Local News stories across Southern Middle Tennessee
On Target News reported last week that Decherd Interim City Administrator Eric Bradford had resigned but would stay on as the city’s Water Superintendent. On Monday, Bradford resigned as the water department head. Bradford apparently quit his job by emailing board members on Monday morning.
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) mobile household hazardous waste collection service will be in Franklin County on Saturday, March 25. Tennesseans are encouraged to bring household hazardous waste – including cleaning fluids, pesticides, swimming pool chemicals, and more – to a designated drop-off location. A person does not need to live in …
Five children were taken away from a couple from Georgia after a traffic stop in February in Coffee County by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The children were put in state custody after their parents were charged with misdemeanor drug charges. According to the affidavit retrieved by WKRN-TV, Bianca Clayborne and Deonte Williams were traveling on …
More than $275 million of federal support to fight drug trafficking will be split up among 33 High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas nationwide. Tennessee is receiving $10 million, with Grundy and Franklin counties included in the 10 state counties that will get a portion of the funding to help fight the major problem.
The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department recently partnered with all elementary schools for a community service project. This project was a food drive in that all schools took part. North Coffee Elementary collected the most food, collecting over 700 cans. Hillsboro Elementary did a separate food drive collecting pet food only for the Coffee County Animal …
Others have joined a lawsuit against the Lincoln County government seeking relief from the whiskey fungus that has gathered at their home and business. Judge J.B. Cox ruled in February that Jack Daniels and parent company Brown-Forman Corp. has not followed the required processes to build and expand a barrelhouse operation on the site and ordered a work stoppage …
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Two Grundy County High School students reportedly got into a verbal disagreement on a school bus on March 7. The twin brothers live just across the county line in Marion County, and one of the 17-year-olds has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Department, one of …
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The March meeting for the Tullahoma City Schools Board of Education will be nothing short of a celebration, as the board plans to honor all eight educators who were named building-level Teachers of the Year. “The celebration of our teachers is something that the Board always looks forward to,” said TCS Board of Education Chairman …
A Winchester man has been arrested and charged with theft and TennCare fraud. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in July 2022; agents began investigating a report of fraudulent billing of the TennCare CHOICES program. Throughout the investigation, agents determined Robert Brown, who served as a caregiver for and resided with a CHOICES recipient, defrauded …
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Saturday, March 18, 2023, is “Tennessee Tree Day” — a statewide tree-planting event organized each year by the Tennessee Environmental Council. You and your family can participate in planting trees together and then watch them grow for years to come. Since 2007, our Tennessee Tree Day events have mobilized almost 79,000 Tennessee residents in planting …
