Manchester Police are looking into an incident that occurred at Wal-Mart. A woman on Monday (8-27-12) allegedly loaded two shopping carts with merchandise and pushed the items out of the store. The suspect, along with two small children, left the store with over $2,000 worth of items. If you have any information on the woman or the children, contact Investigator Ray (Butch) Stewart with the Manchester Police Department. 728-2099.

The Tullahoma Board of Mayor and Aldermen may revise an ordinance so that stiffer penalties apply to those who remove trees from city right of way without proper authorization. Tullahoma Tree Board chairman Ralph Graham presented recommendations to the Board of Aldermen Monday that he said there have had several instances where public trees have been removed from the right of way or damaged in recent years. Graham said the city’s current ordinance has a $50 fine for those who violate the city ordinance but it has not been a deterrent to those who have removed 100-year-old trees from city right of way. The Board of Aldermen agreed to consider at its Sept. 24 meeting that removing trees without authorization is subject to citations being issued by the city forester, that would not only levy the $50 fine but also violators could be subject to any additional costs for removing damaged trees and expenses associated with replacing them.

Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment are proud to announce the dates for the 12th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Confirmed to take place June 13 – 16, 2013, the four-day festival will once again be held at the same beautiful, 700-acre farm in Manchester.
As the only round-the-clock major U.S. music festival, Bonnaroo packs an unparalleled amount of entertainment options into its four days. The event has offered its attendees the amenities and community spirit of a small city, with 24 hours of activities including a comedy theater, cinema festival, broo’ers festival, silent disco, salon, sustainable gardening lessons, arcade, Internet cafés, restaurants, yoga classes and hundreds of high quality food and craft vendors.
The Bonnaroo 2013 line up will be announced in February.

The University of Tennessee made no movement in its bid to become a top-25 public research university, holding steady at No. 46 on the latest rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report.
Chancellor Jimmy Cheek insisted Tuesday he was happy with UT’s ability to hold steady its spot on this list.
UT ranked as high as No. 38 in 2006, but fell to No. 52 in 2009 and 2010. UT shares its current spot with the University of Oklahoma, Iowa State University, the University of Nebraska, and the University of California-Riverside.

The state’s poverty rate dropped slightly last year, even as the national rate jumped to 46 million people. Tennessee still has some of the highest poverty numbers in the nation.
According to new numbers from the Census Bureau, about 77-thousand fewer Tennesseans are living in poverty. However, the number is still higher than before the recession. In the last year, the state’s jobless rate has fallen. Also, some of the state’s poorest communities have announced new efforts to tackle poverty.
The Census Bureau’s figures are based on the federal poverty line, which is about 23-thousand dollars for a family of four.

The State of Tennessee will announce a new college savings plan, the TNStars College Savings 529 Program. Treasurer David H. Lillard, Jr. will be joined by Governor Bill Haslam, Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey, and Speaker Beth Harwell at the announcement of the new plan on September 18th. The announcement of the new 529 savings plan will be at the Adventure Science Center Planetarium in Nashville.
A 529 plan is a tax-advantaged college savings plan that is designed to help parents, grandparents and friends support the educational needs of loved ones.

The Coffee County Fair Association would like to invite everyone to come out to enjoy another spectacular year. With this being the Fair’s 155th Anniversary, they have worked hard to try to preserve the past
as well as look toward the future. The Coffee County Fair is located at 99 Lakeview Drive in Manchester.
Saturday at 5:30 PM is the Miss Teen Coffee County Contest, and at 8:00 PM the Fairest of the Fair Contest will begin.
Sunday’s events; 1:00 PM Baby Show – 0-6 Months, 2:00 PM Baby Show – 6-12 Months, 3:00 PM Baby Show – 12-18 Months, 4:00 PM Baby Show – 18-24 Months and 5:00 PM Toddler Show.