Linda Branch, 73, of 70 Davis Street in Tullahoma died Wednesday as the result of injuries from a house fire. Branch was at home alone Tuesday night when fire broke out. According to Tullahoma Fire Chief Richard Shasteen the fire appeared to have started in an electric plug behind a chair where she was sitting. James Bennett, her grandson, told Tullahoma Police Officer Tyler Walls that he and his girlfriend had gone to the store and when they returned they found smoke coming from the residence. Bennett said he got on the floor and crawled toward the door when...

Tullahoma Police are investigating the burglary of Walgreens on North Jackson Street. According to a report by Tullahoma Police Officer Randy Baltimore, police arrived at the store around 4 a.m. on March 4 to a burglar alarm call. When officers arrived they found the front sliding glass door had been pried open. Officers Baltimore, Carl Pyrdom, Jamison Wells, Matt Pruitt and Sgt. Chase Sons entered the building and made sure that there was no one was inside. The manager arrived and he pulled up store security video that showed two males. One was wearing a gray hoodie with black...

James Fredrick Jenkins, 47 of Trussler Road, Monteagle was arrested March 8 on multiple drug charges in Manchester. Jenkins was charged with third offense of driving on revoke/suspended license, possession of drugs in a drug free zone, manufacturing/delivering/selling/possession of a controlled substance, possession of methamphetamines and tampering with or fabricating evidence/destruction of evidence by Manchester Police Officer Daniel Ray. According to an arrest warrant, Jenkins was stopped by officers and as he was getting out of the vehicle he had a beer in his hand. He was observed digging in the ground and found to be trying to bury...

According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, an arrest was made on Wednesday in a 2013 cold case homicide that occurred in Lincoln County. Joe Speck faces one count of criminal homicide in the death of Michael Mitchell, who was found dead on March 25, 2013. Mitchell was dismembered and had been left for weeks before his body was discovered inside his Flintville, Tennessee, home. He was 54 years old. An investigation eventually led to Speck, who authorities say was Mitchell’s acquaintance, as the person responsible. He was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Lincoln County jail. He’s currently...

Late Sunday afternoon a pick-up truck driven by Walter Lowery was traveling North on Hwy 53. According to a report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the pickup attempted to turn left onto Old Woodbury Hwy. A silver Kia driven by James Coffee was traveling south bound and stuck the truck. Two passengers in the Kia were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injures due to crash. The silver Kia caught on fire and the New Union VFD was called to scene to extinguish the car. Manchester City Police, Coffee County deputies, and THP...

Grundy County Sheriff’s Office personnel had been looking for a missing teenager. Her name is Sarah Elliott. She left her home at approximately 6:30am on Monday March 6, 2017. She was found safe late Wednesday night. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office thanks the public for its...

A Warren County woman is charged for the third time with TennCare fraud involving prescription drugs. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced the arrest of Audrea Mosley, 26, of Morrison. She is charged with doctor shopping for drugs, which involves visiting multiple providers in a short period of time to obtain prescriptions – in this case, the painkiller Hydrocodone – using TennCare as payment. She was being held in the Warren County Jail on unrelated charges and upon release was transported to Davidson County where she was served. Mosely was charged in Warren County in December of last...