A Bedford County man is behind bars after multiple charges involving child sex abuse. According to the Bedford County Sheriff’s Department, Rustin Bowen, age 37, is now in custody and charged with rape of a child, incest, three counts of aggravated sexual battery and sexual battery. He is being held in the Bedford County Jail on $250,000 bond. Photo – mobile...

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered Child Alert on behalf of the Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Department for 15-year old Allie Marie Dunn. Dunn was last seen in Graysville on Saturday evening (June 4, 2022) and there is no known direction of travel at this time. Dunn is 15-years old, standing 5-feet-7-inches and weighing 120 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. If you have seen or heard from Allie Marie Dunn, call...

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) decided not to increase the tuition costs for Motlow State Community College and other Tennessee public institutions for students in the Fall. According to THEC, the decision to freeze tuition is the first time the group has done that in its history; however, this is the second year with no tuition increase at Motlow. “Motlow acknowledges the financial hardships faced by students and their families due to the pandemic and rising inflation costs. Not increasing tuition during this time is encouraging news for potential and current students,” said Motlow Vice President of External...

There is now one more alderman seat available in the upcoming August election than originally expected. With last week’s resignation of alderman Chris Elam, Manchester City Attorney Gerald Ewell has informed Coffee County Elections Administrator Andy Farrar that the vacancy should be filled in the upcoming August election. Three aldermen seats were already open and up for grabs this August. Those seats will go to the top three vote getters. Meanwhile, the candidate receiving the fourth most votes will be awarded Elam’s seat and will serve two years – when Elam’s term expires in August of 2024. There will...

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival organizers have announced a discounted ticket price for local residents to attend this year’s festival. Local discounted tickets are available for $304.14 after service charges, fees and taxes. Four day GA parking passes are also available for $138.45. A GA car camping / parking pass is available for $81.71. Anyone purchasing tickets before the end of the day Monday, June 6, will have the option to have tickets mailed. Purchasing after Monday will mean your tickets will be at will-call pickup. Will-call box office will be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday...

BY LAMAR WILKIE American Legion’s annual Flag Retirement Ceremony is currently scheduled forSaturday, June 11th at 5 PM, at the Coffee County Veterans Building: 130Shelton Road in Manchester. All members of the public, especially school agechildren, are encouraged to attend to learn more about our American Flag;and why old flags are ceremonially destroyed, with dignity and honor,according to prescribed ritual. This ceremony is held on or near June 14th, which is Flag Day – a holidayset aside for Americans to celebrate our national colors, the Stars &Stripes, in defense of which over a million men and women have sacrificedtheir...

The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commissions have set the state’s hunting and trapping seasons for 2022-23. The Commission established the regulations at its June 2-3 meeting held at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s Region II Ray Bell Building. Complete hunting seasons dates and regulations will be available on the website (www.twra.org), TWRA App, and in the printed 2022-23 Tennessee Hunting Guide, which will be mailed to Lifetime and Sportsman’s license holders and available for free at TWRA license vendor locations in mid-July. After hearing growing reports of decreasing turkey populations, the Commission voted to delay the statewide turkey season...

Tennessee gas prices surged, on average, 23 cents over last week. Pump prices have, yet again, reached record highs across the state. The Tennessee Gas Price average  is now $4.50 which is nearly 50 cents more expensive than one month ago and $1.62 more than one year ago.   The average price per gallon in Coffee County is $4.43. That is 7 cents below the state averages and 43 cents below the national average of $4.86. “We’re once again experiencing record high prices at the pump in Tennessee,” said Megan Cooper, spokeswoman for AAA – The Auto Club Group. “One silver lining for Tennesseans is that despite...