With hot summer temperatures, you can almost hear the meter rolling on your electricity usage, but a new report released from the Georgia Institute of Technology finds that going green can save big bucks. Specifically, the report looked at the potential impact of President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan and found that it could save the average Tennessee household more than $1,800 dollars in electricity costs over the next 15 years. Stephen Smith, executive director of Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, says the report validates a belief many have had for years. “We have long challenged the Tennessee Valley...

Eighty-two new laws will go into effect in Tennessee on July 1. A number of them will impact the safety of Tennesseans, including a law that will require people convicted of human trafficking for prostitution to register as a sex offender. Also, anyone convicted of taking unlawful pictures for sexual gratification will be added to the sex offender registry. The new laws will also impact veterans. Starting Friday, they can get a handgun carry permit without taking the required class. This will include active duty, honorable discharged, or retired members of the US Armed Forces. One of the biggest...

A police pursuit of a stolen black Cadillac Escalade from Manchester ended in Rutherford County with a fatal crash. The vehicle was stolen from Coffee County Funeral Chapel. The pursuit included Manchester officers and deputies from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department before Rutherford County took over. At one time the Escalade was traveling on the wrong side of I-24, driving into oncoming traffic. Lt. Bill Miller, spokesman for the Tennessee Highway Patrol says the pursuit ended in a head-on collision at the intersection of South Church Street (Highway 231) and Veterans Parkway in Murfreesboro. Three vehicles were involved in...

A body was found just off Highway 55 near the railroad tracks in Tullahoma on Saturday afternoon. Tullahoma Police investigators have been working the scene, gathering information near the tracks by Silver Street. Authorities confirmed more information would be released as soon as the investigation is complete. The person who was said to be very decomposed at the time of recovery has not been...

Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves 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 a different Coffee County Government phone number. 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 are attempting to collect money on a balance owed on an account. They...

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said a bear has been spotted multiple times in the Manchester area. According to TWRA, the bear is believed to be a young cub and has been seen in the area of New Bushy Branch Road. A person who was traveling on Interstate 24 that spotted the bear between Exits 111-114. There have also been reports of the bear in the Hillsboro area and near the Coffee/Warren County line. According to eyewitness reports the bear does not seem to be fully grown. A warning to area residents that it is illegal to kill, possess...

Since May 9 the bridge over Crumpton’s Creek on Cat Creek Road in Coffee County has been closed. The Tennessee Department of Transportation informed Coffee County Road Superintendent Benton Bartlett that the bridge had to be closed for repairs. Closure barricades were placed at each end of the bridge, but as of 4pm Thursday afternoon the bridge was reopened again. According to the Coffee County Highway Department, repairs have been completed and the bridge will be fully operational...