Emergency News in Southern Middle Tennessee
On April 9, 2021, William Henry Longmire, Jr., 51 years of age of Tullahoma, Tennessee, arrived at Vanderbilt-Tullahoma Harton Hospital for an apparent overdose. According to Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott treatment efforts were unsuccessful, and Longmire died from the alleged overdose. Upon an autopsy, the Medical Examiner confirmed that Longmire died from acute …
On Monday morning students at Cascade High School in Bedford County were evacuated after the school received a report of a bomb threat. Authorities searched the school and cleared it for any threat; no bomb was found. Students were allowed back into the school after the search was completed.
A man accused in the shooting death of a 14-year-old Shelbyville teenager has pleaded guilty to all charges. Horatio Rice was sentenced last week to life without parole. 14-year-old Israel Diego Pascual was doing laundry with his family at the Duck River Laundry in Shelbyville, when police say Rice ran up and shot multiple times …
Man Pleads Guilty to 1st Degree Murder of Shelbyville Teenager Read More »
Tonya Fletcher, 45 of Wartrace, who family reports was born and raised in Coffee County died because of injuries she received in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 41A South. Fletcher reportedly became trapped in her burning pickup truck in the accident earlier this week on the highway between Shelbyville and Tullahoma. In a report from …
TBI Special Agent/ Fire Investigators are seeking information about a church fire that was started at the Historic Christ Church Episcopal in Tracy City, Grundy County, earlier this month. On April 8th, shortly before 8:30 p.m., the Tracy City Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at the church at 530 10th Street. …
Authorities continue to search for information about Grundy Co. Church Fire Read More »
Early Sunday morning Grundy County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence off Hwy. 399 in Palmer after a man showed up at the emergency room in Dunlap seeking medical treatment for an injured hand, face and arm. His injuries were consistent with an explosion. When deputies arrived at the residence, they found what appeared to …
Exploded Pipe Bomb along with Guns and Drugs leads to Palmer man facing Charges Read More »
A fatal two-vehicle crash occurred Thursday morning on the Hillsboro Hwy. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports say that Christopher May, 61 of Winchester was driving a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado when he collided with a 2000 Peterbilt tractor-trailer. May died from injuries he received in the crash. The THP report says that May veered into the …
Fatal Crash on the Hillsboro Hwy Thursday Morning Read More »
The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department is in search of a stolen 2020 Kawasaki KRX. The all-terrain vehicle was taken between Sunday (4/10/22) and Wednesday afternoon (4/13/22) from the Fredonia Road area. If you have any information, contact Investigator Brandon Gullett at 931-728-3591.
A large, wooded area fire took place on Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday night in Tracy City. The fire reportedly burned around 100 acres near Gizzard Creek. The Tracy City Fire Department responded to the blaze and later the forestry departments from Grundy and Marion counties brought large bulldozers to the scene. The fire got close …
This is Work Zone Awareness Week in Tennessee, and with pothole repairs on interstate projects ongoing, TDOT is using this week to urge drivers to use more caution on the roadways. According to TDOT in 2021, more than 4,000 crashes happened in work zones on Tennessee roads, that number went up from 2020 when there …
