44-year-old Katy Hartsgrove Phillips, who was the Northwest High School Valedictorian in 1995 and was honored by the 99th Tennessee General Assembly, which declared her “display of intellectual prowess and inner drive surely bodes well for her future success,” was charged with DUI this week after crashing the vehicle she was driving at Madison & Maple Street. Responding officers say she was unable to stand without swaying and reeked of alcohol when they arrived at 7:01 p.m. Phillips refused field sobriety tests but consented to a blood draw for testing.
