Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Tennessee’s largest non-profit law firm, has received a two-year grant from the Tennessee Bar Foundation to increase foreclosure prevention and community redevelopment legal assistance. The Tennessee Bar Foundation, the administrator of funds generated through Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (“IOLTA”) in Tennessee, received part of a nationwide donation to IOLTA programs from Bank of America, as part of a settlement of claims with the Justice Department arising from the home mortgage crisis. They have awarded Legal Aid Society $259,640 to give legal assistance to low-income people and seniors in their...

McMinnville-based Ben Lomand Connect is in the final stages of submitting an application for grant funds that would allow the company to extend broadband internet service into an unserved area of Coffee County. With funds from the Community-Oriented Connectivity Broadband Grant Program (Community Connect), the company hopes to serve an area within the Pocahontas community. Because the application is not yet finalized, the amount of grant money the company plans to request is not yet available. Ben Lomand Connect, now offers advanced voice, broadband and digital video (cable) services to residential and business customers in Middle Tennessee and the...

In response to Coffee County Schools initiative to eliminate barriers that may hinder student academic success, T-Shirt Spot donated a washer to East Coffee Elementary School. “We appreciate our community partners who continue to help us address the needs of our students and families,” said Taylor Rayfield, Coffee County Schools Family Resource Coordinator. If you or your organization would like to know more or donate to programs supporting students in need, please contact Taylor Rayfield at rayfieldt@k12coffee.net or (931)...

You may remember that in July of last year 66 year-old Joe Moon was killed in tragic accident in Tullahoma. Before the deadly crash, a Coffee County deputy stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. Authorities said the passenger was attempting to hide from the view of the deputy before the two suspects fled in the vehicle. The two people inside the vehicle were the driver 21-year-old Kayla Brooke Hickey of McMinnville and 22-year-old Charleston Dakota Ortega of Rock Island. During the pursuit, the suspects’ vehicle, driven by Hickey, attempted to hit a Coffee County deputy head-on at the...

An Estill Springs man faces multiple drug charges after being arrested by Coffee County deputies and Tullahoma Police. James Goff, 23, of Pleasant Road, Estill Springs was charged manufacture/delivery/sell of drugs, drugs in a drug free zone, possession of paraphernalia, two counts of resisting arrest and evading arrest after being arrested on Feb. 24 by Sheriff’s Investigator James Sherrill and Deputy Brandon Reed. According to a warrant, deputies spotted Goff in a vehicle on South Maple Street in Tullahoma and was known to have active warrants and had evaded arrest on Feb. 20 during a traffic stop. Tullahoma Police...

This week marks six years since a Bedford County teacher disappeared. Shelley Mook was last seen on February 28, 2011 after dropping off her young daughter at her estranged husband’s Shelbyville home. Her car was later found burning in a field in Rutherford County. Mook’s estranged husband has been the only person of interest in the case, but he has never been charged in her disappearance. Several searches over the years including some in Coffee County have turned up nothing. Tyler Mook was found guilty of trying to kill a different woman in 2014. According to police in Florida,...

The registration deadline for the ACT preparation class sponsored by Motlow State Community College has been extended to Monday, March 6, at noon. Classes will meet each Monday on March 6, 13, 20, 27, and April 3, from 6-8:30 p.m. in Simon Hall, room 132, on the Moore County campus. Students should bring $60 for registration, with checks made payable to Motlow State Community College, and $32.95 for the textbook, made payable to Motlow College Bookstore. Please bring exact change or check, and textbooks will only be sold on the first night. The class is designed to prepare high...

Tullahoma Police and Fire Departments were sent on Feb. 25 to a residence on East Hogan Street. When Officers Sgt. Chase Sons, Officers Matt Pruitt, Randy Baltimore, Taylor Gannon and Jamason Wells arrived they found the house on fire. According to a police report, Baltimore quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher out of his patrol car and Wells began to spray the fire through a broken window. The other officers attempted to enter the residence and were able to get in through a back door. They searched the house and found that there was no one inside. By then the...