For the second time in less than a week, a Coffee County resident has been attacked at their residence. Timothy Richard Howard of Silver Street reported to Tullahoma Police Officer Chase Sons that 3 black males attacked him Tuesday morning around 12:30 a.m. when he went to get something out of his vehicle. Howard told the officer that the men hit him multiple times, and that one picked up a beer bottle and began to beat him in the head. The attackers took Howard’s wallet with $200 cash and bankcards. Manchester Police are continuing to investigate an attack on...

A Powerball ticket worth $1 million was sold in Manchester last week, and the winner came forward yesterday. Willard Henderson of Manchester collected his money on Tuesday. Saturday’s winning numbers were 13-14-41-49-59 with a Powerball of 14. No one won the jackpot, but players in five states will get $1 million for matching five numbers. Prizes must be claimed within 180 days of the...

Area police remind parents not to leave a child alone in a hot car as summer months approach. With temperatures soaring into the 90s, it may seem like common sense, but every summer law enforcement agencies deal with calls about unattended children in vehicles. According to statistics some 38 children die each year after being left in hot cars across the country. Most of those children are under the age of three and are strapped into a car seat. Children are more susceptible to heat than adults. A child’s body heats up three to five times faster than an...

The Tullahoma Board of Education is contracting with the Tennessee School Boards Association to lead the effort in finding a replacement for the Tullahoma City Schools director. The board has approved spending $8,500 with the education group association to manage the process to handle advertising, field applications, screen candidates, check references, and provide other services related to finding a replacement to fill the position that will become vacant as Dr. Dan Lawson’s contract expires on June 30, 2013. The board plans to conduct community meetings with the candidates, teachers, government officials, and parent-teacher organizations before any final decision is...

Dollywood has a new roller coaster. Elvis has a different side to see. And you can prepare to take a nip at the Jack Daniel distillery. Those are just three of the lures this year as Tennessee’s summer tourism season gets under way. The peak of the travel year falls as gasoline prices are high, but going down. For the state’s busy $14 billion tourism industry, which employs more than 170,000, there are signs that business is picking up. The sprawling Great Smoky Mountains National Park already is seeing a 15 percent increase in visitors over last year. With...

The 43rd annual Tullahoma Kiwanis Club Independence Day fireworks and air show celebration is planned for Friday, June 29, club member Mike Rutherford recently told the Tullahoma Airport Authority. The gates will open at 3 p.m. and will have a static display with the air show at dark. According to club member Ed Hoge, this year’s event promises to be “the most ambitious event ever,” with Nashville musicians “Live from Ventura Boulevard,” supplying the entertainment, an air show with Eastern European aircraft staging a simulated jet air combat and the evening culminating in the “spectacular fireworks display.” Korean War...

Officials with TVA say that if the area doesn’t receive between 6 and 10 inches of rain, the lakes in the area will be lower than normal. The officials say that the agency is currently releasing as little as possible and still maintain aquatic life downstream and to provide water supplies for the towns downstream from the dams. TVA officials say that boaters and those using jet skis should pay attention as there are some trees still perturbing out of the lake in some areas. Tims Ford and Normandy reservoirs are six feet below the normal level for this...

The U.S. Air Force is seeking input on possible commercial development of 152 acres at Arnold Air Force Base in Coffee County. The property lies along state Highway 55 near the Manchester city limits and base officials are looking for private industries and businesses to develop the property in what is called an enhanced use lease opportunity. Arnold Engineering and Development Center spokesman Jason Austin told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that they would offer the land at fair market value to enhance the use of the land. Development proposals could include manufacturing, distributing, warehousing, offices, residential facilities, mixed...