Toddler’s Body To Be Exhumed For Second Autopsy
By: Phil Williams https://www.newschannel5.com/ A 16-year-old mystery involving the death of a little boy may soon be solved. This week, in a dramatic turn-around, the mother of Jeffry Kelton Skaggs decided to stop fighting efforts to exhume his body. Kelton was 15 months old at the time of his questionable death in 2001. [...]
Agathos mock trial team gets standing ovation during celebration of national title
MIKE CHRISTEN mchristen@c-dh.net https://www.columbiadailyherald.com/ The Agathos Classical School mock trial team received a standing ovation from Maury County's elected officials and celebrated members of the local bar association on Monday as the students were recognized for their national championship victory. Josiah Burns, Ella Seago, Samuel Whatley, Asher Black, Luke Epley, Rebekah [...]
Agathos mock trial students finish 3rd in nation
JAMES BENNETT jbennett@c-dh.net https://www.columbiadailyherald.com/ Agathos Classical School's Mock Trial Team wrapped up its year ranking third in the nation after the National Mock Trial Competition over the weekend in Reno, Nevada. The Agathos Classical team and Washington state were the two undefeated teams at the competition, winning trials at the regional, [...]
Agathos Classical school makes mock trial history
MIKE CHRISTEN mchristen@c-dh.net https://www.columbiadailyherald.com/ Columbia’s Agathos Classical School made history this weekend as it became the first local institution to earn the title of state champion in the Tennessee State High School Mock Trial competition. The students from the small private school of less than 180 students will go on to [...]
Thomas family sues Maury County BOE and Tad Cummins
JAMES BENNETT jbennett@c-dh.net https://www.columbiadailyherald.com/ A federal lawsuit filed against the Maury County Board of Education and former teacher Tad Cummins revealed that he and a former student regularly engaged in oral sex inside his classroom’s closet. In the weeks leading up to Cummins’ alleged March abduction of Elizabeth Thomas, Culleoka Unit [...]
Ogles takes the helm as new chairman of Maury County Republican Party
Mike Christen The Daily Herald Maury County Mayor Andy Ogles is taking on another job in local politics. More than two years into his four-year term as county mayor, Ogles was elected as chairman of the Maury County Republican Party during the party's reorganization meeting in March. A vocal conservative activist, Ogles said he [...]
Family of Elizabeth Thomas: Time to Focus on Her Recovery
Natalie Neysa Alund USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee The family of a Middle Tennessee 15-year-old girl rescued after being allegedly abducted last month expressed thanks Tuesday for the public's support and said it's time to focus on the teenager's recovery. "The outpouring of love and support from the public for Elizabeth Thomas [...]
Missing Tennessee teen’s father seeks to depose witnesses in hopes of finding daughter
The legal move comes over three weeks after the teen was reported missing. By ABC News April 8, 2017, 1:48 PM The father of a Tennessee teenager who was allegedly kidnapped by her former teacher filed a petition in court Thursday, asking to depose witnesses who may know more about their purported [...]
Victim in Hohenwald Walmart stabbing case testifies
JAMES BENNETT jbennett@c-dh.net https://www.columbiadailyherald.com/ HOHENWALD - Samantha Clifft testified Thursday that her estranged husband stabbed her eight times after he pulled out a deer-hunting knife inside Walmart and she asked what he planned to do with it. Speaking publicly for the first time about the attempted-murder case in Lewis County General [...]