You will soon have to prove you are actively looking for work to continue receiving unemployment benefits in Tennessee. According to the bill signed by Governor Bill Haslam, 1,000 Tennesseans on unemployment will be audited each month to ensure they are doing everything they can to seek work. The state is also making it harder for those who are fired for chronic absenteeism, to collect...

The U.S. Postal Service announced a plan this week that the Normandy post office and other rural facilities will remain open, but with reduced hours. The United States Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe stated that the agency is backing off its plan to close up to 3,700 low-revenue post offices, a list that included the location including Normandy. Citing strong community opposition, Donahoe said the agency will now whittle down full-time staff but maintain a part-time post office presence in rural areas, with access to retail lobbies and post office boxes. No post office will be closed under the emerging...

On Saturday letter carriers in Manchester and Tullahoma will be delivering more than just packages and bills. They will also be delivering much-needed donations to area food pantries. The National Association of Letter Carriers, the union to which city letter carriers belong, will host its 20th annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive on May 12. The food collected in the local area on Saturday will stay in the community. All the food carriers collect is given to Good Samaritan Food Bank, which then distributes the donations throughout the community. Anyone interested in participating in this year’s Stamp Out Hunger...

226 Coffee County Middle School students were busy Thursday morning touring the Tullahoma Airport and the Beechcraft Museum during their adopt a pilot campaign. The students toured the hangars, visited with Lifeflight helicopter crew, toured the airport terminal and saw a cargo plane that was sitting on the tarmac that delivered parts for M-Tek in Manchester. They then attended a luncheon at the Beechcraft...

24 year-old Shannon Arnold crashed yesterday on the Old Manchester/Tullahoma Highway. Arnold was flown to Vanderbilt Medical Center after she lost control of her vehicle in a curve on the narrow crooked road. Her vehicle struck a culvert, went airborne and came to rest against a tree on the passenger’s side. Tullahoma Firefighters had to cut the passenger door and remove Arnold from the vehicle. She was placed in a waiting Air Evac helicopter and flown to the Nashville...

Federal charges against a Winchester man, who is also accused of 2010 double murder in Tullahoma, were dismissed Tuesday morning in federal court in Chattanooga. Marcus Wade, 42, of Elm Street, Winchester was arrested last February in Winchester on federal charges for distribution of crack cocaine and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. Tuesday morning the U.S. Attorney’s office announced the dismissal of the charges without prejudice, which means the charges could be brought up again. Winchester Police arrested Wade last February after officers allegedly learned that he was in possession of a firearm and crack cocaine....

Fischer USA Stainless Steel Tubing is now announcing not only an expansion of its current product line, but also a $4.5 million investment in new equipment as well as an expansion of its workforce later this year. To supply a new client, Fischer USA will be adding a new tube-making line and tube cutting system for about $4.5 million later this year. They are looking for well-trained, highly skilled individuals, some of whom will travel to Germany to be trained on the new equipment there, while others will receive on-the-job training in Manchester. Applications are currently being accepted at...