The owner of Express Lube and Car Wash, Lisa Ford, located on North Jackson Street reported to Tullahoma Police Officer Carl Pyrdom that one of the managers of the business had allegedly taken a deposit bag and cash from the register on five separate occasions totaling $921. The report states that the man, who was not identified as he has not been arrested, placed paper and rags over the security cameras in the office and blocked off the camera feed. Ford also alleged that the manager also took a case of oil and four oil filters. A Tennessee Highway...

A Cannon County woman is charged for the third time with doctor shopping for prescription drugs, using the state’s healthcare insurance program for payment. The Office of Inspector General (OIG), with the assistance of the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, arrested Heather Marie Hale, 30, of Woodbury. She is charged in Warren County with using TennCare to visit multiple providers in a short period of time in order to obtain prescriptions for the painkillers Hydrocodone, Tramadol and Tylenol with codeine. TennCare was used to pay for the clinical visits, the prescriptions, or both. Hale was being held in the Rutherford...

Texting and driving is a dangerous and sometimes deadly distraction that is oftentimes hard for officers to prove. Currently, they can’t ask to see a driver’s phone if they suspect distracted driving. In 2016, Tennessee Highway Patrol issued 13,549 citations for texting and driving. This year, troopers have already issued 849 distracted driving citations for texting and due care violations. What if officers could check a distracted driver’s phone for text messages just like they ask a suspected drunk driver to perform a breathalyzer? A new bill being drafted in the legislature is aiming to make that happen. The device officers would...

Three members of the Coffee County Water Wastewater Treatment Authority have resigned, leaving the board unable to conduct business. John Hall, Don Hershman and Margaret Cunningham have all resigned. This group and two others were in charge of the Wayside Sewer System. The next meeting of the State of Tennessee Water and Wastewater Financing Board is scheduled for March 13. The sewer system serves the area of Wayside, Country Air and Deer Range, located off Hwy 55. On Jan. 10, the full commission supported a resolution to forgive the debt for the sewer system if a utility company agrees...

Motlow State Community College will crown its king and queen on Saturday, Feb. 4, when it celebrates Homecoming in Nisbett Center on the Moore County campus. The College invites all alumni, fans, friends and students to the festivities, with the crowning to be held at halftime of the men’s basketball game between Motlow and Cleveland State. The women’s teams play at 2 p.m., with the men to follow at approximately 4 p.m. All children present will be crowned honorary kings and queens, and custom Homecoming t-shirts will be given to the first 100 people who arrive at the gymnasium....

Come out and run/walk to help the family of Jason Creek. Any amount donated will be accepted and appreciated! This is an untimed event to raise money to support Jason Creek and his family during their time of need. An Aerobathon has been planned for Saturday, Feb. 4 at the Manchester Recreation Complex, and a 5K Benefit Fun Run has been set up for Saturday, Feb. 25 also beginning at the recreation center. On Monday, January 2, 2017, Jason was driving to referee a college basketball game when an impaired driver crossed over the median on Interstate 75 north...

On Thursday, Coffee County Deputy Joey Ricco responded to a single vehicle roll-over crash on Hwy 53. Upon arrival the deputy located Chelsey Lynn West age 28 of Bailey Perry Rd, Manchester and her 3 month old child inside the car, West was unresponsive, medical personal arrived and transported her and the child to Unity Medical Center. West was later transferred to Vanderbilt Medical Center via Life Flight. Deputies allegedly found inside the vehicle, a small bag of green leafy substance believed to be marijuana, Xanax, and a hydrocodone pill along with several other non-scheduled prescriptions in a bottle....