After nine years in Cumberland Caverns, Bluegrass Underground will be moving to a new location. Beginning in 2018 Bluegrass Underground will present its concerts at The Caverns, located within the base of Monteagle Mountain near Pelham. Organizers say the venue will hold larger audiences and will be more accessible to people with physical disabilities. It is also closer to Interstate 24. The Bluegrass Underground television show is broadcasted on Public TV. The City of McMinnville has helped underwrite the concert series ever since it began at Cumberland Caverns. The concerts that are scheduled for the rest of 2017 will...

Tennessee’s unemployment for the month of July again made history with a 3.4 percent rate. This exceeds the previous month’s revised rate of 3.6 percent, which was the all-time low. Over the past year, Tennessee’s unemployment rate fell one and four-tenths of a percentage point from 4.8 to 3.4 percent. The national rate declined from 4.9 percent to 4.3 percent, a six tenths of a percentage point change during the same 12-month...

From Clarksville to Athens, Tennessee is at the epicenter of Monday’s eclipse. With the eclipse comes thousands of visitors, and the Tennessee National Guard is well prepared. Guard Soldiers and Airmen will work with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency to support local and state authorities as needed. “This is part of the Guard’s dual mission, we not only fight America’s wars, but are available here at home to respond as part of our domestic operations mission”, Maj. Gen. Max Haston, Tennessee’s Adjutant General said. “We are well prepared to move throughout the state as needed to assist in any...

Powerball Mania is sweeping the nation again after nobody had the right combination of numbers of Saturday night. That means the jackpot is now estimated at $650 million, with a cash payout of $411.7 million. The next drawing is on Wednesday, Aug. 23. Before you get your hopes up too high, your odds of winning are about one in 229 million. Odds are, you’re more likely to be killed by an asteroid (1 in 700,000), hit by lightning while drowning (1 in 183 million) or give birth to quadruplets (1 in 729,000). Powerball is played in 44 states including...

Coffee County Schools have announced that they are excited about the upcoming activities that are planned for Monday’s Solar Eclipse at each school. Parents/Guardians have some options regarding how they wish for their child to participate. Parents may choose to opt-in which means the student will participate in viewing the eclipse outside, to opt-in please sign and return the provided permission slip. The school system will provide students and staff with approved safety glasses for eclipse viewing. Parents also have the option of not returning the permission form and thus not approving outside viewing. These students will participate in...

On Wednesday, (August 16, 2017) at approximately 7:15am Coffee County SRO Charles Taylor, was working the student entrance school zone at Coffee County Central High School when a gray Lexus SUV with Florida registration was traveling east on McArthur Drive in the right lane at a high rate of speed. He motioned for the vehicle to slow down and observed it continuing east toward the crossing guard at the main entrance of the school. The vehicle did not slow down and the crossing guard also motioned for the vehicle to slow, but it did not. Taylor got into his...

Katie Lynn Hillis, 28, of Maple Springs Road Manchester who is now a former 911 dispatcher was arrested last Friday by Manchester Police on charges of false reporting and manufacturing/delivery/sale of a controlled substance. Her arrest came after Manchester Police Investigator Jonathan Anthony received information that Hillis was selling prescription pills. On July 6 Anthony and Investigator Jackie Matheny sent an individual into Hillis’ apartment and that person allegedly purchased several Adderall pills and Hydrocodone pills from her. The allegations were presented to the August term of the Coffee County Grand Jury which returned indictments against her. She was...

On Wednesday, (August 16th, 2017) Tennessee Highway Patrolman Donnie Clark stopped a vehicle on Interstate 24 west-bound near the 114 mile-marker in Manchester for a traffic violation. The Trooper spoke with the driver and allegedly detected the strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Driver, Ben Patrick Mullavey age 57 of Cedar Town GA allegedly admitted that he had approximately 5 lbs of a green leafy like substance believed to be marijuana inside of the vehicle. According to the arrest warrant, Clark also located 64 hydrocodone pills and a marijuana pipe with residue. Troopers also recovered a loaded...