Mayor Bill Ketron announced Monday afternoon that the Rutherford County Face Covering Order will be reinstated effective Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. CDT. “This is not a decision that I make lightly,” said Ketron. “Our cases in this county hit a record spike over the weekend, with the data indicating a higher transmission rate than that we experienced in late July.” Local data shows that current cases are 2.8 times the level in early September, with the 7-day average positive rate also doubling since that time. “These figures are too significant to overlook,” said Ketron. “Hospital officials...

The Winchester Police Department is putting out a call to ask for the public’s help. The department is investigating only what it is calling “an incident” and is asking for help identifying an individual. This person appears to be a white male with short hair and tattoos on his arms and wearing eye glasses (see photos below). Anyone with more information is asked to contact Detective Brin Wilder at 931-967-3840 or Crimestoppers at...

Friday is the deadline for applications to be turned in for consideration to be appointed to fill Manchester’s vacant alderman seat. With last week’s appointment of Marilyn Howard to Mayor of Manchester, the city is now needing to fill the alderman seat that was vacated by Howard. Howard, who was elected alderman in 2018, was appointed Manchester Mayor Monday, Oct. 19 by a unanimous vote of the city board to take over for Lonnie Norman, who passed away Oct. 12. Howard will serve as mayor until the next regular city election, which is August of 2022. The alderman seat...

The inaugural Halloween Bash in Manchester is set for Friday night at the old Southern Family Markets building at 2050 Hillsboro Blvd. in Manchester. The event will be from 6-9 p.m. on Friday. Everyone is welcome to the free event – trunk-or-treating, a “not so haunted” house, food trucks and more fun. There will be first, second and third place prizes for best decorated trunk and a prize for best costume. Thunder Radio will be on hand to provide music. Everyone is welcome and the event is free to the...

Open Enrollment for health insurance coverage in 2021 begins on Sunday, November 1, 2020! That means now’s the time to comparison shop and gather more details about plans and coverage for next year. What should you do? Carefully review plans when shopping on the exchange during Open Enrollment. Review a policy to ensure it provides the coverage for services you are seeking. While it may be tempting to enroll in a plan with the lowest premium, consumers should take into account other potential costs such as co-pays and deductibles. Open Enrollment ends December 15, 2020. Questions? Contact the TDCI...

Enjoy the sunlight as much as you can this week. Daylight savings time will end next weekend, as clocks will “fall back” at 2 a.m. on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 1 This means a little more sun in the morning, but dark will be setting in around 5-5:30 p.m. in the afternoon. For those who dread the early darkness, daylight savings time begins again on Sunday, March 14,...

Warren Harding Crim, age 20 of McMinnville, Tennessee, died on Sunday, December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Warren was born Thursday, October 13, 1921 in Daylight, Tennessee. The son of the late Vernon Crim and the late Maude Maie Stubblefield Crim. Crim was a Navy Fireman 3rd Class who enlisted July 10, 1940. He was assigned to the USS Oklahoma in 1941. Crim had been in the Navy a little over a year when on the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese Aircrafts attacked Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Numerous torpedo strikes capsized the USS Oklahoma. Crim...

With the recent appointment of Marilyn Howard to Mayor of Manchester, the city is now needing to fill the alderman seat that was vacated by Howard. Howard, who was elected alderman in 2018, was appointed Manchester Mayor Monday, Oct. 19 by a unanimous vote of the city board to take over for Lonnie Norman, who passed away Oct. 12. Howard will serve as mayor until the next regular city election, which is August of 2022. The alderman seat vacated by Howard also expires in August of 2022, meaning whoever is appointed to this seat will serve until that date....