Three people have been charged with kidnapping and robbing a man on Tuesday. According to a warrant obtained by Tullahoma Police Investigator Rana Pawlowski, Katelyn Nicole Matis, 26, of Freeman Street in Tullahoma, John C. Hinkle, 30, of Circle Drive Tullahoma and Tommy Wayne Wilkerson age 44 of Wheeler St Tullahoma were all charged. According to the warrants, a man was found on Old Brick Church Road in Franklin County where he had been thrown out of a vehicle after allegedly being kidnapped at Eastgate Apartments in Tullahoma. According to the warrants, the victim was picked up in Birmingham,...

At the request of the Tennessee Fire Chiefs Mutual Aid Network and Tennessee Emergency Operations Center, Manchester Fire and Rescue received a request to build some teams to deploy to the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge area to assist with wildland and other fires occurring in that area. Manchester Fire-Rescue coordinated with Tullahoma Fire Rescue, Fayetteville Fire Rescue, Hickerson Station VFD, Hillsboro VFD, New Union VFD and Coffee County EMA to bring together a “Task Force” to respond to the personnel in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge areas. The Task Force departed as a group from Manchester Tuesday morning. All departments came together...

Officials say there are more than 800 staff vacancies in Tennessee’s public and private prisons amid ongoing complaints from employees, inmates and others about pay, benefits, safety and other concerns. State Department of Correction spokeswoman Neysa Taylor tells The Tennessean that currently, there are 519 vacancies at the state’s 10 public prisons, representing roughly 11 percent of the workforce. Taylor says her agency is looking at new ways to recruit and retain employees. Jonathan Burns, spokesman for CoreCivic, the company previously known as Corrections Corporation of America, says there are 306 vacancies at Tennessee’s four private prisons. That represents...

Westwood Middle School is very proud to announce that Natalie Fibelkorn, 6th grade, has won first place in the Lions Club Outreach Anti-Drug Awareness Essay Contest. She has won first place in the local Manchester round and her essay will be submitted in the district level contest in January. Natalie and her family have been invited by the Manchester Lions Club to the awards ceremony on December 13th at the Oak Restaurant at 6:30. Westwood teachers and administration are very proud of Natalie’s...

On Monday, November 21, 2016 a male subject allegedly stole a van from 2278 Hillsboro Blvd at the Circle K gas station. The vehicle was located the next day in the early morning hours in Bradley County, TN. The vehicle had been involved in a crash on Interstate 75. The man apparently fled the scene and was located a short time later by Cleveland Police. The man was identified as John Robert Nicholson of Madison TN. The Tennessee Highway Patrol worked the accident and advised that at the crash scene they found a firearm, ski mask, blood and other...

The Tennessee Highway Patrol now confirms that four people lost their lives in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 24 on Saturday afternoon in Coffee County. The accident occurred at the 107 mile-marker eastbound. The vehicle was 1986 Toyota Celica with a TN tag and allegedly was traveling at a high rate of speed and attempted to change lanes and lost control. The driver was not able to regain control and left the interstate and struck a tree. No names were given by the THP as they say the investigation is continuing. The Tennessee Highway Patrol worked a fatal crash...

Seventeen Motlow State Community College students recently went through an intense 12-hour boot camp that culminated with them being named the inaugural group of Motlow State Ambassadors. Motlow’s Division of Student Affairs hosted the boot camp. The students, who represent all four of the Motlow campuses, went through intensive leadership training; including values clarification, leadership styles, customer service excellence, diversity exercises, social media communication, and dinner with President Dr. Tony Kinkel and members of Motlow’s leadership team. The event culminated with certification for surviving the boot camp and reciting the ambassador creed, which reads, “I am an ambassador for...