The low bid to widen Cedar Lane has checked out, stands as is and will go before the Tullahoma Board of Mayor and Aldermen today for approval. The board meets at City Hall. Josh LeFevre Construction Co, from Jackson submitted the low bid of $985,162.84. The road widening will be from near Tractor Supply in the Forrest Gallery shopping center to just past the William Northern Boulevard intersection. Mayor Lane Curlee says that moving into the construction chapter is a significant step in a much-needed roadway improvement project that will allow better access to areas in Tullahoma, improve safety...

State Rep. Judd Matheny tells The Associated Press he is no longer considering a challenge to fellow Republican Beth Harwell for House speaker next year. Matheny announced last month that he was looking into a bid for the top post in the 99-member House because he felt marginalized by other Republican leaders. He said Thursday in an interview in his legislative office that he will instead seek another term in his current position as House speaker pro tempore. Besides speaker, it is the only post elected by the entire lower chamber of the General Assembly. Matheny said he expects...

A new industry will be opening later this month in the former C-Star building at UTSI. The building has been transformed into an incubator for new industry at the site. Secure Water Company of Soddy Daisy Tennessee will be occupying a portion the 10,800 square foot building. The project is part of a program from the University of Tennessee Research Foundation. The company will produce water quality test kits for municipalities. Chattanooga has already purchased one of the kits that sell for a price of between $50 to $75,000. The company will operate in the building for 18 to...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said they have new leads to renew a search for a Shelbyville English teacher who went missing in March 2011. Shelley Mook, a mother of one child, has been missing for about a year and a half. Investigators said they searched the CSX rail yard in Cowan. The TBI said they are being assisted by about 10 other law enforcement agencies in the case. Shortly after her disappearance, Mook’s car was found burning in a field in Murfreesboro. Investigators believe she went to ex-husband Tyler Mook’s home to drop off their daughter. The TBI...

The state’s 911 operators will soon be able to receive emergency reports by text message. The Tennessee Emergency Communications Board voted unanimously Thursday to approve a pilot project led by AT&T. It sounds like a relatively simple advance in technology, but telecom companies have spent years trying to find a good way to send text messages to 911, and they still don’t have one. Tennessee will become the largest test case in the country. Smaller-scale systems have been implemented in Vermont and North Carolina where very few people used the...

The Tennessee Department of Transportation reports the number of traffic deaths on Tennessee roadways is more than six percent higher than this time last year. Beginning in late April, TDOT began posting the number of traffic deaths on interstate message boards. Since April 28, motorists have watched the number of deaths rise from 288 to 690. TDOT officials say the signs are bringing awareness. Tennessee Highway Patrol Colonel Tracy Trott says if it brings attention to the fact that almost 1,000 people die in Tennessee every...

The deadline to register to vote in the upcoming November election is nearing. The deadline has been set as October 8th, according to the Coffee County Election Commission. November 6th is Election Day for the President of the United States. For more information on the election and the Voter ID law, stop by the election commission office in the Coffee County Administrative Plaza on McArthur Drive in...