Sales tax collections are in for November 2012 for all of Coffee County and they show an overall improvement above 2011. In Nov 2011 Coffee County overall sales tax collections were $1,488.473.01 and Nov 2012 showed $1,620,807.46 an increase of $132,334.45. The county alone in Nov 2012 collected $276,786.23 an increase of $99,949. Manchester had a decrease: Nov 2011 $582,281.00 and in 2012, $555,966, falling $26,315. Tullahoma had a good month increasing $58,699.92. The information is provided by the Tennessee Department of...

Retail gas prices are forecast to decrease throughout the end of the year. Both oil and gas prices dropped last week after the value of the dollar increased to a two-week high. $3.01 regular gas is the best found in Manchester Tuesday (12/10/12) and the lowest in Tullahoma is $2.99. The value of the dollar increased against the euro after the Labor Department announced the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent in November and Germany cut its economic growth outlook for 2013. A barrel of oil settled Friday at $85.93 on the New York Mercantile Exchange–$2.98 less than...

  A Shelbyville toddler and his father were uninjured after a DUI offender crashed through a printing business late Saturday night. The accident occurred at USA Printing located at Highway 41A North just after 10 p.m. According to police, Timothy Leverette hit a car in the businesses’ parking lot causing both vehicles to crash into the building. The store owner says that his son, Matthew, and 18-month-old grandson, Kayden, live at the far end of the facility. Both were inside at the time of the crash. Leverette is charged with DUI, reckless endangerment and driving on a suspended license....

The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture is holding boot camps to help people who sell farm products at farmers markets be more effective. The seminars are aimed at helping vendors better understand how to market their produce and how to address certain business issues. The curriculum is a collaboration of the UT Center for Profitable Agriculture and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. The Center for Profitable Agriculture is a joint effort of UT Extension and the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation. There will be six of the daylong camps in February and March with events in Bolivar, Dresden, Cookeville,...

The Grinch has visited a residence on Silver Street in Tullahoma. Franchesca Williams reported to Tullahoma Police Officer Justin Bryant that someone entered her apartment and stole her children’s Christmas presents that were under the Christmas tree. Williams told the officer Saturday night that she left her apartment around 5:30 p.m. and when she arrived home around 11 p.m., the 20 gifts were...

A strike in Fayetteville has shut down a manufacturing plant for the world’s largest heating and air-conditioning company. After weeks of negotiations, contract talks between Goodman Manufacturing and the International Association of Machinists, Lodge 2385 broke down over the weekend. Workers started to hit the picket line at midnight Saturday. The strike affects about 1,100 employees at the plant, bringing production to a halt. Union spokesman Jerry Benson says this is the first strike at the factory since 1978. Union members feel like the company is shifting an inconsistent amount of the health care costs onto them. Benson also...

Glenn Schoenmann is coming home after 60 years. The remains of the Grundy County soldier will finally return to his family for proper burial. Schoenmann went missing in action during the Korean War back in 1950. He disappeared during the infamous Battle of Chosin Reservoir in Korea. The government presumed he was dead, but it was never able to find his remains, leaving his family wondering what happened to him; but last month, the government came through saying that it had located Schoenmann’s remains. Schoenmann’s family will meet with the United States government this week in Illinois to find...

The Tennessee Finance Commissioner says the state’s overall revenue collections for November are slightly more than they were this time last year. The commissioner said Tuesday that November collections were $768.2 million, which is 0.35% above last November. He said November collections for this year were $17 million less than the budgeted estimate, and the general fund fell short by $13.6...