A federal judge is hearing arguments in a class-action lawsuit that claims delays in processing TennCare applications have left thousands of low-income Tennesseans without timely access to medical care. TennCare applicants testified in court in Nashville on Tuesday in a lawsuit that was originally filed in 2014 after the rollout of the Affordable Care Act. At the time, the state’s computer system was unable to handle a new method of determining TennCare eligibility. Attorneys for the state say the problem is fixed and now less than 1 percent of applications are not resolved within the 45 or 90 days...

Manchester will be the home of River Romp to be held from 3-7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13. The first-ever event will be held at Rotary Park and along the greenway in Manchester and will feature live art work, vendors selling their art, plus handmade arts and crafts. River Romp will feature food trucks, Yoga, acoustic music and more. Event partner L&H Distributing Company, Inc. will also provide a craft beer truck featuring some of Tennessee’s best craft beer. Manchester’s Scott van Velsor and wife Kristin Luna put together the event to promote local artists. Luna explains more about...

The trial of former Coffee County High School baseball coach Brad Weir will not take place as a plea agreement was agreed to between all parties on Wednesday. Weir was facing a 16-count indictment after being charged with having sex with a 15-year-old Coffee County student in 2015. He pled guilty to 3 counts. The arrangement means that Weir, age 47 could serve up to 8 years in state prison. Six years is to be served at 100 percent. District Attorney Craig Northcott says Weir agreed to the charges of statutory rape by an authority figure, aggravated statutory rape,...

Vernita Davis, the current Election Administrator for Coffee County announced earlier this year that she would be retiring by the end of the year. The Election Commission began to take applications for the job. During that time around 20 people applied with 5 being named finalist. On Tuesday afternoon the commission of 5 people; Chairman Sandra Soesbe, Secretary Frances Powers and members Bill Bates, Emily Thoma along with Barbara Arp voted in a secret ballot to give the position to current Coffee County Government Purchasing Agent Andy Farrar. Farrar will begin training before taking over as Election...

Temple Baptist Christian School teacher Trudy Nash was announced last week as the Teacher of the Year by the Tennessee Association of Christian Schools. This is the first time that the association has given this high honor to a Temple Baptist Christian School teacher. The school is located in Manchester. Nash has been a teacher for thirty-seven years in Christian education, twelve of which has been at Temple Baptist. When asking the students what their favorite class is, the most common answer is English, because that is what she primarily teaches. Nash also directs much of the Fine Arts...

Terry Long of Decherd was arrested by Franklin County deputies on Friday on charges of aggravated assault, especially aggravated burglary and theft of property. Long was booked at the Franklin County Jail under a bond of $100,000. After a thorough investigation, a report filed by Investigator George Dyer stated that an altercation occurred between Long and H.L. Gipson was initiated over a dog being shot. Long allegedly took control of a weapon during the altercation and discharged it until all the rounds were spent. No serious injuries were reported. Long has a Franklin County General Sessions Court date set...

Michael Garrison age 23 of Pelham was wanted on outstanding theft charges and failing to report to jail. Grundy County deputies received a tip of his whereabouts in the Layne’s Cove area in Grundy County on Monday. When deputies arrived, Garrison attempted to flee on a Polaris RZR. During the attempt, he struck a police cruiser causing the ATV to flip off the roadway. Garrison then fled on foot but was quickly apprehended. He was transported to the hospital and will be incarcerated at the Grundy County Jail when he is...