A new study finds that it should be top of mind for big business in the state. Specifically, researchers found that manufacturers will see significant savings over time as the president’s Clean Power Plan is implemented. Dr. Marilyn Brown, a Tennessee Valley Authority Board member, and the study’s author said, “Industry is the one sector of the economy that uses the most fossil fuels directly on site so the pollution consequences of large-scale growth of industry is more concerning than large-scale growth of say household consumption.” Brown, who works for Georgia Tech, found that if states were to adopt...

On yesterday’s news we told you about Billie Jo Funk, age 44 of Morris Lane, Tullahoma, being a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped for a traffic violation on East Grundy Street by Tullahoma Patrolman Tommy Elliott. Elliott reports that the driver fled on foot. Now we have learned the alleged driver of the vehicle, Timothy Wayne Mooningham, age 32 of Faye Creek D-7 Wartrace, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon. Upon searching the vehicle the arrest warrant says that Tullahoma officers allegedly found several Xanax pills, 26 grams of ice, and 20 grams of marijuana. Several glass pipes...

A Grundy County deputy is at home recovering after being injured in a hit and run. Sheriff Clint Shrum told reporters Deputy Rusty Parker was working at his second job at the time with Cumberland Outdoors. Officials say the deputy approached a vehicle that was trespassing on Cumberland Outdoors property. When Deputy Parker asked the driver to exit, the driver identified as Nick Smart, took off hitting Deputy Parker instead. Shrum says Parker’s leg was pinned in between the suspect’s vehicle and his own vehicle causing minor injuries. He was taken to a nearby hospital, treated and released. Nick...

A US Magistrate revoked the bond of Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold, he was handcuffed in the courtroom and led away. Arnold will be incarcerated until his federal court trial set for February 7, 2017. That places Chief Deputy Randy Garrett in command. After that, the county commission has the power to name a temporary sheriff to serve Arnold’s remaining term. However, that phase likely would not happen until after the results of the federal trial. Sheriff Arnold had a six-hour federal hearing on Tuesday that dealt with allegations that he abused his wife Megan Arnold. The allegations arose...

A Coffee County man is charged with TennCare fraud for using the program to obtain a prescription for a controlled substance, which he later sold to someone else. The Office of Inspector General (OIG), with the assistance of the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office have announced the arrest of Harold Grant Lovelace, 54, of Manchester. He’s charged with TennCare fraud in connection with using TennCare benefits to obtain a prescription for the painkiller Hydrocodone and later selling a portion to a confidential informant. “Tennesseans won´t allow this kind of abuse of the state´s public health program, especially considering the amount...

On Sunday Coffee County deputies received a call of a suspicious subject knocking on doors on the McMinnville Hwy in Manchester. Deputies made contact with the subject on McMinnville Hwy after the man’s vehicle had ran out of gas. Deputies state that the subject returned to his vehicle and when officers again went to make contact with the man identified as Timothy Scott Solomon age 26 of South Spring St Manchester. Deputies found that the man had an active warrant and allegedly tried to evade law enforcement by exiting his vehicle. The arrest warrant says that deputies were able...

Early Tuesday morning, Billie Jo Funk, age 44 of Morris Lane Tullahoma was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped for a traffic violation on East Grundy Street by Tullahoma Patrolman Tommy Elliott. Elliott reports that the driver and the front seat passenger fled on foot. Apparently Funk did not flee and the two suspects had not been captured at our news deadline. Upon searching the vehicle the arrest warrant says that Tullahoma officers allegedly found several Xanax pills, 26 grams of Ice, and 20 grams of Marijuana. Funk also allegedly had several glass pipes plus police found...