The 26th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is on Saturday, May 12, 2018. The food drive, sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers, is the world’s largest one-day food drive, taking place in more than 10,000 cities and towns in all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. Participating in the food drive couldn’t be easier. Before your regular mail pick-up on Saturday, May 12, postal customers are asked to leave bags of non-perishable food items by their mailboxes. Letter carriers will pick up the bags and—with help from retired letter carriers, other...

There’s one last hope for Tennesseans who might benefit from a state-of-the-art cancer treatment. Republican Gov. Bill Haslam vetoed the Cancer Patient Choice Act late last week, but there’s talk of a possible special session to override his veto. The legislation would mandate that the state employee insurance program cover proton therapy at the same rate it currently pays for traditional radiation. Retired school teacher Elizabeth Clarke contracted a rare case of tongue cancer last year and had to pay $72,000 for proton therapy out of her own pocket. She was able to preserve her ability to eat normally...

Come join the Dusty Elam Foundation for its 14th annual fundraiser this Saturday, May 12th. The day will be a fun filled day including a delicious BBQ meal, live auction, games, face painting, music, raffle and more to support our amazing foundation that helps our local families in need! A special music performance by country music artist Adam Craig, plus local singer Sarah Pearson. Gates open at noon, live auction at 2pm, grand prize drawing of $5,000 at 6:30pm. Musical entertainment begins at 7pm. Tickets are available from Melinda Ashburn at 728-3381 or Chris Elam at 273-3419. The event...

Officials say the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 28, 2018 collected more than 63,000 pounds of unused medicines in the Louisville Field Division’s three-state area of Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia. 2,400 pounds of unused medicines were collected in Coffee County. The Coffee County Anti-Drug Coalition worked in conjunction with the Manchester and Tullahoma police and the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department during the collection process. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is now in its ninth year. The initiative allows people to safely get rid of unused medicines, which officials say are highly prone to misuse...

A man who authorities believe was driving a stolen car and led officers on a pursuit Friday has been taken into custody. 40 year-old Howard Eugene Brown was located at a home near Centertown. The stolen car he had driven had been painted. Brown was said to be driving the Honda Accord Friday when officers tried to pull him over. Instead of stopping, he led them on a pursuit from the Centertown area on Nashville Highway into McMinnville. Authorities say that during the chase, Brown tried to hit a deputy who was on foot. Officers broke off the pursuit...

Former Shelbyville Municipal Planning Commission member Wanda Woodlee pleaded no contest to a felony theft charge in Franklin County last month. Woodlee worked as office manager at the Winchester funeral home at the time of the alleged offense, which court documents state happened between January 2016 and July 2016. The no contest plea means Woodlee did not admit guilt but still accepts punishment for the crime in question. As part of a deferred sentence, Woodlee will serve two years of state-supervised probation for theft. If she successfully completes her probation period, the indictment will be wiped from her record....