfeit prescription pills that contain the dangerous drug Fentanyl. Over the course of several months DTF Agents developed information that led to search warrants being conducted at homes located in Grundy County and Marion County. As a result of those searches, law enforcement was able to seize hundreds of illegal pills, nearly $40,000 in drug related proceeds,...

It’s time for Tennessee’s sale tax free weekend. Freedom from sales tax on certain items runs (midnight Friday July 28, 2017) through midnight Sunday, July 30th. There will be no sales tax on clothing, school and art supplies costing $100 or less per item; and no tax on computers that cost $1,500 or less. For more information, check the state’s website:...

On August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will be visible along a narrow path in the continental United States from Salem, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina, and right through the heart of Tennessee. A partial eclipse will take place in Manchester around 1:30pm. The total solar eclipse will be visible from the campus of MTSU for the first time over 500 years. The next total solar eclipse in Murfreesboro will be in the year 2566, so this truly is a “once-in-a-lifetime” event. Come to the campus of MTSU to experience the eclipse with astronomers, historians, philosophers and others....

A former Tullahoma High School substitute teacher was scheduled to be sentenced in Coffee County Circuit Court on Wednesday afternoon. Susan Gail Stephens is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old friend of her daughter. She will now have to have to wait until next month to find out if she will receive jail time. Coffee County Circuit Court Judge Venessa Jackson will hand down the sentence in August. The alleged incident occurred in 2006 at a residence in Tullahoma. Stephens was age 44 at the time of the alleged incident and was charged with two counts of statutory...

A Franklin County woman has been arrested for leaving the drug fentanyl stuck to a door facing at the Grundy County courthouse. Heather Michelle Hodge (41) of Estill Springs was charged late Monday night after being identified on courthouse surveillance video. The incident, which occurred on Friday (July 21, 2017) allegedly shows Hodge on the video sticking a fentanyl patch to a courthouse door and then removing it and attaching it to another entrance that inmates are transported through. Grundy County sheriff’s deputies interviewed Hodge and she confessed to the incident stating she had been instructed to leave it...

We reported recently that an arrest has been made in the Thanksgiving (2016) burglary of Palmer Drugs in Grundy County. Sheriff Clint Shrum confirmed that 58-year-old Andy King, a Palmer resident was charged. Now we can report that a second man has been charged in that same case. 66 year-old Allen Anthony King, also of Palmer, was charged with aggravated burglary, criminal conspiracy, and vandalism relating to the incident. King is currently incarcerated in another facility serving time on other...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has a new addition to its Top 10 Most Wanted list: Brandon Bradford. 38-year-old Bradford is wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to face a charge of Conspiracy to Distribute and to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Heroin. Ongoing investigation efforts determined Bradford and his co-conspirators supplied a street gang with large quantities of Heroin. Bradford is a known member of the Vice Lords with ties to Chicago and the Middle Tennessee area. He has a history that includes Aggravated Robbery and Felony Possession of a...