The Tullahoma Board of Mayor and Aldermen will consider an engineering package to go toward a major downtown rehabilitation project during the meeting tonight. The city has also been trying to improve its appearance to attract new residents and businesses. There are plans to refurbishing the downtown area with the State of Tennessee paying 80 percent of the construction costs. The city was notified last year that the state is going to fund the project. The board will consider paying $58,000 in engineering costs to design the construction phase that will include new sidewalks, building new concrete ramps and...

Last night at the Coffee County Administrative Plaza a debate was held between 47th District State Representative candidates incumbent Judd Matheny and challenger Scott Price. The event was put on by WMSR Radio to better inform voters on several issues. The debate featured discussion time on jobs, TennCare, education, tort reform and more. Remember early voting is going on now; In Tullahoma voting is taking place at the C D Stamps Center from 9 a.m. to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. In Manchester early votes may be cast at the Coffee...

A convicted violent sex offender was arrested Thursday in Franklin County and is being held in the Coffee County Jail under a $1 million bond. Jason Blake Holt, 22, of Woodbury had been missing Oct. 6 when he allegedly cut off his GPS monitoring device while at Hullett’s Shell Station in Manchester while he was with he’s wife. According to Manchester Police Investigator Billy Butler, Holt had been convicted of three counts of attempted rape of a child. According to Butler, the couple was arrested in Franklin County by deputies there. They had been living in an area near...

An Alto man is dead, and a Winchester man is being held in the Franklin County Jail following a shooting in downtown Winchester. According to Winchester Police Chief Dennis Young, the shooting occurred around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday Gregory Morris Booton, 49, of North Jefferson had a verbal altercation with John Franklin Tucker, 46, of Alto in the 200 block of North Jefferson street. After a few words were exchanged, Booton allegedly shot Tucker multiple times. Tucker was first transported to Southern Tennessee Medical Center and then transferred to Vanderbilt Medical Center where he died Thursday morning. Booton was taken...

Representatives from Manchester and Tullahoma city boards, along with members of the county commission, have been invited to a joint meeting Wednesday from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Tullahoma City Hall. Tullahoma mayor Lane Curlee said that he thought that it is important to get the leaders together and start concentrating on our strengths. Curlee said Tullahoma depends on the county and Manchester for certain things, and the county and Manchester depend on Tullahoma for things they need. The mayor said that if the three governments work together instead of against each other, they can make the area...

City of Tullahoma and National HealthCare Corporation (NYSE MKT: NHC) are pleased to announce the official groundbreaking of the new facility. The event will be held Tuesday, October 23 at 2:00 pm at the Cedar Lane site. The new skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, which will be located on Cedar Lane, will have 90 beds and at full operation will directly employ over 100 employees. Projected capital investment of the project will be $10.75 million. Construction is expected to take approximately 12 months. Jody Baltz, III, City Manager for Tullahoma said, “We have worked well with their staff and...