Tag: Coffee County

Report: Late Coffee County Mayor Judd Matheny’s Death Ruled Accidental, Caused by Drug Overdose

Kaitlin Housler
Judd Matheny

The late Coffee County Mayor Judd Matheny’s April 2 death was caused by drugs present in his system, compounded by heart conditions, according to an autopsy report conducted by the Center for Forensic Medicine in Nashville.

The report, first obtained by The Tullahoma News, concluded that Matheny’s death was accidental, with the cause of death “ascribed to mixed cocaine, ethanol, mitragynine toxicity with hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease as a significant contributing factor.”

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Bridgestone Responds to Criticism from Coffee County Sheriff over Work Absences During Snow Storms

Peter D'Abrosca
Chad Partin

Bridgestone is responding to criticism from the Coffee County Sheriff who accused the company of forcing workers to call the sheriff’s office to get notes for excused absences from work during last week’s severe winter weather. 

Coffee County Sheriff Chad Partin wrote an open letter to the tire giant on his Facebook page on January 19. It said:

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Georgia Taxpayers Could Foot a $400K Bill for New Election Equipment in Coffee County

The Center Square

Georgia taxpayers could be on the hook for $400,000 worth of new election equipment for Coffee County after individuals illegally accessed voting equipment.

The state is sending the county 100 ballot marking devices, 100 printers, 21 poll pads, 10 precinct scanners, and new flashcards and thumb drives. County election officials will receive the equipment in time for installation and testing before voting starts.

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Coffee County Submits Another Letter with Evidence Claiming Inconsistent Results Obtained from Dominion Machines

Corinne Murdock

Coffee County submitted a letter to the Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee with evidence claiming that the Dominion Voting Systems (Dominion) machines provided inconsistent results in their county. Like the rest of Georgia and 28 other states, the county used Dominion’s Democracy Suite 5.5.

The Georgia Star News was informed that the secretary of state’s office stands by the information issued in its press release last week stating that Coffee County workers likely double-scanned batches of ballots.

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Coffee County Election Board Alleges Serious Flaws with Electronic Voting Systems and Processing Procedures

Corinne Murdock

Coffee County Election Board testified that there are serious flaws with the state’s electronic voting systems. In a video presented during Georgia House hearing on Thursday, Coffee County Elections Director Misty Martin walked the viewer and other officials through use of the scanning and uploading software, pointing out several key issues that she claimed allowed for voter fraud.

During the video, Martin presented examples of how the voting system could allow elections supervisors to override votes or accept double votes within the electronic adjudication process, as well as scan and electronically vote on blank ballots. Additionally, the video depicted monitors’ inability to watch the adjudication process from the accepted amount of social distancing.

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Georgia’s Coffee County Refuses to Certify Electronic Recount Results, Cites Irreconcilable Anomalies with Voting Machines

Corinne Murdock

Coffee County election officials refused to certify the electronic recount earlier this week, citing irreconcilable anomalies with the voting machine results in a letter to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

In the letter, the Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration stated that the electronic recount was unable to repeat duplicate, credible results. 

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Tennessee Woman Files Suit Against Public School Mask Mandate

Chris Butler

A Coffee County mother is reportedly suing the county school system over its mask mandate for students.

That woman, Heather Murchison, said the mandate prevents her son from concentrating at school, and she also said only parents can decide if their children should wear masks.

In a Facebook post last week, Murchison also said she observed a certain level of hypocrisy among the people enforcing the mandate.

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Islamic Group Demands Coffee County District Attorney Resign

Chris Butler

  Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott, assigned the Glen Casada and Justin Jones case, has reportedly stirred up controversy of his own by criticizing the Islamic religion on Facebook. This, according to several news outlets, who also reported that the Council on American-Islamic Relations wants Northcott to resign. CAIR also reportedly wants the Tennessee Republican Party to “repudiate” him over the posts. Northcott did not return The Tennessee Star’s requests for comment. In a Facebook post Saturday, however, Northcott said he will not resign. “Thank you to everyone for the outpouring of support that you have shown me over the past couple of days. It has been truly humbling. I am honored to serve as your District Attorney. Rest assured, I am not resigning,” Northcott wrote. “If they figured I would apologize for calling hate in any form evil, they miscalculated. If they expect me to denounce my faith because of their tactics, they are going to be disappointed.” Members of the Tennessee Republican Party’s Nashville-based headquarters did not return our repeated requests for comment. CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper told The Tennessee Star Friday that members of his group called for Northcott’s resignation, despite only learning about his Facebook…

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