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Efforts Continue to Empower TN Patients, Caregivers
As it now stands in Tennessee, only a registered nurse can provide basic health care to in-home patients. While the law may sound logical on paper, state Rep. Darren Jernigan, D-Nashville, said he experienced firsthand how that requirement may complicate things for patients as they seek care at home. Wheelchair-bound after an accident, Jernigan said, his home health aide couldn’t hand him a bottle of medicine. “My medicine I’d been taking for 20 years got put right out of arm’s reach,” he explained. “I said, ‘You mean to tell me you can’t hand me that bottle?’ And she said,...
Woman says she Took Money from the Conference Center because she was Angry at Board
We have more information on theft of money from the Manchester-Coffee County Conference Center. An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller has resulted in the indictment of Alyce Heifner, the former general manager of the Manchester-Coffee County Conference Center. Heifner stole at least $31,000 from the conference center over 15 months. Investigators determined Heifner used multiple schemes to steal money. She made personal purchases using the conference center’s credit and debit cards. These purchases included clothing, a big screen TV, and a personal trip to Europe. Heifner also took cash from the conference center’s bank account, and she received pay...
Three people charged Kidnapping, Rape and more Plead Not Guilty
We have another update on a story we brought you late last year. Three Tullahoma residents who are charged with kidnapping and robbing an Alabama man in November 2016 appeared in Coffee County Circuit Court last week and pleaded not guilty to the charges. According warrants obtained by Tullahoma Police Investigator Rana Pawlowski, Katelyn Nicole Matis, 26 of Freeman Street, Tommy Wayne Wilkerson, 44, of Wheeler Street and John C. Hinkle, 30, of Circle Drive were all charged with picking up the man in Alabama and driving him to Eastgate Apartments in Tullahoma. They then allegedly kidnapped victim and...
Manchester Man Charged with Second Degree Murder appears in Court
A Manchester man accused of attempted second degree murder appeared in circuit court last week and pleaded not guilty to the charges. Linwood Gilbert, 59, of East Short Street, Manchester was arrested Feb. 16 on indictment from the Coffee County Grand Jury. Gilbert is accused of stabbing Michael Edwards Sr. several times following an altercation at a residence on Short Street Manchester last year. The 53 year-old Edwards had to have surgery to repair his wounds after being flown to Erlanger Hospital in...
Man Charged with Murder of Bell Buckle Woman
A Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective says that Jared Partin, accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend last week has been charged with murder. Lead Detective Steve Craig said that 29-year old Carly Hassett of Millersburg Road in Bell Buckle was pronounced dead at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. Detectives are still investigating the circumstances of Hassett’s murder. Anyone with pertinent information about the murder is asked to contact Craig at 615-904-3071. Partin is being held without bond at Rutherford County Adult Detention Center. A hearing is set March 23rd in General Sessions...
Unemployment Rate Up in Tennessee
Tennessee’s unemployment rate for the month of January was 5.4 percent, increasing from the revised December rate of 5.1 percent. That’s according to Tennessee Labor Commissioner Burns Phillips. The U.S. unemployment rate for January was 4.8 percent, up one tenth of a percentage point from the previous month. While experiencing a rate increase from 4.8 to 5.4 percent over the past year in Tennessee, the national rate has declined from 4.9 percent to 4.8 percent within the same time...
Troopers Stop vehicle–Allegedly find Two Pounds of METH inside
On Wednesday afternoon Tennessee Highway Patrolmen stopped a subject on I-24 westbound near mile-marker 122 in Coffee County for a traffic violation. Troopers state that the man did not have a driver’s license at the time of the stop. According to the arrest warrant, troopers say the man identified as Ruben Rodriguez Herrera age 32 Tusculum Ct. in Nashville appeared to be nervous and that due to a language barrier the Manchester K-9 unit with Officer Dale Robertson was called to the scene and the K-9 alerted to the vehicle. Troopers Donnie Clark and Jason Boles then searched the...
Fire Damages Hillsboro Residence
On Wednesday afternoon Coffee County Deputy Cody Lendley responded to 551 Newt Vanattia Rd, Hillsboro in reference to a residence on fire. Upon arrival there was heavy thick brown smoke coming from the residence. The owner Ormond Dunkin, advised that a tree had fallen on some power lines earlier and Duck River Electric Cooperative was there working on the trees and power lines. He said he started to smell something burning coming from his bathroom and from under his washing machine. Dunkin stated that is when he went out to talk to the Duck River employees, they called 911....
