Girl Scouts in Middle Tennessee are learning important life lessons about goal setting, decision-making, money management, people skills, and business ethics as they take part in the 2019 Girl Scout Cookie Season. The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest financial investment in girls annually in the United States and teaches entrepreneurship for the next generation of female leaders. Girls from kindergarten until 12th grade learn about developing a successful business and reaching their goals. With 100% of the net proceeds staying local, Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee (GSMIDTN) is able to do amazing things in the community. Girl...

Last month the Coffee County Compensation and Personnel Committee brought up an issue concerning a policy about nepotism. Members discussed the possibility of doing away with the policy. During the most recent meeting of the committee, they voted to keep the nepotism policy but add a section of a wavier in certain situations. Member and County Commissioner Joey Hobbs said that he wanted to keep the policy, but he thought the county should add a section to the employee manual that would allow for an exemption to the nepotism policy for an individual with unique skills and qualifications. That...

Special Agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation were part of a multi-agency arrest round-up in Franklin County this week that resulted in the arrest of 12 people on a variety of drug-related charges. On January 7th, the Franklin County Grand Jury returned indictments charging multiple people with a variety of charges stemming from incidents from 2017 through 2018. This week, TBI Agents joined law enforcement officers with the Middle Tennessee Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, the Winchester Police Department and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department in locating and arresting twelve of those...

The Tennessee man federal prosecutors say was the ringleader in a conspiracy to burglarize nearly 70 pharmacies across 11 states over a five-year period, including two in Corbin, Kentucky, and several in Tennessee, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Tuesday. Robert Nunley, of Tracy City pleaded guilty in March to two counts of burglary of a pharmacy and one count of conspiracy to distribute Schedule II controlled substances, to include oxycodone. Based on the results of the investigation, which took into account multiple factors including his criminal history, and the nature and circumstances of the offense, the...

Experience the spectacular celestial event of a Super Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse and take a midnight hike through the ancient Native American ceremonial mounds located at Old Stone Fort in Manchester. This will be the first and only lunar eclipse of 2019 and the last one to grace the skies of the US until 2022. Join the park to learn about the occurrence and science of lunar eclipses and how the Native Americans who once inhabited this area may have interpreted this event. You’ll hike along the 1.25 mile Enclosure Trail stopping from time to time to examine the...

Congratulations to Student of the Week -Hayden Garr!!! Hayden, the son of Darryl Collins and Allison Collins is an eighth grader at Coffee County Middle School. Hayden’s favorite subject his social studies, because he loves history. Hayden is quite the athlete. He plays basketball for CCMS as a forward. Hayden is 3rd baseman for the CCMS baseball team and has already received college offers for baseball. Hayden hopes to one day have a Major League Baseball contract. Rosalyn Partin, owner of the Manchester H&R Block, has been inspired to recognize great kids in our community all through hockey season....

An earthquake shook an area near Shelbyville Tuesday night around 8:30pm According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake hit 13 km east of Shelbyville. The nighttime quake was a 2.8 magnitude. Multiple people reported to the USGS that they felt the quake including people in Tullahoma, Manchester and Winchester. No reports of damage have been made. This comes a little over a month after a 4.4 magnitude earthquake in Decatur. According to the National Weather Service office in Morristown, the largest earthquake on record in East Tennessee was a magnitude 4.7 near Maryville in...

Farmers in Coffee County and throughout Tennessee looking to expand their markets and increase food safety by becoming Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) certified now have the opportunity to receive financial assistance from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA). GAP certification allows producers to sell directly to more businesses and institutions with stringent food safety requirements, such as grocery stores or hospitals. These new opportunities allow producers to increase their income, and the certification helps to ensure food is safe and wholesome for specialty crops throughout Tennessee. The application period closes Aug. 31, 2019. Qualified producers will have the opportunity...