News stories for Southern Middle Tennessee
On January 23, 2023, the Winchester Police Department began searching for a man that led officers on a chase with a stolen car from Modena Road. William Casey Tarrant, 32, and Candyce Lafevers allegedly led officers on a chase in Winchester. According to officials, Tarrant stopped on the side of the road in a neighborhood on Morris …
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Monday unveiled plans to send state money to anti-abortion centers as he declared the state had a “moral obligation” to support families. Lee, a Republican, said he wants to create a $100 million grant program for nonprofits commonly known as “crisis pregnancy centers.” If approved, Tennessee would become one of …
Gov. Lee Talks Spending plans during State of the State speech on Monday Read More »
Cat Murray is back with her annual HIStory Told by Her: A Michael Jackson Tribute show for 2023! The show must go on and has for 12 years! Every year the funds raised go to a nonprofit/organization that helps our community. Last year funds raised went to The Imagination Library of Coffee Co. This year …
HISTory Told By Her: A Michael Jackson Tribute benefit for United Way Read More »
District Attorney Craig Northcott released the following information. Parental Discretion is Advised On February 6, 2023, James Richard McCoy entered a guilty plea for the brutal and senseless killing of Lisa McCoy. Lisa was formerly married to McCoy and they had a son together that was 12 years old at the time McCoy murdered Lisa. …
McCoy Pleads Guilty to Brutal 2018 Coffee County Murder Read More »
For the first time in five weeks, the Tennessee gas price average declined nine cents on average in the past week, according to data from AAA – The Auto Club Group. The Tennessee Gas Price average is now $3.19, which is 20 cents more expensive than one month ago and nearly six cents more than one year …
Two Tennessee lawmakers are calling for eliminating the state sales tax on food to be replaced by an increase in tobacco taxes. The proposal would end the 4% sales tax on food for human consumption and increase the tax on cigarettes from 3 cents per cigarette to 8.35 cents each. Other tobacco products would see …
The state championship swim meet will be held in Knoxville, TN, February 9-11, 2023.
We have an update on a story we brought you last week. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department reported on Thursday morning that they had responded to Lightfoot Lane to investigate a deceased female beside the roadway. At first, she was not identified, but now the sheriff’s department reports that the 53-year-old female was Portia Renee …
Deceased Female found on roadway in Franklin County Identified Read More »
The Tullahoma Police Department needs your assistance in identifying the male subject pictured above. He was involved in an incident at a local business on January 12, 2023, and the person was driving the vehicle pictured. If you have any information, please get in touch with Detective Johnny Gore at 931-455-0530 ext. 109 or jgore@tullahomatn.gov.
Racist graffiti was found on the message board of an MTSU student dorm door on Friday night, the university’s president said in a statement released Sunday. WSMV-TV reports that Dr. Sidney A. McPhee said Housing and Residential Life, MTSU Police, and other campus administrators have been working with the impacted students. “This is a reprehensible …
