The Tennessee Department of Health assures families across Tennessee that information and access to vaccinations for children through state health departments continues and there has been no disruption to these services.While misinformation has been circulated regarding the status of these resources, parents who need information regarding routine childhood immunizations can find resources here. Parents seeking the COVID-19 vaccine for children 12+ can find additional information here.“There has been no disruption to the childhood immunization program or access to the COVID-19 vaccine while the department has evaluated annual marketing efforts intended for parents,” said Tennessee Department of Health commissioner Lisa...

Tennessee’s annual tax-free holiday is coming up, and some new items will be going tax-free this year. The Tennessee General Assembly has approved for gun safes and safety equipment to be included in this holiday, as well as food, ingredients, and prepared food, to be included in the tax-free holiday. Tennessee’s traditional sales tax holiday on clothing, school supplies, and computers will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 30th and will end at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, August 1st. The sales tax holiday on food, food ingredients, and prepared food will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July...

Tickets to the annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival remain on sale at the Thunder Radio box office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The festival is sold out. However, as the official station of Radio Bonnaroo, Thunder Radio has an allotment of tickets available to Coffee County residents. Price per ticket is $175 after convenience charges and fees, plus $15 shipping per order. Limit of 4 tickets per valid ID, must pay with a credit/debit card and purchaser must live within Coffee County. Thunder Radio is teaming up with Fast Page Urgent Care in Manchester...

The Franklin County Sheriff’s office is suspending all work crew activity due to positive cases of COVID at their office. The Sheriff’s office asks that anyone that may have business at the sherrifs office to try to conduct their business ocer the phone or electronically. You can go to our website for more information. Due to detection of positive cases of the COVID 19 virus at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, they are notifying everyone that all work crew activity has been suspended until further notice. The Sheriff’s Office asks that any citizen having any business at the Sheriff’s...

The Manchester Recreation Complex will host their second Sensory Sensitive Friday this Friday night from 5:15 to 7:15. This will take place in their outdoor pool. Admission is free for those with special needs, courtesy of a friend of the Rec Center. The Rec Center will turn off the noise-making water features, and the lifeguards will not use whistles to communicate with the guests. If you can’t make it this Friday, they will hold another Sensory Sensitive Friday on August the 27th from 5:15 to...

Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center held a child abuse prevention training session for the Hispanic community on July 12 at the Coffee County Administrative Plaza. This was the first child abuse prevention training in Coffee County for the Hispanic community. The two-hour training session was in Spanish, including video, presentation, discussion and printed materials. Attending the training and materials were free, thanks to a grant awarded to the Coffee County CAC.  “I’d like to thank all participants for joining the center in our mission to end child abuse,” said Joyce Prusak, executive director of Coffee County CAC. “I am...

Coffee County General Sessions Court Judge Greg Perry has seen the damaging effects of child abuse in Coffee County, and he urges the community to learn the facts about child abuse. Before being elected to serve as judge, Perry focused on family law, mediation, juvenile law and criminal law. “The effects of child abuse are very prevalent in our county, as well as in other counties,” Perry said. “The effects of child abuse occur in every type of family, race, religion, creed. (Child abuse) doesn’t pick and choose. Many people think it doesn’t happen to them but it does....

This is a reminder about the Grant Writing Workshop on July 27th, hosted by the United Way of Hwy 55. Bonnie Gamble will be presenting her extensive knowledge and background in Grant Writing. For their partner nonprofits the event is free, and for other community members it is only $15. Lunch will be provided. To register you can use the QR codes or go to https://highway55unitedway.org/non-profit-assistance-clinic/ and scroll down to the bottom. Presenter-Bonnie Gamble:  Education B.A. degree in History from Purdue University M.A. degree in Public History from Middle Tennessee State University Graduate of Indiana Executive Development Program Employment 1994-1996 Recreation...