CITY OF MANCHESTER OLD TIME CHRISTMAS PARADE PARADE AT 7 PM ON NOVEMBER 30, 2012 $30 Entry Fee By 11/14/2012 Get your rules and applications at City Hall, Public Library & Chamber of Commerce or on-line at www.cityofmanchestertn.com No horses permitted. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place cash prizes will be given away. Annual Poinsettia Sale: Poinsettias will come in 6 inch and 8 inch pots and the colors are red, white, or pink. The cost is $8 for 6inch and $15 for 8inch. There will be 2 delivery dates: December 4th and December 11th. Orders must be turned in...

Early voting wraps up Thursday; In Tullahoma voting is taking place at the CD Stamps Center from 9 a.m. to 4:30 pm. In Manchester early votes may be cast at the Coffee County Election Commission office in the county office building. Voting there will be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 pm. Remember those casting ballots must have a photo ID, such IDs may be obtained from the Tennessee Department of Safety. So far there have been over 10,000 early votes cast in Coffee County. The busiest day was the first day of early vote, Oct. 17 when 1,152 voted....

A local restaurant has reported to police of missing money. According to a report by Tullahoma Police Sgt. Robert Weaver, Warren Cox of Ruby Tuesday Restaurant reported that the store’s deposit on Oct. 22 was missing. Cox told the officer that the deposit was removed from the safe or was never placed in the safe. According to the restaurant official, the deposit would have been $1,078 cash. In addition to the police investigating the theft, the Ruby Tuesday Company is conducting an internal investigation into the missing...

With the engineering funding approved for a major downtown rehabilitation project, plus the right of way being dedicated for a Collins Street sidewalk enhancement grant project, Tullahoma city leaders say that the improvements will be very beneficial. Mayor Lane Curlee said Tuesday that the two projects go together in making Tullahoma a better place to live. The city has been trying to improve its appearance to attract new residents and businesses due to the city’s high quality of life and positive amenities that it offers. This will be in addition to the plan to refurbish the downtown area with...

Tennessee saw the number of homeless public school students’ increase by 74% between 2007 and 2010. That number was well above the national average of 38%, but the true number may be even higher. According to a report from the state Comptroller’s office, several neighboring states have a larger percentage of homeless students. That could be a clue that Tennessee’s numbers are an undercount. Also, some districts in Tennessee with high foreclosure and jobless rates did not identify any homeless students. The comptroller’s report says the dramatic increases in Tennessee – from 6,565 in 2007 to 11,458 in 2010...

According to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, a judge has refused to remove himself from a custody dispute involving the ex-husband of a missing Harris Middle School teacher who was ordered to stay away from his child. Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell has not announced a new date for a hearing in the matter, which will have to wait until Tyler Mook has exhausted the appeals process to have Russell recuse himself from the case. Mook is the ex-husband of Shelly Mook, who disappeared in early 2011. Authorities have said that Tyler is considered a “person of interest” in the disappearance....

In a press release from Manchester City Schools Director Dr. Prater Powell, he says that in light of his arrest Friday night, College St. elementary teacher Gary Hawkins has been placed on administrative leave without pay. Hawkins, 32, was booked into the Coffee County Jail on charges of child abuse Friday night after turning himself in. He is now free on $25,000 bond. A witness came forward to authorities and described excessive bruises on Hawkins’ 12-year-old daughter’s back and buttocks area. According the arrest warrant, the child suffered small abrasions on her buttocks, back, rear thigh, arms and hands....

The number of people killed on Tennessee’s roads this year has already surpassed last year’s total with more than two months to go in 2012. Many drivers have noticed the fatality total as it ticks upward on electronic signs operated by the Tennessee Department of Transportation. As of Monday morning, 823 people have been killed in Tennessee car crashes this year, and if you thought that number sounded high, it is. The state has already surpassed last year’s number of roadway deaths by 33. It is a nearly 10 percent increase from a year ago and amounts to about...