Tullahoma

Local man accused in Tullahoma theft (02/09/12)
A Shelbyville man is being held under a $50,000 bond in Coffee County after being charged with theft in Tullahoma. David Paul Zwarton, 31, of Industrial Parkway was arrested by Tullahoma investigator Jason Kennedy in connection with the theft of jewelry from a residence on Old Shelbyville Highway on Jan. 25...

Bell Buckle, BCUD extend water contract (01/19/11)
The water issue in Bell Buckle is still in limbo. At the Tuesday night meeting of the board of mayor and aldermen, Mayor Dennis Webb told board members he, Water Board Chair Jenny Hunt and Water Department Supervisor Ronnie Lokey had met with Bedford County Utility District...

Shelbyville man accused in Tullahoma holdup (01/04/11)
A Shelbyville man is being held in Coffee County on over $100,000 bond after he allegedly robbed a Tullahoma convenience store on New Year's Day. Johnny Charles Cates, 29, of Highway 130 West has been charged with aggravated robbery and is being held under $102,500 bond. He is scheduled to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court on Feb. 10...

Water woes among year's top issues (12/29/10)
Water was a problem in 2010 between Wartrace and Bell Buckle -- both in the literal and figurative senses of the word "between." The towns' water woes and a verdict in a murder trial are the next two entries on the Times-Gazette's annual countdown of the biggest news stories of 2010 as selected by a vote of staff members...

Suspects get the point (12/01/10)
A Shelbyville man held two individuals at gunpoint after he allegedly caught the pair breaking into his Tullahoma business last Friday. Jim Edmond Guthrie of Highway 130 East told Tullahoma patrolman Christopher Coe that someone had entered his business, Guthrie's Machine Shop on Ledford Mill Road, over the previous week...

Water system divides towns it once joined (07/04/10)
Wartrace and Bell Buckle are at odds over water -- who supplies it and how much it costs. This was evident Thursday night at a special called water board hearing in Wartrace where both Wartrace Mayor Don Gallagher and Bell Buckle Mayor Dennis Webb explained their recent actions and reactions...

Bell Buckle switches to BCUD water (06/27/10)
Bell Buckle Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted Thursday night at a special called meeting to sign a contract with Bedford County Utility District, making BCUD the town's primary water source. Wartrace had been the primary supplier, and Bell Buckle will now have to seek a contract with Wartrace as a secondary supplier...

Wartrace assures Bell Buckle water will flow (05/04/10)
Wartrace Mayor Don Gallagher told the town's water board Monday night that he had received a letter from the mayor of Bell Buckle about the water supply. "Mayor (Dennis) Webb sent me a letter expressing their concerns about our ability to supply them with all the water they need," he said...

Bell Buckle faces water problems (04/14/10)
Wartrace is on trial. That's the word from the Bell Buckle board of mayor and aldermen, which has been less than pleased with the town's water situation since the changeover to the Tullahoma water source. "Our water rate from Wartrace has gone from $1.55 to $2.50 (per thousand gallons). That is substantial," said Mayor Dennis Webb at the Tuesday night meeting...

Water connection completed (03/04/10)

Wait's nearly over for Wartrace water connection (02/26/10)
It's been a long and expensive April Fool's joke for the town of Wartrace, but as of Tuesday, the end is in sight. The town issued a statement Thursday morning that the long-awaited conversion to the Tullahoma Utility Board for its new water supply will take place Tuesday...

Wartrace water move scheduled next week (02/25/10)
Weather permitting, Wartrace's long-awaited conversion to the Tullahoma Utilities Board for water should take place early next week. The project, almost two years in the making, has had its final phase postponed repeatedly this winter due to freezing or wet weather...

Wartrace water change still delayed by weather (02/09/10)
Freezing temperatures and wet weather have again delayed Wartrace's conversion to the Tullahoma Utilities Board water supply, "We have to have a couple of days over 40 degrees and dry," said Mayor Don Gallagher at the Monday night meeting of the Wartrace Board of Mayor and Aldermen. "We're looking five days out on the forecast and it doesn't look good."...

Wartrace water to flow faster if weather permits (01/31/10)
It went from a bad April Fool's joke to an expensive nightmare, but for the town of Wartrace, it's almost over. During the week of Feb. 9, the town's water system conversion should be complete, connecting it with the Tullahoma Utilities Board. Should be....

Change to Tullahoma water reset for February (01/13/10)
Holiday breaks and unexpected cold temperatures have postponed the final connection between the Wartrace and Tullahoma Utility Board water lines. "The weather really hurt us bad," said Brian Smith of the Wartrace Water Department at the Monday night meeting of the water board. "The contractors on the (Philippi Road) bypass project couldn't even get their equipment to work at all last week. One sewer pump froze."...

Grieving mother had been conducting own search for son (12/03/09)
When Deborah Griggs sat in a parking lot in Tullahoma and watched police dogs search the area for her missing son, she wondered if he would ever be found safe and sound. "I had a bad feeling when I watched those dogs walk down there," she said. Her mother's intuition was right. Wednesday morning, days after the dogs searched fruitlessly, and 12 days after he was last seen, her son was found dead behind a Tullahoma car dealership on the AEDC Access Road...

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