The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline hit its highest price point of 2018 Saturday at $2.66 per gallon. The average is a half cent more than last week, 13 cents more than a month ago, and 28 cents more than a year ago. Tennessee gas prices are averaging $2.46, 15 cents higher than a month ago and 32 cents high than the same time last year. The low price per gallon this week in Coffee County can be found in Tullahoma at $2.42 and in Manchester the low price is...

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is joining states across the nation to remind motorists that work zone safety is everyone’s responsibility and to ask them to move over and slow down for highway workers. TDOT is spreading that message statewide during National Work Zone Awareness Week in an effort to improve safety in Tennessee’s interstate and highway construction and maintenance work zones. In 2016, three employees were struck and killed by passing motorists. Last year in Tennessee, 13 people died in work zone crashes, including workers, drivers and passengers. TDOT is reminding motorists to pay attention to signs, reduce...

Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen has announced the approval of recommendations that will reduce student testing in 2018-19. The recommendations are the first to be released by the state’s third Task Force on Student Testing and Assessment – which includes educators, parents, and education leaders from across the state – and they resulted from months of analysis and discussion, as well as additional surveys of high school teachers and parents. In addition to the recommendations, Commissioner McQueen also announced additional ways the state will further reduce testing in Tennessee next year. Altogether, these steps will reduce the number and...

Even before he arrives for his first day as the new president at Motlow State Community College, Dr. Michael Torrence, Ph.D., is already busy bringing international attention to the region. Torrence was recently selected from more than 230 nominees to serve a three-year term on the board of directors for Online Learning Consortium (OLC), a non-profit organization headquartered in Newbury, Mass. The mission of OLC is to advance quality digital teaching and learning experiences. Like other Tennessee community colleges, Motlow is preparing for an influx of new students taking advantage of the Tennessee Reconnect program. Reconnect is part of...

On Sunday morning (April 8th 2018) Tullahoma Police officers served a search warrant at 313 1/2 South Anderson Street. Officers searched an apartment belonging to Lisa Pauline Clark age 51 and allegedly located 1.88 grams of DAB. DABS are doses of cannabis concentrate. 1.09 grams of a white crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine, 2.56 grams of a green leafy like substance believed to be marijuana, 4 marijuana roaches, and 1 and a quarter pieces of Xanax bars inside the residence during their search. Officers also allegedly located large amounts of drug paraphernalia such as glass pipes, digital scales...

Grady Wright of Wright Paving has made a proposal to change zoning of his company’s property in Hillsboro. On Tuesday the Coffee County Commission is expected to vote on a prospective new zoning designation – M-3 – which would allow the establishment of a quarry outside of the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). Wright owns 230 acres in Hillsboro, near the intersection of Hillsboro Viola Road and J.D. Ring Road. Since 2003 Wright has made several requests to the county to rezone his property in Hillsboro – which is currently zoned A-1 agricultural – to a zone that would allow...

At approximately 9:45 PM Saturday night there was a non-injury crash on Hwy 41 near Hills Chapel Road in Manchester. A vehicle left the roadway striking an electric pole and caused damage to several others. Hwy 41 had to be closed from Hills Chapel Road to Clover Lane while clean-up work was done. Duck River Electric arrived on the scene to restore service and repair damage from a crash. Manchester Police Department thank Duck River Electric along with the Manchester Street Department, Coffee County EMS and the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department for their teamwork in assisting. The repair work...

A Grundy County High School senior was arrested last week for saying something about the selection process of the school’s valedictorian. Trevor Sanders tried speaking up after a controversial selection. Last week, Sanders and the rest of the school found out this year’s graduation would be a little different. The school announced the valedictorian for the class of 2018 would be a female who is graduating in just three years, not four. When Trevor began to ask why, he was told he needed to meet with school administrators to talk about him speaking out. In that meeting Wednesday, he...