Authorities in Lincoln County held a news conference Thursday and said the suspects connected to a two-state killing spree in October 2012 have been indicted. Officials said the Grand Jury handed down six, first-degree murder counts to the two suspects, who are in custody in Alabama. Deputies found the bodies of 22-year-old Chabreya Campbell, her …
The Manchester Police Department is asking for the public’s help in an investigation of a theft that took place at a local business. A male and female were at the Dollar General Store on Hillsboro Blvd recently and allegedly stole a woman’s wallet. They were caught on video surveillance. Anyone who recognizes one or both …
A 19 yr old man fell climbing back up at Rutledge Falls Wednesday evening around 6:15PM. The young man, Thomas Banister, from Shelbyville suffered a broken femur. Emergency personnel with the Coffee County Rescue Squad lifted Banister back to the top of the falls. Once the man was the top of the falls he was …
Ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, the U.S. Corps of Engineers is reminding people to clean up behind themselves while on the lake and in camping areas. Every year massive amounts of litter is left behind which causes a danger to other people on the lake and wildlife. Littering on lakes, such as nearby Normandy …
In Shelbyville, Harris Middle School teacher’s assistant accused of slapping a special education student made his first court appearance Wednesday. According to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, W. Bret Lawrence, 53, of Lantern Lane stood before Bedford County General Sessions Judge Charles Rich, and at first stated he would represent himself, but then later told prosecutors he …
Former Coffee County Congressman Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, has been reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress. The Republican from Tennessee won re-election last year despite revelations that he had affairs with patients and once urged 1 of them to …
County unemployment rates for April 2013, released this week, show the rate decreased in 62 counties, increased in 23, and stayed the same in ten. Tennessee’s unemployment rate for April was 8.0 percent, which increased two tenths of one percentage point from the March revised rate of 7.8 percent. The national unemployment rate for April …
The Tennessee Highway Patrol will be conducting sobriety checkpoints in Coffee County on Saturday May 25. The scheduled checkpoints are contingent upon manpower and weather conditions. There will also be a number of officers out this Memorial Day weekend patrolling making sure the roads are safe. The THP will be watching for drunk drivers and …
