A truck fire was reported on Thursday morning around 8AM behind the Scottish Inn in Manchester on the Hillsboro Hwy. According to a resident at the inn, the truck had been sitting there for 2 or 3 days. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The blaze was extinguished by Manchester Fire and Rescue before any major damage occured to anything else in the area. No injuries were reported in Thursday...

A Franklin County man is charged in Coffee County with TennCare fraud for selling prescription drugs paid for by TennCare. The Office of Inspector General (OIG), assisted by Manchester police and the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, announced this week the arrest of Alfred Dean Hill, 54, of Decherd. Hill was indicted on charges that he fraudulently obtained TennCare healthcare insurance benefits by going to a TennCare provider and obtaining prescriptions for the painkillers Oxycodone and Hydrocodone, while planning to sell at least part of the prescription. Hill was charged with two counts of TennCare fraud. The TennCare fraud charge...

U.S. sales of previously occupied homes jumped in August to the highest level in more than two years, adding momentum to the housing recovery. The National Association of Realtors says sales rose 7.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.82 million. That’s the most since May 2010, when sales were fueled by a federal home-buying tax credit. The figures were reported the same day the government said U.S. homebuilders broke ground on more new homes in August compared to...

Voter registration ends October 8 for the Nov. 6 presidential election. If you haven’t registered to vote then go by the election commission in the county office building. Early voting will start Oct. 17 and continue through Nov. 1. In the Manchester area the early voting will take place at the election commission and in Tullahoma at the C D Stamps...

Kroger is recalling spinach sold at grocery stores in 15 states due to possible Listeria contamination. The Fresh Selections Tender Spinach was sold in 10-ounze packages and had a “best if used by” date of Sept. 16. The grocer said Wednesday that if customers did buy the recalled product, they should return it to stores for a full refund or replacement. Listeria can lead to severe illness for women who are pregnant or people who have a weakened immune...

The 41-A Music and Arts Festival is the main fundraiser of the Highland Rim Kiwanis Club. This two day street festival, held in the Historic Downtown District of Tullahoma has been heralded as a “Tullahoma Institution” by the Tullahoma News. The event is set for Sept. 28 and 29. The goal of the 41-A Festival is to provide fun, family-friendly entertainment through local, regional and national musical and visual artists while raising awareness of the Kiwanis mission of “changing the work, one child at a time”. The 41-A Festival also showcases a variety of vendors offering a range of...

The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in Bedford County late Monday afternoon (Sept. 17, 2012). The storm survey team said on Tuesday they found damage consistent with an EF-0 tornado. According to officials, EF-O tornados can have wind gusts up to 85 miles-per-hour. No injuries were reported. The National Weather Service also found scattered wind damage in Coffee and Warren...

Thieves continue to obtain credit card numbers of area residents and making purchases in other states. A Tullahoma woman reported to police that she checked her credit card information online and learned of a withdrawal of $6,000. She learned that the withdrawal was for a furniture liquidation company in Elkridge, Maryland. She told police that she was not familiar with the company nor had she authorized a payment be made to the company with her credit...