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Coffee County Circuit and Chancery Court Canceled on Wednesday

All Stories, Coffee, Government, Legal, Local, News, Top Stories / By Lucky Knott

Due to inclement weather and difficult road conditions, Coffee County Circuit and Chancery Court have been canceled for Wednesday, January 17th. As well as all other county government offices in Coffee County. **Circuit Criminal Court– Cases will be rescheduled; further dates will be sent out once we are back in the office. **General Sessions Civil Court– Cases will be …

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Closing and Postpoments other than Schools

Government, Legal, Local, News, Top Stories / By Lucky Knott

Due to inclement weather, Coffee County Circuit & Chancery Courts will be closed on Tuesday, January 16. Coffee County government is closed except for essential offices. **Circuit and Chancery Court- Cases will be rescheduled, and we will send out further dates once we are back in the office. **General Sessions Criminal Court- Cases will be …

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Former Area Police Officer Used Fake High School Diploma to Get Jobs

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

The Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy has received an anonymous complaint about a former area police officer. The complaint said that Brandon Patterson paid for his diploma on Amazon. The former Pikeville, TN police officer and Grundy County Sheriff’s Deputy was found to have used a fake high school diploma to get his jobs. An …

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State Rep Wants More Jail Time and Possibly Death Sentence for Child Rapists

All Stories, Crimes, Government, Legal, Local, News, Politics, Top Stories / By Lucky Knott

According to a media release, House Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland, proposes changing the existing sentencing guidelines for convicted child rapists from 25 to 40 years in prison to 40 to 60 years. The bill would also authorize the use of the death penalty for such crimes. This legislation is just one of several new …

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New PTSD State Law for Firefighters

All Stories, Fire, Government, Health, Legal, Local, News, Top Stories / By Lucky Knott

As of Jan. 1, there is a state law in Tennessee that can help firefighters get better while still getting paid. The James “Dustin” Samples Act honors Samples, a Cleveland, Tennessee firefighter who bravely fought PTSD on the job. When he took his own life in 2020, his department and his family acted. Last year, …

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Don’t Let Holiday Debts Snowball

All Stories, Education, Legal, Local, News, Top Stories / By Lucky Knott

By Marla Williams, Legal Aid Society Between gifts, decorations, family meals and travel, the holiday season is more expensive than ever. According to a survey by Deloitte, consumers are expected to spend an average of $1,652 this year on holiday-related expenses. A sizable percentage of Americans take on debt to pay for costs associated with the holidays. …

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Tullahoma Man Recently Convicted in 1994 Georgia Murder

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

Last week, Robert Allen Mowry, a 53-year-old man from Tullahoma, was convicted by a Walker County, GA, jury for the 1994 murder of James Richard Harris, a 54-year-old man from Chickamauga, Georgia. Harris had been struck in the back of the head and strangled to death during an apparent robbery. The two men work together …

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Hillsboro Man Charged with Reckless Homicide Has Case Bound Over to Grand Jury

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

On September 14, 2023, the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call at 54 A Street in Hillsboro of an apparent shooting. Officers arrived and found the victim, Katrina Blackburn, a 22-year-old female, deceased from what appeared to be a gunshot wound. They charged James Garrett Lyon II, 27 years old, of the same …

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Tullahoma Alderman Jenna Amacher Files Federal Lawsuit against the City and Individuals

All Stories, Coffee, Government, Legal, Local, News, Politics, Top Stories / By Lucky Knott

Tullahoma City Alderman Jenna Amacher has filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Tullahoma, former city administrator Jennifer Moody, Mayor Ray Knowis, Scott Van Velsor, and Jim Woodard. Amacher is asking for a half million dollars. The lawsuit states that it is about the abusive use of state governmental power to intimidate and harm …

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Decherd Man Pleads Guilty to Federal False Tax Return Charge

All Stories, Crimes, Franklin, Government, Legal, Local, News, Top Stories / By Lucky Knott

Recently, Ross A. Rinkes, 66, of Decherd, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to making and subscribing a false U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, Form 1040, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Sentencing has been set for March 7, 2024. Rinkes faces a …

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