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Tennessee Receives Grant For Preschool Services
Federal officials have awarded a $17.5 million grant to Tennessee to expand preschool services. A statement from the U.S. Education Department on Wednesday says Tennessee is one of 13 states receiving funding from the Preschool Development Grants program to expand services. Five other states received grants for preschool development. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said expanding access to quality preschool “is critically important” to ensuring the future success of children. Duncan says that states receiving the grants will serve as models for expanding preschool to all 4-year-olds from low- and moderate-income...
Local REALTORS® Donate Over $4700 to the Sheriff’s Charity Fund
The 2014 Middle Tennessee Association of REALTORS® (MTAR) Charity Golf Scramble, held September 25th at WillowBrook Golf Club in Manchester, was very successful in helping this year’s two recipients of funds. The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department’s Christmas Charity Fund provides toys and food for needy families during the holidays. Last year the Fund provided toys to 527 children and food to 233 families. Janet Nettles, broker of Middle Tennessee Properties and Golf Scramble Chairperson Vicky Spellings, broker of Exit Realty Partners, presented a check to Sheriff Steve Graves and Sandy McKinney of the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department for $4721.80...
Benefit Holiday Concert At Motlow
Motlow College will host a holiday benefit concert on Friday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. inside Eoff Hall’s Powers Auditorium on the Moore County campus. Prior to the performance, there will be a reception inside Eoff Hall at 6 p.m. Admission to the event is free to the public, but reservations are required as seating will be limited. To make reservations, please call Bobbie Underwood at 931-393-1627 or email bunderwood@mscc.edu. Donations will be accepted and proceeds will support the music program at Motlow. “We’re excited about our first benefit concert,” said Dr. David Bethea, instructor of music at Motlow....
Lawsuits and More Lawsuits
In total, over the past five years local school systems and governments inside of Coffee County – including Manchester City, Manchester City Schools, Tullahoma City, Tullahoma City Schools, Coffee County and Coffee County Schools – have filed, settled or prepared to file approximately $4.46 million dollars in litigation against one another. According to a report in the Tullahoma News, a heavy influx of litigation began early this year after County Technical Advisory Service (CTAS) and state officials pronounced that liquor-by-the-drink (LBD) taxes were unremitted for years by counties and municipalities across the state. The Coffee County School System is...
Human Services May Scrap $38 M Computer System
A $38 million computer system that had been in the works for the Department of Human Services might be scrapped. The system under design was supposed to determine Medicaid eligibility, but it has been bogged down with delays and design defects. It was supposed to be operational more than a year ago and is still not complete. WPLN Radio reports scrapping the system is one of three options under consideration by TennCare, which could also try to salvage some of the work that’s been done on the system. The agency spent $1 million to hire consulting firm KPMG to...
November Real Estate Sales
November, 2014 CLOSED RES. SALES Last Month Closed AVE. SQ. FT. Last Month Sq. Ft. AVE. SALES PRICE Last Month Sales Price DAYS ON MARKET CLOSED Y-T-D Bedford County 31 46 1706 1692 $ 116,882 $139,280 101 453 Cannon County 3 11 1393 1779 $ 110,133 $131,686 133 112 Coffee County 51 59 1905 1883 $ 129,377 $134,911 122 522 Franklin County 44 55 1741 1996 $ 155,334 $157,758 154 425 Grundy County 4 1 1855 1128 $ 181,375 $19,500 306 40 Moore County 3 5 2810 3140 $ 174,500 $407,800 473 45 Rutherford County 353 483 2020 1999...
Three People Arrested During Meth (Ice) Bust In Manchester
On Monday morning Officer Dustan Foster of the Manchester Police responded to a call concerning a person walking around the square pulling on the door handles of parked cars. According to a police report, Foster said dispatch advised that a male subject had walked up a stairway at 107 W. Main St. Foster says he knocked on the door of an apartment telling the person he was with Manchester Police and a male’s voice answered saying hold on. In the report Foster says he could smell a strong odor of marijuana coming from the residence. After entering the apartment...
Gas Prices Fall For The 73rd Consecutive Day
Gas prices continue to fall. The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded ($2.70) dropped 10 cents in the past week, and is the lowest price since September 2010. The average price has fallen for 73 consecutive days – dropping 66 cents since September 26th. Tennessee’s average price ($2.47) is 10 cents cheaper than last week, 64 cents cheaper than this time last year. The state average fell for the 23rd consecutive day Sunday, falling 19 cents since November 11. In Coffee County gas prices continue to fall, in Manchester the low price has dropped to $2.38...
