The Estimated $3 (M) Exit 111 A ramp on I-24 eastbound opened to the public in Manchester around noon on Tuesday. All interstate eastbound traffic wanting to go to Tullahoma will take the new ramp and not have to cross over Hwy 55 in order to turn toward Tullahoma. Civil Constructors Foreman Scott Hansert said the wooded area between Coffee County Raider Academy and the Interstate was all wetlands. An 18-foot high wall was built to avoid grading the roadway and filling in the wetland. All eastbound traffic wanting to travel to McMinnville will take Exit 111 B. An...

ONE DAY OF HOPE will take place Saturday Oct. 15 at the Coffee County Fairgrounds from 10am-2pm. The event began in 2012 with about 6 churches and about 30 volunteers. Around 2,000 folks showed up that day for primarily clothes and some food and medical care. This year around 5,000 people are expected to be helped by 1,000 volunteers. ONE DAY OF HOPE is day to reach out to our community in the name of Jesus to provide clothes, food, coats, shoes, various FREE services (medical/dental, haircuts, family portraits, groceries,...

Last Thursday Tullahoma police officers were doing a walk through at Dossett Apartments. Officers heard a female screaming and a male subject shouting in an apartment. Police report, that neither person would come to the door and the female was still screaming. According to the arrest warrant Tullahoma Police made forced entry through the front door. Upon entering the apartment the female victim was on a bed crying uncontrollably with allegedly severe injuries all about her body. The warrant goes onto say the victim told officers that the man identified as Dustin DeWayne Burgess age 21 Old Woodbury Hwy...

A Tullahoma woman reported to Tullahoma Police that she was a victim of a scam. The woman told Officer Tyler Walls on Sept. 23 that she received a phone call from an individual telling her that she owed $6,000 to the IRS in back taxes. The caller told the woman that she needed to send them 13 iTunes cards containing $500 each. She then went and purchased the cards gave the caller information from the cards. The woman told the officer that according to caller ID the call originated from a Washington D.C. number. Police advised that the IRS...

Drugged driving has overtaken drunken and distracted driving as a factor in Tennessee traffic fatalities. Citing an analysis of Tennessee Highway Patrol data, The Tennessean reports the number of deaths from crashes with drug-impaired drivers leapt by 89 percent from 2010 to 2015. Last year, 174 people died in crashes in which a driver either tested positive for drugs or an officer determined drugs contributed to the crash. For alcohol, the tally reached 136 deaths, while distracted driving was associated with 51 killed. Experts have attributed the increase to a rising prevalence of prescription drug abuse. Officers are also...

Gov. Bill Haslam says he’s concerned that too much Tennessee history could be stripped from teaching requirements in the state’s public schools under an update to social studies standards. A draft version would remove a slew of Tennessee events from U.S. history courses, including major milestones in the civil rights movements for minorities and women and several key Civil War battles fought on state soil. Haslam told reporters on Monday that he has heard complaints from several people about the proposed changes but that he hasn’t yet studied them himself. The governor said he’s confident the professional educators involved...

McMinnville and Warren County’s Driver Testing Center on Vervilla Road is set to reopen on Monday, October 17th. The McMinnville City Board and the Warren County Commission have each voted to pay the money needed to pay the rent on the building through the end of the current fiscal year. That comes to a total of $4,000 a month, with the City and County each contributing $2,000. Officials say they are confident the state will take steps to keep the center open in the future. The state closed the center this past May. The reopening ceremony will be held...