Early voting for the November midterm elections ends at 4:30 pm (Nov. 1, 2018). Election Day is Tuesday, November 6 and registered voters all allowed to cast ballots at your assigned precinct, according to your residential address. You will see on the ballot, 28 people running for the office of Governor. 8 candidates are on the ballot for U.S. Senate and 4 individuals are running for 6th District Congress. Two local candidates are running for 47th District State Representative, Mike Winton, and Rush Bricken. The district includes all of Coffee County and a small portion of Warren County. Early...

Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center held its 11th annual “Safe on the Square,” on Wednesday. The yearly event is a safe and family friendly trick-or-treating event for area children around the historic Manchester Square. A tremendous amount trick or treaters (2,500+) filled the Manchester Square to celebrate Halloween. CEO/Executive Director Joyce Prusak of the Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center would like to thank everyone including all of the businesses who came together to make this event possible for our community! The Children’s Advocacy Center provides forensic interviews of child victims, child and family advocacy services, mental health services, prevention...

National Diabetes Month starts this week, and more than 1 in 10 Tennesseans is diabetic. At 11 percent, the state has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While diabetes can affect people of all age groups, experts are particularly concerned about gestational diabetes in women, or abnormal blood sugar levels during pregnancy. An increasing body of research indicates the problem doesn’t stop when the baby is born, says Dr. Griffin Rodgers, director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at the...

Get ready for an extra hour of sleep, this weekend as Daylight Saving Time officially comes to an end. On Sunday, November, 4th at 2 a.m., Daylight Saving Time comes to an end at precisely 2 a.m. Standard Time will stick around until 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 10, 2019. The annual change comes in the middle of the night, but most people usually set their clocks back before heading to bed Saturday night. Changing the clocks is always a good time to sync changing the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide...

College St Elementary School in Manchester has become the third local school to become a Trauma Informed School. Earlier this month we reported that North Coffee Elementary and Coffee County Middle were also named Trauma Informed Schools. In a Trauma Informed School, the adults in the school community are prepared to recognize and respond to those who have been impacted by traumatic stress. Those adults include administrators, teachers, staff, and parents. Trauma Informed Schools provide students with clear expectations and communication strategies to guide them through stressful situations. The goal in a model Trauma Informed School is to not...

On Monday October 29th, 2018 at approximately 6:30pm, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office personnel responded to 245 Mansford Rd. in reference to a criminal trespassing incident. A report filed by Deputy Cameron Bolin stated that the complainant advised him that a man knocked on his front door stating that someone had put a bomb in his vehicle. The report further stated that the suspect then entered the complainant’s house and proceeded to the kitchen and retrieved a large knife. Upon arrival, Sgt. Daryl Sweeton and Deputy Cameron Bolin were able to make contact with the suspect, remove him from the...

Manchester Fire and Rescue responded to a shed fire on Madison St on Monday night at 9:15PM. Crews arrived on scene and discovered the large out building next to the house totally engulfed in flames and that the rear of the home was also on fire. Firefighters attacked the fire in the out building first, then a crew entered the home and began attacking the fire inside the home. The primary location of the fire inside the home was found to be in the attic area towards the master bathroom and bedroom. Manchester firemen searched the home confirming that...