The Wildcats traveled to Walker Valley last night, a win would advance them to the State Tournament, a loss ends their 2012 season. Tullahoma started Jordan Sheffield on the bump and the Mustangs started Bobby Townce. Inning one went quickly for the cats as their three batters were retired after only eight pitches from Townce. …
Students participating in spring sports next year such as baseball, softball, track, and soccer may have to find their own transportation to “away” events, due to cost cutting measures by the county school system. Coffee County School and Transportation Department officials told the Budget and Finance Committee this week that they were requesting an additional …
A recent drought report shows Tennessee as abnormally dry just ahead of a long stretch of dry weather expected this summer. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, many lakes in the Cumberland River Basin are at levels below normal and Percy Priest Lake is at its lowest level since 1986. Similar conditions brought …
Coffee County held a public meeting on Tuesday at the Coffee County Administrative Building Meeting in Manchester. The purpose of discussing the HOME Program. The County has been awarded a grant through the Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) for the purpose of rehabilitating owner-occupied homes of low-income residents. Applications are available at Mayor Pennington’s office …
A recent report by the ABC News program Nightline prompted Pepsi to pull its sponsorship of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in Shelbyville, Tenn. The report focused on a practice known as “horse soring” where trainers use chemical or mechanical items such as kerosene and metal bolts to exaggerate the natural walking horse gait. …
Tennessee is one of six states that will share in more than $181 million in federal health care grants. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the grants Wednesday, saying Tennessee will receive $4.3 million to use in establishing Affordable Health Care Insurance Exchanges. The funds are part of the Affordable Care Act. …
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is stressing life jacket use as the boating season revs up. Ready, Set, Wear It Day is Saturday with a series of events statewide to encourage safe boating, including wearing personal floatation devices. The events come during national Safe Boating Week.
United Regional Medical Center in Manchester is facing a $20-million dollar lawsuit. The suit was filed last year in Coffee County Circuit Court. This after a nurse was accused of injecting the wrong patient with a powerful painkiller on 2010. Priscilla Wilder died ten days after her husband said she was mistakenly given the wrong …
