Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves and Investigator Jason Dendy has issued a warning about a scam making its way around Coffee County. The scammers in the past have posed as a deputy from the sheriff’s department, this time they are spoofing phone numbers that seem to be local. Sometimes the scammer even claims to be a lawyer. Caller ID spoofing is the practice of causing the telephone network to indicate to the receiver of a call that the originator of the call is from someone or place other than the true originating person or place. “The scammers say they...

The Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security is asking parents to be on the lookout for people dressed as clowns. The department sent a tweet about the issue on Saturday, as did the Tennessee Highway Patrol. According to officials, these could actually be child predators. Last week, a Coffee County teenager claimed he was attacked by someone dressed as a clown. Anyone who sees a suspicious clown in their area should call 911 or...

An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Cannon County man for the July murder of his brother. At the request of 16th District Attorney General Jennings Jones, TBI Special Agents, with the assistance of the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Cannon County Sheriff’s Office, began investigating the July 10th death of 38-year-old Carl “Floyd” Young. During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information that on that day, Carl had been involved in a verbal and physical altercation with his brother Chad on Gunter Hollow Road in Woodbury....

ITT Tech Institute students who have questions about continuing their education can find the answers at one of the four Motlow State Community College campuses. ITT Tech is a for-profit educator that recently ceased operations at all campuses due to sanctions imposed by the U.S. Department of Education. The college’s closure affects over 40,000 students nationwide and is one of the largest in U.S. history. “We welcome ITT Tech students to come and explore what Motlow State has to offer,” said Jeremy Mills, director of recruitment at Motlow. “Students will find that our campus community is a compassionate and...

On Wednesday a Tennessee Highway Patrolman stopped a subject on Hwy 64 in Beechgrove for a traffic violation. The arrest warrant says the Trooper made contact with a male subject who supposedly had an odor of an intoxicant about him. The warrant goes onto say the man identified as Terry Lynn King age 52 of Parchman Ave in Cumberland City, TN had slurred speech and red bloodshot eyes. Trooper Joseph Jones says he conducted 5 field sobriety tests on King and he allegedly performed poorly on all 5 tests. The warrant notes the man refused to consent to a...

County unemployment rates for August 2016 were released on Thursday and they show the rates decreased in 26 counties, increased in 58, and remained the same in 11 counties. In Coffee County the unemployment rate went up slightly from 4.8 percent in July to 4.9 percent in August. Currently there are 1,220 people without a job in the county. Bedford County went down from 5.4 to 5.3 percent. Down in Franklin County the unemployment rate jumped from 5.5 percent to 5.7. In Cannon County their rate went up from 4.8 percent to 4.9. On the mountain, Grundy County fell...

Tennessee ranks 18th in the nation in overall highway performance and cost-effectiveness in the new 22nd Annual Highway Report published this week by Reason Foundation. The state’s overall ranking has worsened, it was ranked 17th in the previous report. Tennessee ranks 40th in fatality rate, 10th in deficient bridges, 16th in rural Interstate pavement condition, 19th in urban Interstate pavement condition, and 27th urbanized area congestion. On spending, Tennessee ranks 22nd in total disbursements per mile and 24th in administrative disbursements per mile. Tennessee’s best rankings are rural arterial pavement condition (8th), deficient bridges (10th), and rural Interstate pavement...

The new Tennessee State Museum is scheduled to open its doors to the public in the fall of 2018. Officials say construction on the building located north of the state Capitol in Nashville should be finished by June of that year, but that exhibits will need to be installed and prepared before it can open. The $160 million facility will share a parking lot with the city’s farmer’s market, which will also serve as the food court for museum visitors. Architects have been commissioned to conduct a study on the cost of adding Nashville artist Red Grooms’ Tennessee Fox...