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Benefit held for Former Lady Raider Coach
As many of you local sports fans know, former Coffee County Central High School softball coach Terry Floyd has battled serious health issues over the last couple of years. Coach Floyd experienced liver failure and anxiously waited on a liver for transplant. His condition forced him to stop working and give up the sport he loved to coach due to poor health and hospital visits. In April Terry received the call that a donated liver was available for transplant. Coach Floyd went through the surgery and is now recovering in Birmingham at the University of Alabama-Birmingham Hospital. Before the...
Lady Raider Softball is State Bound!!!
For the 5th time since 1999, the Lady Raider softball team is heading back to the TSSAA state tournament. Coffee County punched their ticket courtesy of a dominant 3 to 0 win over Soddy Daisy on Friday night on the Lady Trojans home field. Using an effective short game, 2 double plays triggered by outfield assists and a flawless pitching performance, Coffee County earned their first trip to the Spring Fling since 2014 and their first trip coach Steve Wilder. “She did the same job she has done all year” said Coach Steve Wilder when asked about the performance...
Tullahoma Man facing Rape Charges in Franklin County
Following multiple Franklin County Grand Jury indictments, a Tullahoma man faces rape charges, including statutory rape, stemming from an incident that occurred in December 2016. Christopher Alan White, 24, 1707 Ovoca Road, Tullahoma, was arrested shortly after midnight May 3 at 609 Montgomery St. in Cowan. White was transported to the Franklin County Jail and charged with rape and two charges of statutory rape. White’s bond was set at $75,000. His arraignment hearing was held on May 12, during which he was assigned a public defender. Court dates were scheduled for June 20 and 29. According to the indictments...
DREMC Warns about Scam
A power bill payment scam has hit the Shelbyville area of Duck River Electric Membership Corporation’s service area. This fraud appears to be aimed at members and originates from an (866) area code. The scammer informs the member that their DREMC bill is overdue, and the service is subject to immediate disconnection unless they call the number back to pay over the phone and the meter box will be removed from their home. The member recognized it was a scam immediately when the caller stated he was from Middle Tennessee Electric. “The member did the right thing by calling...
Don’t Leave Children inside Hot Vehicles
People are reminded not to leave children inside vehicles. With the temperatures headed into the 90s, leaving children in a vehicle can lead to death. As the temperature inside a vehicle can escalate by 15 degrees in just 10 minutes and with the hot temperatures and high humidity death can come very quickly. Even if you leave the windows rolled down some, the temperatures inside a vehicle can become deadly. Please take children in the store or leave them at home as it would be better than death. When temperatures outside exceeded 86 degrees F, the internal temperatures of...
United Way of Coffee and Moore Counties has New Director
Jennifer Neel has been named the new director of the United Way of Coffee and Moore Counties. Neel of Manchester, founded and formally directed the Manchester Hope Outreach program, which provides clothing, food, toiletries and hot meals to families in need. The United Way of Coffee and Moore Counties supports three areas that build quality of life, education, income, health, and essentials. It raises funds from a variety of individuals and businesses, pooling donated resources to make significant grants to nonprofit agencies in Coffee and Moore Counties. You can donate to the United Way of Coffee and Moore Counties...
Tennessee Attorney General Sues California Company
The Tennessee attorney general is suing a California company over claims that it sent government-styled invoices to make new homeowners pay to receive copies of their deeds. Attorney General Herbert Slatery’s office on Wednesday announced the lawsuit against LA Investors LLC, based in southern California, and its principals, Roberto Romero and Laura Romero. According to the lawsuit, LA Investors was doing business under the name Local Records Office when it mailed out the invoices asking for payments. Slatery’s office says people paid LA Investors for copies of deeds when they’re available for free or a small fee from the...
Tullahoma man says he was Robbed at Gunpoint
Todd Smith of Helen Street reported to Tullahoma Police that he was robbed at gun point on Friday May 11. Smith told Officer Brooke Earhart that he was walking down the street when at the intersection of Broadrick and Ann Streets a blue SUV and a minivan pulled beside him from two directions and robbed him of $486 and a pack of cigarettes. Smith told the officer that the SUV was occupied by two black males probably in their 40s with short hair. The van had a white female believed to be in her 20s and a heavyset black...
