Old Timers Day or days will be held Oct 3 & 4 in downtown Manchester. The big events begin Friday evening at 6 p.m. with Mayor Lonnie Norman speaking and announcing the reopening of the newly renovated Historical Downtown Square in Manchester. A concert by Messengers Edge will follow at 7 p.m.! Saturday’s activities will include the Old Timers Day Parade at 10am led by Grand Marshall Weldon Payne. Payne was the publisher of Manchester Times for 17 years plus he is known for his oil paintings and has written several books. Mr. Payne continues to write insightful articles...

McMinnville Police say charges are pending against a handful of teenage Warren County students in connection with the theft of numerous cells phones and cash from the Tullahoma locker room last Friday night. The theft happened during the Warren County-Tullahoma football game. Police said the door had been left unlocked, and someone was able to go through the players’ belongings. Police were able to recover most of the cell phones over the weekend. As of Tuesday, no arrests had been made. But investigators expect to make some arrests soon as the investigation...

A Franklin County woman has been sentenced in U.S. District Court for weapons charges. Vickie Lynn Burks of 2716 Pleasant Ridge Road, Huntland, TN was the person charged. Burks has been ordered to serve 51 months (4.25 yrs.) in federal prison for charges relating to the “Safe Neighborhoods Act”, according to a report released by Franklin County Investigator Todd Hindman. The defendant was currently on state parole and will face serving the completion of her state sentence once released from federal...

Attachment Parenting International is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and while the times have changed tremendously for families in Tennessee and across the nation in the past two decades, the group’s board president says most of the main philosophies of parenting really have not. Today’s parents have to deal with children growing up with new technology, social media and the like, said Janet Jendron, but “what’s changed is not the basic parenting. Attachment parenting is natural parenting. It’s what people have the instincts to do, and that’s what’s kept the human race going all these years. It’s being close, feeding...

Manchester Police has spoken with the person who left the “Geocache” at the Jiffy Burger on Monday afternoon. In a Facebook statement late Monday night, police say this was a lack of communication apparently by more than one person. According to Police Chief Mark Yother, the City of Manchester Tourism committee and the local historical society were apparently contacted by the person who left the package about doing geocaching in Manchester at an earlier date. Because of a lack of communication the business owner was never told about this “Geocache” process that took place on Monday. Police say these...