Man Charged for 4th DUI and More
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 …
County Unemployment Up Slightly in Coffee County
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 …
Tennessee Highways Rank 18th
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, …
New Tennessee State Museum will open in 2018
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. …
Tennessee Promise Sign-up Day is Oct 1 at Motlow
Motlow State Community College’s Moore County and Smyrna campuses will open up computer labs from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, for area high school seniors to sign up for Tennessee Promise. Motlow State staff will assist students in registering for Tennessee Promise, applying to Motlow State, and completing the Free Application …
County to receive Reimbursement
After a problem was identified by the State Fire Marshal’s Office $225,000 will be reimbursed to Coffee County. The money coming back to the county is because of a problem with the smoke evacuation system at the county jail. Because of the problems with the smoke evacuation system, inmates were not moved until May 2015. …
20 Year-old Arrested for Child’s Death
Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have obtained an indictment for a Fayetteville man in connection with the death of an infant earlier this year. At the request of 17th District Attorney General Robert Carter, TBI Special Agents joined detectives with the Fayetteville Police Department in investigating the May 18th death of 3-month-old …
Fatal Crash on Monteagle Mountain
The Tennessee Highway Patrol has identified the man killed in a Wednesday morning wreck in Marion County as 32-year-old Matthew Ross Burke of Seymour, Indiana. Preliminary investigation reports state that the semi was traveling west bound on Interstate 24 near mile marker 141 in Monteagle. The driver attempted to negotiate a curve to the left …
Gas Pipeline Repaired
The pipeline company working to repair a leak that led to gas shortages and higher prices for drivers across the South says its bypass repair is complete and restarted its main gasoline line Wednesday. Company spokesman Steve Baker told The Associated Press that crews have been working around the clock to get fuel to markets, …
