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Manchester City Schools Covid-19 dashboard
Manchester City Schools has added a Covid-19 Dashboard to the district webpage to communicate current Covid-19 cases in the district. The Covid-19 Dashboard can be found by visiting Manchester City Schools website. Click on the “Community” tab and the dashboard is the first option. The dashboard will be updated each day school is in session. To view the dashboard directly, follow this...

Coffee County CAC partners with artist Troy Freeman for child abuse awareness
Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center has partnered with artist Troy Freeman, who will paint a mural on the Waite Street Bridge over the greenway near the Bark-Aroo Dog Park at the Manchester soccer fields. Freeman will work on the mural Aug. 27-29. The Coffee County CAC invites the community to celebrate the artwork, which aims to raise awareness of child abuse, with a free event Aug. 28 at the soccer fields. Aug. 28 will be filled with activities for children and families. Free canvases will be provided for children to decorate, and the completed artworks will be exhibited at...

Free vaccination clinic at Tullahoma High School on Thursday
The Coffee County Health Department will be conducting a free vaccine clinic this Thursday from 3:45-5 p.m. at the front entrance of Tullahoma High School. Tdap will be available, as well as the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for any person 12 years or older. The COVID vaccines are for those who are needing either the first or second dose. Children who are receiving a vaccination will need to be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians. Consent forms will be signed...

Coffee County Schools look to hire more substitutes for the 2021-2022 school year
The Coffee County School System is in need of substitutes this year. For certified instructors, pay is $75 a day, and for non-certified instructors the pay is $60 a day. You must be 18 or older to apply for this position. Follow the link for the application: https://coffeecounty.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=6 You must print and fill out the employment packet and bring the completed packet to the Central Office. If you have any questions, you are asked to call the Central Office at...

Greater Manchester Economic Development Board to host work session
The Greater Manchester Economic Development Board will host a “Town Hall Work Session on Economic Development.” This will take place on Monday, August 30th, at 5:30 pm in the Board Room at City Hall. Anyone is welcome to attend and submit their...

Motlow State releases important deadlines for TN Promise
Motlow State Community College is proud to be a participating college for Tennessee Promise! This is a statewide program that allows graduating high school students and home school seniors in Tennessee the opportunity to earn a degree or certificate from a Tennessee community or technical college regardless of financial status. For those students graduating in the class of 2022, here are some essential dates for ensuring your TN Promise scholarship eligibility: -November 1, 2021: Deadline to complete the TN Promise application – The application for the class of 2022 is available now at TSAC Student Portal. -February 1, 2022:...

Burch announces candidacy for Circuit Court Judge
Eric Burch Longtime attorney and Manchester native, Eric Burch is announcing he plans to run for Circuit Court Judge, Part II in the upcoming Republican Primary, which will be held in May. Burch, who operates his own law practice, is a 1991 graduate of Coffee County High School and opened his own law office in 2003. Read Burch’s full statement below: I am excited to announce my candidacy for Circuit Court Judge, Part II, in the Republican primary to be held in May of 2022. I was raised in Manchester and graduated from Coffee County Central High School...

Large reward offered for information leading to stolen tractor trailer
Coffee County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a 2016 Peterbilt Semi-Truck that was taken from Woodall Grain on McMinnville Highway on Monday morning, Aug. 23. No trailer attached when taken. If anyone has information, please contact CCSD Sgt. James Sherrill at 931-570-4404. There is a reward for the arrest and conviction of those responsible of $25,000.00. See photo of truck...