Members of Highland Rim Habitat for Humanity along with Jim Carter and Dana Simpson are proud to announce that the Duck Family are the next recipients of the Habitats next home. The residence will be located at 507 East Moore Street in Tullahoma. Highland Rim Habitat for Humanity believes in the importance of their volunteer ministry. Their goal is for each of these volunteers to come to a deeper understanding of the need for affordable housing and the situations faced by low-income families living in Coffee and Franklin...

On Monday, Manchester Officer Dustan Foster stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation on I-24 at mile-marker 106. Foster said that he saw the male driver on Highway 55 at the Raider Academy and checked the registration. The communication center gave the registration belonging to a Honda CRV, but the tag was displayed on an Oldsmobile. Foster checked the man’s driving status and found that Christopher Charles Shaw age 42 of Aspen Hill in Fayetteville was allegedly driving on a revoked license. This would be Shaw’s 10th offense. He is also listed as a habitual traffic offender. Shaw’s bond...

One in 10 children in Tennessee has had an incarcerated parent – equating to 144,000 children facing at least part of their childhood without them. That’s according to a report released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The Volunteer State is tied with five other states for the third-highest prevalence of parental incarceration. Linda O’Neal, executive director for the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, explains why the rate is so high. “One of the challenges in Tennessee is, we need to take a look at our criminal justice system and be sure we’re saving those resources for...

Dixie Line Days is coming to Wartrace this Friday and Saturday April 29th and 30th. It’s a festival of trains large and small with operating model railroads, dealer swap tables, model contests, and how-to clinics. The train show takes place in several locations in downtown Wartrace from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Friday and from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Saturday. Photographers and book authors will make their presentations on Saturday from 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM in the Smith House Dinner Theater downtown. The full sized trains of CSX Transportation will also make occasional appearances through...

On Friday morning the Coffee County Department received a report of a burglary in progress at 61 Bush Lane. A female apparently was seen running from the home down Gnat Hill Road. The woman was found a short distance from the residence. When deputies checked the woman, identified as Shelby Leanne Lacewell age 24 of Lee Cox Lane Manchester, she was allegedly found to be in possession of property that had been removed from the home on Bush Lane. When deputies went to 61 Bush Lane they found the residence to have been burglarized with additional property sitting beside...