Governor Bill Haslam has released Coffee County from the burn ban early. This was done early so it would assist in the cleanup of those affected by the recent tornados. There has been some changes to rules and regulations now through December 31st, 2016. Starting January 1st, 2017 they will go back to the normal procedures. If you live inside the City of Manchester you need to contact the Manchester Fire Department for their procedures and rules at 728-2999. If you live in the City of Tullahoma you need to contact the Tullahoma Fire Department for their procedures and...

The Franklin County boy found guilty of reckless homicide in the death of 11 year old Sienna Dusk Owens has been sentenced to state custody. The boy who was 12 at the time of the December 2015 shooting at his home on Honey Lane in Franklin County was ordered by Franklin County Juvenile Judge Thomas Faris to state custody with a review of the case on March 8. According to Franklin County Sheriff’s spokesperson Sgt. Chris Guess, Owens suffered a gunshot wound to her upper back from a 20-gauge shotgun during an incident that occurred in the home the...

If you are looking at building in Coffee County, fees for building permits are changing effective Jan 1, 2017. Members of the planning commission agreed to hire an inspector to perform the codes inspections for the county. The codes inspections in the county are currently done by the state. When the state does the inspections, the state collects the money from the fees, and the county keeps $15 per building permit issued. On average, there are about 25 building permits issued each month. The members of the county planning commission decided to go back to the way inspections were...

No one was injured in a tanker truck and a car accident Tuesday morning around 10:15 a.m. on Cedar Lane in Tullahoma. According to a report by Tullahoma Police Officer Josh Yates, a truck operated by Hank Williams, 60, of Morrison and a car operated by Kala Marie Small, 27, of Lynchburg collided at the intersection of the street behind Hardees on Cedar Lane. NO one was injured however, due to the car going under the truck, Coffee County Ambulance Service responded as did the Tullahoma Fire Department. No charges were filed. Traffic in the area of Cedar Lane...

A possible murder is being investigated in Bedford County. The body of 51 year-old Robert Timothy Perkins was found just inside the front door of his burning house early Friday night, Dec. 2, 2016. According to Bedford County Sheriff Austin Swing, the man’s manufactured home was severely damaged from the fire, but was not a total loss. Evidence has been turned over to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation crime lab and the state bomb and arson...

A Tullahoma man was arrested December 1st for solicitation of a person under the age 18 among other charges. Erol Jovan Bedolla, 21, of College Street was arrested after a woman reported to an officer that Bedolla had been sending text to her 15-year-old daughter asking for explicit pictures as well as asking for sexual favors, according to an arrest warrant obtained by Tullahoma Police Officer Phil Bratten. According to a police report, the girl asked him to stop sending her text, but he continued. Bedolla is being held under a $36,500 bond and is to appear in Coffee...

On Saturday, December 3rd Tennessee Highway Patrolman Randy Euler stopped a vehicle on Hwy 55 in Manchester for a traffic violation. The trooper made contact with the driver who Euler says had the odor of an intoxicant about him. The trooper also states that the subject had blood shot eyes and slurred speech. The driver allegedly admitted to drinking to the trooper. Euler says in the arrest warrant that he conducted 8 field sobriety tests on Rodger Thomas Harper, age 42, of Sims Spring Road, Shelbyville. The warrant says Harper performed poorly on all 8 tests. Euler states that...