We have a couple of fires to report to you that occurred this week. The Manchester Fire Department was called to a utility trailer fire in the Indian Springs subdivision just off Hills Chapel Road on Wednesday. Manchester Fire & Rescue Chief George DeShields says when firemen arrived at the scene they found a pressure washer on the trailer on fire. The utility trailer included two fuel containers (gas/diesel). The cause of the blaze is unknown at this time. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Flames were leaping out the roof of a building on East Lincoln Tuesday night when firefighters arrived. According to...

We know that it is not even mid-July, but believe it or not school will be starting back soon. Sorry kids. Director Dr. LaDonna McFall says Coffee County schools will start as planned with the first day set for July 29 for registration with students released at 10am and the first full day will be on July 31. The Coffee County system is very excited as the new middle school on the Woodbury Hwy and the 9th grade Raider Academy are set to open on time. In Tullahoma, city schools will begin on July 29 with students dismissed at 1pm and...

The Tennessee Department of Revenue is reminding Tennesseans that the eighth annual Sales Tax Holiday is scheduled for Friday, August 1st at 12:01am, through Sunday, August 3rd at 11:59pm. During those three days, Tennessee shoppers can save nearly 10 percent on tax-free clothing, School and art supplies, and computer purchases. During that time, consumers will not have to pay state or local sales tax on clothing items costing $100 or less, school and art supplies costing $100 or less, and computers costing $1,500 or...

This summer the students involved in Westwood Middle School’s STEM Aviation Program finally reaped their reward for the hard work they put in this past school year. The STEM Aviation Program at Westwood Middle School is an afterschool voluntary class for students to learn engineering principles through aviation concepts. Students built models, used flight simulators, and more to complete their studies in this after school program. Finally on Sunday, June 29th graduates of this course experienced flight first hand when they flew in a glider along with the Eagleville Soaring Club. STEM an acronym which stands for Science, Technology,...

Coffee County Schools continue to benefit from a strong partnership with the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber solicited funds from local businesses/organizations and raised well over $19,000 for a new CNC mill for the CCHS CTE department. Dr LaDonna McFall said, “It’s hard to believe they were able to top the 3D printer from last year and we are so thankful for their continued support”. Most CNC milling machines (also called machining centers) are computer controlled vertical mills with the ability to move the spindle vertically along the Z-axis. This extra degree of freedom permits their use in...