This weekend, Tullahoma citizens will have an opportunity to show their support for America’s Veterans by buying and donning one of the bright red paper poppies that have become synonymous with the American Legion and its women’s auxiliary. The bright red “remembrance poppy” was first used worldwide in 1920 to commemorate the American soldiers who had died in the fields of France during World War I. In the United States, The American Legion honors veterans of all wars by distributing red poppies in exchange for contributions to associations that benefit veterans near Memorial Day each year. On Tuesday, Mayor...

Helen Burks of Winchester reported to Tullahoma Officer Rocky Ruehling that she found items belonging to her son at a storage unit on South Jackson Street. The items had been reported as stolen. On May 17, Burks stated that she found some items that had been reported stolen from her son in Decherd. She noted that her son, Jeff Burks, is currently undergoing medical treatment in South Carolina. She said that she stopped at the storage building on South Jackson when she allegedly discovered that there were several of her son’s belongings being sold at the site. One of...

Crude oil supplies in the Gulf Coast continue putting downward pressure on the price of gasoline. However, prices are not in a free fall as demand reached its highest level since 2009, according to the Energy Information Administration. More than 31.8 million Americans will fill their gas tanks and take a trip of 50 miles or more this Memorial Day weekend. Many of them will be delighted to see that gas prices continue getting cheaper. The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline fell 1-cent last week. The average price in Tennessee fell 2 cents. In Coffee...

As the state’s population continues to age, a growing number of Tennesseans are realizing there’s much life to be lived after navigating adulthood and the traditional career path. Consumer health expert Janet Taylor explains there has been a steady shift over the years, as more people are determined to seek out meaningful life changes in their older years, from career to health to relationships. “In fact, the sentiment is that at 50-plus, 60-plus, 70-plus, we’re not done yet in terms of realizing our passion and our purpose, and how to incorporate more of that into our daily lives,” Taylor...

Motlow College alumnus Andy Baits has donated a pair of sports-related books to the Clayton-Glass Library and has joined with the Motlow College Foundation in creating the “Books for Binns” project. Baits, an outstanding member of the Bucks’ basketball teams in 1983-84 and 84-85, holds multiple spots in the school’s all-time record book. He chose to honor the late Binns Jordan for Jordan’s contributions to the athletic history of the college. Jordan was the first radio broadcaster of Motlow athletics when the school opened in 1969, and also worked at the college bookstore in the late 1990s and early...