CSX Transportation notified the Town of Bell Buckle that scheduled closure of the railroad tracks at State Route 82, right in front of the town square, has been postponed due to this week’s cold weather. A new date has not yet been announced. The closure had been scheduled to last 24 hours. Repair work on the crossing had already been postponed several times this week. (Shelbyville...

On Tuesday (March 14, 2017) just after 6pm Coffee County Sheriff’s Department Corporal Harmon Campbell responded to I-24 around the 108 mile marker in regards to a driver of a Chrysler 300 shooting into a vehicle. The victim advised the suspect shot his window out of his vehicle while on Interstate 24. Corporal Campbell says in his report that he watched the victim’s vehicle changing lanes and the vehicle described as the suspect’s vehicle following it at a high rate of speed weaving in and out of traffic. Campbell observed the victims vehicle pass his patrol car and observed...

A 77 year-old man went missing late Tuesday night. Charles E Harrell from Hillsboro left his residence just before midnight. The man’s daughter stated her dad would leave the residence and be gone for 15 minutes or so in the past but has always returned. Due to Mr Harrell’s medical conditions, the family requested that a missing person’s report be filed and a “be on the lookout” went out statewide. We happy to report that Mr Harrell was found safe in Knoxville and his family is bringing him...

Sixty-eight cats were found living inside a home this week in Tullahoma that had dangerously high levels of ammonia gas. The Animal Rescue Corps (ARC) and animal control worked to rescue the cats, who were surrendered by the property owner. Officials say the cats, which included newborn litters and pregnant females were running loose inside the home. According to the property owner, she took in a few homeless cats four years ago. The cats have since multiplied into over 60. ARC says all of the cats exhibit signs of upper respiratory infections due to the condition of the home....

Gov. Bill Haslam says he approves of changes to his transportation funding proposal made in the state Senate earlier this week. Haslam had originally proposed raising the tax on gasoline by 7 cents per gallon and diesel by 12 cents. The Senate Transportation Committee voted to change the gas tax hike to 6 cents and diesel to 10 cents, phased in over three years. The panel also added a deeper cut to the sales tax on groceries and added more property tax relief for the elderly, veterans and the disabled. Haslam said that while a smaller tax increase will...

A Morrison man was arrested March 10 and booked into the Coffee County Jail after deputies found meth in his residence. Joseph Lee Holland, 41, of McMinnville Highway Morrison was charged with manufacturing/delivering/selling/possession of a controlled substance and unlawful drug paraphernalia use and activities. The arrest came after Coffee County sheriff’s investigators served a search warrant at the residence and allegedly found a bag of white crystal like substance weighing two grams believed to be methamphetamines. According to the warrant Holland admitted that the meth belong to him. The officers also found two glass pipes and a red straw...