Two people suffered injuries after a helicopter crashed in Tullahoma on Thursday afternoon. According to the FAA, a Sikorsky HH60 helicopter crashed in a field near Tullahoma 3:30 p.m. Tullahoma Police said the crash was on the edge of Coffee and Moore Counties. The two people on board had apparently called the airport tower for information about the wind direction when they went down. TPD Sergeant Cody Brandon was able to locate on foot the helicopter in a remote location near the western boundary of Coffee County and the eastern boundary of Moore County on private land. Sergeant Brandon...

U.S. Attorney Don Cochran and the Department of Justice announced yesterday that Brentwood, Tennessee-based Vanguard Healthcare, LLC, and related Vanguard companies (“Vanguard”) agreed to pay more than $18 million in allowed claims to resolve a lawsuit brought by the United States and the State of Tennessee for billing the Medicare and Medicaid programs for grossly substandard nursing home services. Vanguard Healthcare and several related Vanguard companies that have reorganized in bankruptcy agreed to pay more than $5.1 million towards the settlement, and two Vanguard entities that are liquidating in bankruptcy have agreed to $13.5 million in allowed claims in...

Coffee County and Manchester City Schools are partnering together to host a Mobile Food Pantry for families in need on Friday, March 15th at First Baptist Church of Manchester. A Mobile Food Pantry is a large-scale food distribution in which food items are delivered via Second Harvest Food Bank to a designated location for immediate distribution to those in need. “We, Coffee County and Manchester City Schools, are excited to offer this opportunity for our families. By working together, this allows us to ensure we are serving every family in need,” said Taylor Rayfield, Coordinator of Family Resource for...

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10904 in Manchester, is spearheading an event in association with the local American Legion, Sequatchie Valley Veterans Honor Guard and the Disabled American Veterans associations. The Vietnam-era Veterans Honors Dinner will be held at the Veterans building located at 130 Shelton Road in Manchester on March 11. This dinner is completely free to all who attend. The event will include honors to the veterans and to their families. In attendance will be John Radke from the Vietnam War Commemoration out of Washington DC. Also speaking will be Commander Mike Rhew, the Veterans of Foreign...

We all want our dollars to go as far as they can, but economic conditions in some places of the country mean our paychecks go further than others. With that in mind, SmartAsset conducted a study to find the most paycheck friendly counties in the country. In Tennessee, Coffee County ranked highly, coming in 10th out of our 95 counties. Another local county ranked 6th, that is Moore County. Williamson County finished 1st. SmartAsset analyzed factors such as the average semi-monthly paycheck amount, purchasing power, unemployment rate and income...