On Tuesday morning (01/03/16) at approximately 12:30 AM, two white males committed an armed robbery at the Hilton Garden Inn at 2631 Highwood Blvd in Smyrna. The men entered the business and first inquired about a room. They then approached the clerk with a folding box cutter type knife and demanded all the cash at the desk. The clerk complied and was then taken to an office where he was bound with duct tape. One of the men was described as being in his 40’s and approximately 5’6″ with brown and grey hair. The other subject was described as...

There will be a special called Manchester City Board Meeting on January 6, 2017 at 12:30 afternoon for the following ordinance: 3rd reading of an ordinance amending a zoning ordinance of the City of Manchester, Tennessee, to amend that ordinance and zoning map to provide that real estate owned by Robert Stroop, Stephen Threet, Dianne Vaughn, and James H. Threet, III, be rezoned as R-4 residential from C-2 commercial; Sponsored by Alderman Swan. If approved the land would be used for a 264 unit apartment complex. Some residents have shown concern over possible traffic problems on Kimberly Lane and...

The Motlow State Community College honors program was recently awarded a $1,000 grant from the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), according to Dr. Scott Cook, vice president, Quality Assurance and Performance Funding and Honors Program director at Motlow. “This grant will allow the Motlow State Honors Program to continue its tradition of excellence while improving the freshman student experience and its ‘Big Geek!’ sophomore mentoring program,” said Cook. “Started in 2014, Big Geek! pairs every incoming freshman honors scholar with a dedicated sophomore to assist freshmen with the transition to college and to acclimate them to the honors program,...

A fire that destroyed a house under construction is under investigation on Johnson Lane by the Tullahoma Police Department. The Tullahoma Fire Department arrived at the fire around 5:50 a.m. Monday morning and found the house that was under construction fully engulfed with flames. According to Fire Chief Richard Shasteen, the firefighters battled the blaze and kept it from spreading to nearby houses. The chief stated that the house was under construction and since the house was under construction no one was living there at the time. “The fire appeared to have started in the floor of a bedroom,”...

A Tullahoma woman was arrested Jan. 2 after she allegedly bit a Tullahoma Police officer. Roxana Rita Burns, 32, of Glendale Place was charged with aggravated assault, assault, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and public intoxication. In an arrest warrant Officer Jeremiah Kirk states that when he arrived on Glendale Place he found Burns and another individual fighting in the front yard. He attempted to break up the fight and the woman allegedly bit him on his hand. The warrant states that while she was being placed under arrest, she became abusive and resisted arrest. After arresting her, Kirk alleges...

The New Year began with increased gas prices reaching an average of $2.34 per gallon. The national average has moved higher for 34 of the past 35 days, largely due to market reactions to last fall’s OPEC deal. Compared to a week ago, pump prices have risen 4 cents in Tennessee to an average of $2.13 per gallon. The low price in Manchester is $2.09 and in Tullahoma the low price is $2.08 per...

On Jan. 2 Tullahoma Police Officer Tommy Elliott responded to a burglary alarm at East Carroll Street Liquors. When the officer arrived he found a large glass window broken on the east side of the building and a large rock laying in front of the window that had been used to break it. The owner of the business, Patricia Holt, told the officer that three bottles of Grey Goose Vodka had been taken. The liquor was valued at $73.99 a bottle. In looking at security video, the officer observed three people wearing hooded sweaters come from behind the store...