The Manchester City School system is announcing calendar changes due to the upcoming Exit 111 festival, which will take place October 11-13 at Great Stage Park – also known as the home to Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.  The changes include the following. There will now be no school for city schools on Friday, Oct. 11. Wednesday, May 20 will now be a full day of school and Thursday, May 21, will be early dismissal at 12:30 p.m. The Last day of school will be Friday, May 22 with a 9 a.m. dismissal. This move corresponds with a move...

The autopsy released for Ryan Dunleavy, who passed away at the 2019 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, reveals that he overdosed on drugs. Dunleavy, 27, was found to have fentanyl, MDMA (otherwise known as ecstasy) and clozapine in his system, according to the report conducted by Davidson County Assistant Medical Examiner David Zimmerman. The report states that the death was accidental, according to The Tennessean. Dunleavy was found the morning of Saturday, June 15 in the campground area by his father and authorities responded. Bonnaroo officials released this statement at the time of the death in June: “The...

EnableComp LLC, a Franklin, Tennessee- based company that processes complex medical insurance claims, submissions and appeals, will expand into Tullahoma, creating over 200 jobs in the next five years. State economic officials announced the deal Friday.  The company will invest $1 million to open an office. It is the third Middle Tennessee office for the company.  The facility is expected to open in September and there will be a career fair from 3-6 p.m. August 21st at Northgate Mall in...

Curtis Ray Watson, an escapee of the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Henning last week was caught Sunday morning in the Henning area. He was on the run for five days. He was captured after home surveillance video caught him going through a couple’s outdoor refrigerator at their home. Watson was serving a 15-year sentence for aggravated kidnapping. He escaped from prison during his daily lawn-mowing detail. Watson is suspected to have killed corrections officer Debra Johnson, who was...

The autopsy released for Ryan Dunleavy, who passed away at the 2019 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, reveals that he overdosed on drugs. Dunleavy, 27, was found to have fentanyl, MDMA (otherwise known as ecstasy) and clozapine in his system, according to the report conducted by Davidson County Assistant Medical Examiner David Zimmerman. The report states that the death was accidental, according to The Tennessean. Dunleavy was found the morning of Saturday, June 15 in the campground area by his father and authorities responded. Bonnaroo officials released this statement at the time of the death in June: “The...

Manchester’s Police Department has released its annual report for 2018. A few numbers worth noting: The department answered 16,881 calls in 2018, that is down 4.2 percent from 2017. The department worked 402 traffic crashes in 2018, which was up 7.5%, DUI arrests doubled, with 88 arrests in 2018, up from 43 in 2017. Traffic citations were down 10.9 percent, with 3,314 issued in 2018. The investigation division cleared 915 of the 1,408 cases it took, which is 65%. That is up from the 59% of cases cleared in 2017 and 2016. The department made 1,390 arrests in 2018,...

Westwood Middle School held a ceremony Wednesday to dedicate a parking space at the school. In partnership with the Manchester Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10904, Westwood dedicated a parking space in honor of Purple Heart recepients. The parking space features a special sign with a purple post that reserves parking for the combat wounded. The parking lot stripes for that location are painted...