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Joann’s Fabric and Crafts Files for Bankruptcy; Stores to Remain Open

All Stories, Business, Coffee, Crimes, Local, News, Police, Top Stories / By Lucky Knott

Joann’s Fabric and Crafts, the 81-year-old fabric and craft retailer, has filed for bankruptcy as it struggles with customers cutting back on discretionary spending. In a statement Monday, the Ohio-based company said it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and has secured $132 million in fresh funding, which will help reduce its debt by half, …

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Infant Dies in Tullahoma; Parents Charged with Murder

All Stories, Coffee, Crimes, Local, News, Top Stories / By Lucky Knott

According to the Tullahoma Police Department, two people were arrested after their malnourished 4-month-old baby died in Tullahoma this week. On Tuesday (March 12), police and Coffee County EMS responded to a home at 1407 E. Grundy St. after receiving a call about an unresponsive infant. The baby was taken to Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital and …

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Bedford County Teacher and Coach Arrested on Sex Crime Charges

Bedford, Crimes, Local, News, Top Stories / By Will Rabb

Shelbyville high school Spanish teacher and assistant football coach Alejandro A.J. Nunez was arrested on Tuesday for child sex crimes. The Shelbyville Police Department said Nunez was arrested in connection with an incident involving a 16-year-old female student. Police added that the student told them that Nunez took an inappropriate picture of her in his …

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Rutherford County Teacher Accused of Taking Inappropriate Photos

Crimes, Local, News, Rutherford, Top Stories / By Will Rabb

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations that John Duncan, an alternative school teacher in Rutherford County took inappropriate pictures of himself inside a school. Duncan, who is a personal finance and history teacher at Daniel-McKee Alternative School and a Rutherford County School Board Candidate, has been suspended without pay by Rutherford County …

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Update on Fatal Crash in Coffee County

Accidents, All Stories, Coffee, Local, News, Top Stories / By Lucky Knott

We have a follow up to a story we brought you last week. According to a report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, on March 6, at 11:30 PM, a 2004 Nissan Pathfinder was traveling on State Route 280/Ferrell’s Loop Road in Coffee County and crossed the center line. After negotiating a curve, the driver lost …

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Three Expensive Vehicles Stolen from Dealership

All Stories, Business, Crimes, Local, News, Police, Top Stories / By Lucky Knott

It’s one of the biggest thefts that longtime Lawrenceburg officers can remember. Three expensive vehicles were allegedly stolen recently from a dealership, including a brand-new Corvette driven right off the showroom floor. The three vehicles are worth more than $300,000. That includes a $148,000 new Z06 Corvette, a 2024 GMC Sierra HD 2500 Denali pickup …

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Alleged Sex Offender Captured by Shelbyville Police and Coffee County Sheriff’s Investigators

All Stories, Bedford, Coffee, Crimes, Local, News, Police, Top Stories / By Lucky Knott

On March 6th, 2024, detectives from the Shelbyville Police Department conducted an undercover operation to apprehend 26-year-old Robert Austin Mohrmann, who allegedly arranged to meet a 13-year-old juvenile female for sex. While attempting to take Mohrmann into custody, he fled the area by motor vehicle, almost striking detectives. On Monday, March 11, 2024, The Shelbyville …

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Tullahoma Man Indicted on 25 counts of Aggravated Unlawful Photography of a Minor

Coffee, Crimes, Legal, Local, News, Police, Top Stories / By Lucky Knott

Dan Daniel, a 60-year-old resident of Tullahoma, was arrested by Tullahoma Police and charged with 25 counts of Aggravated Unlawful Photography of a Minor. Tullahoma Police Investigator Michael Wilder charged Daniel and took the case to the Coffee County Grand Jury, where he was indicted. Daniel is set to appear in Coffee County Circuit Court …

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Shelbyville Police Searching for Man Wanted for Sex Charges

All Stories, Bedford, Crimes, Local, News, Police, Top Stories / By Lucky Knott

On March 6th, 2024, detectives from the Shelbyville Police Department conducted an undercover operation to apprehend 26-year-old Robert Austin Mohrmann, who had arranged to meet a 13-year-old juvenile female for sex. While attempting to take Mohrmann into custody, he fled the area by motor vehicle, almost striking detectives. Mohrmann now has outstanding warrants for solicitation …

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Two Fatal Crashes on the Same Day in Coffee County