While the surface may look clear in the woods off Wattendorf Highway, there are still crews out clearing up Unexploded Ordnance in the woods at Arnold Air Force Base. The difference between the work done last year and now is this time they’re going underground. The Military Munitions Response Project on base has moved into the remedial investigation phase, which means workers are looking for any munitions sub-surface that may have been fired onto these historical ranges and impact areas. The munitions date back to the 1940s, when Arnold AFB was actually the site of the U.S. Army’s Camp...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has rolled out a comprehensive statewide campaign designed to inform Tennesseans about the consequences of violating the “I Hate Meth Act,” which took effect on July 1, 2011. The announcement took place in coordination with the Tennessee Sheriffs’ Association meeting in Nashville. “The goal of this campaign is to communicate the harsh consequences of violating our anti-meth law,” Haslam said. “We want to deter people from making and using meth in our state, which will save lives, protect children, save taxpayer dollars, and make Tennessee safer overall.” The communications campaign targets the counties in Tennessee...

This week’s winners who had the correct answer to Nurse Belinda’s Mystery question were 6th grader Grey Riddle and 7th grader James Pinkelton. The answer this week was Johnny Majors. They won a Wilson soccer ball with a pedometer and a Spaulding NBA basketball with a reusable water bottle. The Subway card winners this week are: 6th grader – Tattum Neal 7th grader – Kelsi Griffin 8th grader – Brittany Yerby Staff member – Ginny Klingler All of this is made possible through the Fuel Up to Play 60 Grant. Helping kids make healthier food choices and be more...

A Coffee County jury took about an hour to sentence convicted child killer Thomas “T.J.” Greenwood of Tullahoma to life in prison Thursday in a Manchester courtroom. According to Judge Craig Johnson, he will be required to serve at least 51 years before being eligible for parole. Greenwood was convicted last week of the murder of Haydon Gage West, 2, at his residence on Circle Drive in Tullahoma on March 9, 2010. Young Haydon’s mother had left the child with Greenwood while she went to court with a relative. She said that she had left him with Greenwood on...

Manchester police have caught two suspects who attempted to break into coin machines at National Carwash on Hwy. 41. The duo caused $3,500 in damages at the carwash. According to Manchester Police Department Investigator Billy Butler, the suspects have confessed to that crime along with a home burglary on Stillwood Drive in Manchester. Lillard DeWayne Presley, Tasha Lynn Lakosky of Coffee County will have their cases will be presented to the June term of Coffee County Grand...

August 2 is Election Day in Coffee County and we now know the list of candidates. Mayor Betty Superstein is running for re-election along with former Mayor Lonnie Norman, Claude Morse and Stella McWhorter. For Manchester alderman, those who have returned petitions to have their names listed on the Aug. 2 ballot include incumbents Donnie Thomas, Harlan Gene Holmes, Ryan French and Roxanne Patton. Other candidates qualifying are J. Sam Miller, Mark Messick, Tim Pauley, Cheryl Swan, Russell Bryan and Joshua Jackson Moore. Manchester City School Board candidates will be incumbents Bob Bellamy and Susan Parsley along with Mike...

Manchester Police were dispatched to a crash with injuries at the intersection of Hwy 55 and Interstate drive at 6:30pm Wednesday afternoon. As it turned out there were only minor injuries and no one was transported to a hospital. All involved were local and Manchester PD was in charge of the...

On Tuesday, a very large crane was used at Harton Regional Medical Center to install a Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine (MRI) at Harton was receiving a transplant of its own: a new and upgraded magnetic imaging component weighing nearly 10,000 pounds. According to CEO Russ Spray, the new, upgraded MRI machine will provide vast improvements in both quantity and quality over its 11-year old predecessor. Spray said that despite its $1.6 million cost, the price of an MRI will not go up. He said that most of the reimbursements are already negotiated and under contract with the various insurance...