Manchester Police Department has announced that it has added a new member to the team – officer Justin Gault was recently sworn-in by Manchester Mayor Marilyn Howard. Gault transferred to the police department from the Manchester Fire Department. Gault follows in the footsteps of his father, Ronnie Gault, who served previously as Coffee County Sheriff from...

 Manchester will be the second community in Tennessee to play host to a global youth entrepreneurship program that teaches leadership and business skills by encouraging children to launch a lemonade business – the program is simply called “Lemonade Day.” The Manchester Chamber of Commerce is working in partnership with Manchester City Schools to provide curriculum and training materials to all fourth-grade students at College Street and Westwood Elementary Schools and one group of students at Westwood Middle School. Participants will learn how to create a business plan, market a product, and determine how much to charge per cup of...

Manchester City Schools Board of Education will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, May 9 at College Street Elementary school. The public is invited and welcome to attend. The agenda is below: MEETING AGENDA  1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER  1.1 Recognition of Visitors  1.2 Invocation/Pledge of Allegiance  1.3 Intent to Address the Board  2. CONSENT ITEMS  2.1 Approval of Minutes of April 11, 2022  2.2 Additions/Deletions and Acceptance of Agenda  2.3 Memorandum of Understanding between Centerstone Community Mental Health Centers, Inc. and Manchester City Schools  2.4 Memorandum of Agreement between WCI Management   3. HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS  3.1 WMS Girls Basketball...

The Coffee County Board of Education will hold a regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, May 9. Everyone is welcome to attend the public meeting. Meeting starts at 4:30 p.m. at the board of education at 1343 McArthur St. in Manchester: Agenda below: AGENDAI. Call to OrderII. Call for IntentIII. General Consent Items(If no objections, the following items will be considered passed when the agenda is passed.) April 11th minutesSecond reading of Policies: 6.306, 6.206, 1.102Overnight Field Trip / Red Raider Basketball / June 1 – June 2Overnight Field Trip / CCCHS Volleyball / September 9 – September 11Overnight Field...

The 18th annual Dusty Elam Foundation Benefit is set for Saturday, May 14 at the Elam Farm – 5223 Woodbury Highway just outside of Manchester. There will be food, fun and games to go along with a live auction and a musical contest – Dusty’s Voice Music Competition. Also at the annual event will be field events, inflatables a dunking booth and face painting. Single tickets are $25 and 5 tickets are $100. Kids 12 and under are free – cost of food included with your ticket. Gates open at noon, live auction starts at 2 and Dusty’s Voice...

Tennessee Driver Services Centers across the state experienced a statewide outage Thursday, according to Tennessee Department of Safety. As a result of the outage, driver license transactions can’t be completed at driver service centers at this time. As of early Thursday afternoon, the outage was still ongoing. The driver service center in Coffee County is located at 307 Industrial Blvd. in Tullahoma. To call ahead of time about wait times or possible outages, call...

According to the US Department of Justice, a Manchester doctor is facing charges regarding the unlawful distribution of controlled substances. Yogeshwar Gill, 45, also known as Gary Gill, of Manchester, Tennessee, was charged by indictment with conspiracy to unlawfully distribute controlled substances, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, unlawful distribution of controlled substances, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841, and maintaining a drug-involved premises, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 856. Gill, a family medicine doctor, who owned and operated a medical practice in Manchester, was charged in connection with an alleged scheme to distribute opioids and...

Manchester Police Department is continuing to search for a runaway juvenile. Shaolin Conder is described as 5 feet tall, weighing 100 pound, white female. She has black and green hair and is 14-years old. She was last seen on April 30 on Ragsdale Rd wearing pink pants and gray converse. If you have seen or know the whereabouts of this juvenile, contact MPD investigator Ben Sneed at...