Coffee County News

Johnny Burch has been a farmer, hazardous materials truck driver and sheriff's deputy.

Shelbyville police arrested a local couple Tuesday that authorities said were stealing thousands of dollars worth of weight loss and make-up items from the shelves of area Wal-Marts and selling them on the Internet.

A changing of the guard is less than a week away at the Lane Agri-Park in Murfreesboro.

Coffee County, Tenn. authorities confirmed Thursday a man found dead at the Bonnaroo Arts and Music Festival in Manchester, Tenn.

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for extreme east central Bedford County, southern Cannon County, Coffee County, including the city of Manchester, western Grundy County and southwestern Warren County until 10:45 a.m. At 9:56 a.m. National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm ...

Just off the first exit from I-24 into Manchester, a main drag runs through the dustier, less developed part of town.

The annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival taking place in rural Manchester kicked off Thursday, and with the influx of nearly 100,000 fans.

For the eighth year in a row, the city of Manchester is gearing up to receive nearly 80,000 visitors from across the country as music lovers flock to one of the country's premier summer music festivals, Bonnaroo.

A Manchester child was injured Friday after being hit by a van. According to the police report, Brandon Wilhoite, age 10, was riding a bicycle down the Old Tullahoma Highway around 8:00 p.m. when he allegedly rode his bicycle in front of a Plymouth Voyager driven by Joe Runion.

If you can afford it in this somewhat downtrodden economy, you can still score tickets to either of Middle Tennessee's biggest music festivals set to take place this week.

Catch this season's art exhibitions at the Ned R. McWherter West Tennessee Cultural Center, 314 E. Main St.

A Tullahoma man was arrested last week on attempted rape charges. Robert D. Smith, 50, of Tullahoma was arrested Friday in Coffee County and charged with the attempted rape of a 14-year-old girl.

The state has closed an unlicensed Coffee County daycare center after an 8-week-old boy died at the business.

Gov. Phil Bredesen has appointed Vanessa Agee Jackson to the Tennessee Circuit Court for the 14th Judicial District.

All the rain coming down has been good for Coffee County. For the first time in three years, Normandy Reservoir is just 2 feet away from what's called normal summer pool, or 875 feet above sea level.

Rutherford County is not the only community that plans to hold a TEA PARTY on Wednesday night.

Tornado warning issued for southeastern Rutherford County, Bedford County, northwestern Coffee County until 2 p.m. tornado warning for: bedford county in middle Tennessee, this includes the city of shelbyville, northwestern coffee county in middle Tennessee, southeastern rutherford county in middle Tennessee, Until 200 pm cdt At 121 pm cdt, ...

A cheese processing plant supervisor already accused in a civil lawsuit of calling workers "stupid Indians" and "donkeys" has now been charged with helping illegal immigrants get fake IDs and recruiting them for jobs.

A Franklin County woman pleaded guilty to doctor shopping. The practice mostly involves individuals who go to multiple doctors within a 30 day period to obtain similar medications.

Interstate 24 in Coffee County is shut down Monday evening following an accident involving an ambulance and a Tennessee Department of Transportation truck.