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Cougar Cat Walk Deemed Major Success
The 2014 Cougar Cat Walk held on Friday, September 26th was a major success thanks to all of the Staff, Students, Volunteers, and wonderful Sponsors of this year’s fundraiser. The Committee of Parents & Teachers at College Street Elementary School who host the Cougar Cat Walk every year were overwhelmed and overjoyed at this year’s event response from the community. By the end of this year’s fundraising campaign, over $17,000 dollars was raised and the students of College Street Elementary School will soon receive their goal of Water Fountains on the playground. To watch the College Street Elementary School...
Open House At Manchester Fire & Rescue
Manchester Fire & Rescue will host their first ever Open House. The fire department will the Open House at Fire Station One (1509 Hillsboro Blvd) on Monday, October 6, 2014 from 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm. It will be open to everyone in the city. Bring your children so they can have fun in the bouncy house and enjoy sodas, and popcorn. Small giveaways are also planned. Manchester Fire & Rescue will be making FREE appointments for Smoke Alarm installations for residents that live within the...
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Two People Injured In Thursday Crash In Manchester
An accident on Thursday night sent two people to the hospital in Manchester. According to authorities a Toyota pickup and a passenger car apparently were rear-ended by a 3-wheel vehicle at the Hwy 41/55 intersection. The 3-wheel vehicle overturned in the roadway. Manchester Fire & Rescue responded to the scene and cut the roof off the 3-wheel car to free the driver. Coffee County EMS then transported the driver to a local hospital. The driver of the passenger car was also transported to the hospital with a neck injury. The driver of pickup was not injured. No names were...
City of Manchester Receives Grant
Gov. Bill Haslam has announced more than $28 million in community development grants to help improve infrastructure, health and safety projects and downtown improvements. Seventy cities and counties around the state received the block grants under Wednesday’s announcement. Haslam said the improvements help communities attract investment and jobs. The state grants ranged from $88,000 to $525,000, with local governments matching some of that total. Other grants are funding fire protection, housing rehabilitation, ambulance services and drainage improvements. The City of Manchester will receive $315,000 for drainage improvements. The city will spend $55,589 for a total of...
Duck River Electric Membership Corp. Makes Donation
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library affiliates in seven counties served by Duck River Electric Membership Corp. (DREMC) will benefit from a $10,000 Sharing Success grant, sponsored by the co-op and rural electric lender CoBank. DREMC and CoBank each contributed $5,000 through the matching grant program. The financial assistance means more children can be enrolled to receive books by mail in rural areas served by the co-op. “Our board of directors voted unanimously to apply for the grant. We see great value in supporting childhood education and development. It improves the quality of life for our co-op members, families and communities,”...
TBI Needs Help Identifying Elderly Woman Found Deceased 7 Years Ago
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is asking for the public’s help in identifying an elderly woman found deceased seven years ago at the entrance to Foster Falls State Park in Marion County, just outside Grundy County. Efforts to determine who she was since her body was found in February 2007 have not yet led to her identity, so agents hope someone seeing her description may recognize her. The woman is a white female, approximately 5’2” to 5’5”, weighing between 110 and 120 pounds. She has reddish-brown shoulder-length hair and hazel eyes and appears to have been in her mid...
October National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
On September 30, 2014, President Barack Obam proclaimed October 2014 as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), nearly 20 people per minute are victims of physical violence by an intimate partner in the United States. 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime. Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime. Domestic violence can result in physical injury, psychological trauma, and in severe cases, even death. The devastating consequences of domestic violence can cross generations and...
