Tennessee State Parks announced its annual FREE state parks day for all Tennessee veterans on Monday, Nov. 12, offering one free night of camping and complimentary greens fees for 18 holes of golf with appropriate identification. The free day on Nov. 12 is in addition to Tennessee State Parks’ current veterans’ policy, which includes a camping discount within the state parks system and is available annually beginning November 1 through March 31, offering a 15 to 25 percent reduction off the standard nightly base rates (depending on the type of site chosen). This camping discount is available to Tennessee...

U.S. drivers should see lower gasoline prices in the fourth quarter of this year. The national pump price is expected to average $3.56 per gallon during the period said the U.S. Energy Information Administration in its new monthly short-term energy outlook. That’s down 4 cents from what the agency projected in last month’s forecast. The low price per gallon currently in Manchester is $3.09 and in Tullahoma it’s...

In Cannon County, Liquor Stores are coming to the Woodbury City Limits now that 55.45% of the registered Woodbury City voters voted yes on the issue. 407 voters gave the green light while 327 voters (44.55%) voted no. Again, liquor stores will soon be a part of the community in...

As those in the northeastern United States continue to dig out from Hurricane Sandy a group of Tennesseans are up east helping out. A Duck River EMC crew headed out this past Sunday morning to assist Rappahannock Electric in Fredricksburg, VA. restore power to that area. DREMC crews are one of a number of Tennessee electrical crews helping to restore power to that...

Coffee County Unofficial Totals: President Romney – 13013 Obama – 5865 Coffee County Commissioner, District 20 Kidd – 553 Buckner – 393 U.S. Senate Corker – 13216 Clayton – 4487 U.S. House Black – 12649 Riley – 1552 Beasley – 2887 TN Senate Bowling – 12054 Lewis – 5815 TN House Matheny – 11736 Price – 6347   Overall Totals District 47 State Rep. Judd Matheny (Rep) 14,898 Scott Price (Dem) 7,779 District 16 State Senate Janice Bowling (Rep) 39,018 Jim Lewis (Dem) 22,575 State winners: Romney, Corker and 6th District Congress-...

Donnie Jones, 37, of Tullahoma, has been charged with first-degree murder in July 2 death of Megan Sharpton, 24, also of Tullahoma. Jones is also facing felony murder, two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping and two counts of aggravated rape in Sharpton’s death. Sharpton’s partially burned body was found by a passerby in the early morning hours of July 2 of this year on Awalt Road near the bridge in Franklin County. Her car was found later that day on Three Forks Bridge Road in Bedford County, while her purse was discovered two days later in Rock Creek near...

The Manchester Police and the Coffee Sheriff’s departments worked together Monday to bust two individuals for possession for resale marijuana. The departments used a tip that the duo would be attempting to sell the 1lb of pot to someone they were to meet at Hullett’s Shell on the Woodbury Highway. Tony Chanthavone of Manchester and Cody Vongnarath of Antioch, TN. are facing charges in the case. According to Manchester Police Investigator Sturat Colwell, police here contacted Nashville Metro and ask for them to search of a residence in Antioch. After getting a warrant police in Nashville found another pound...

Election Day also marked the start of this year’s budget season in state government. Gov. Bill Haslam’s Administration is asking departments to at least prepare for cuts of five percent. Some parts of state government may get trimmed under Governor Bill Haslam’s proposal, even as tax collections continue to improve. He says the rise in revenue still leaves some holes. Haslam says higher education needs some more investment and the state also needs to make up for past cuts to the Department of...