Unity Medical Center is extremely excited to announce its partnership with Concord Medical Group, PLLC to provide Hospitalist care for their facility in Manchester, TN.  This new contract highlights UMC’s commitment to providing the highest quality care for their patients by implementing creative new solutions in their Manchester, TN facility. The partnership with Concord will benefit patients in Coffee County and the surrounding areas by ensuring 24-hour Hospitalist coverage at UMC. Concord’s goal within the facility is to provide exceptional continuity of care, as the hospitalist will know a patient’s health status on a day-to-day basis, and therefore, be...

  Daniel Ray was born and raised in Coffee County. He attended Coffee County schools. He served in the United States Army for eight years from 1998 to 2006. Upon completing his military service, he served the community as a deputy with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department from 2006 to 2014. In 2014, he transitioned to the City of Manchester Police Department where he continues to serve the community. Manchester Police Chief Mark Yother had the following to say: “Officer Ray has a very positive attitude and strives to make Manchester a safer community. He is dedicated to the...

Tennessee Highway Patrol Colonel Tracy Trott on Monday announced that Major Stacy Williams has been placed on discretionary leave and relieved of his official duties due to an incident that took place on Sunday, February 12 in Grundy County. Williams, 47, will remain on discretionary leave with pay pending an investigation into allegations of conduct unbecoming for a department employee. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shots fired call at 9925 SR 108 in Altamont overnight on February 12. On arrival, deputies encountered a disturbance between Tennessee Highway Patrol Major Stacey Williams and neighbors. Williams was taken...

Every year, Volunteer Tennessee recognizes volunteers from across the state for their service to their communities with the Governor’s Volunteer Star Awards. This year, Coffee County was represented by Bonnie Watts. Watt’s was honored for her countless hours of service to the Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center. Back in 2002, Bonnie brought the idea of a children’s advocacy center for Coffee County to Church Women United of Coffee County. That small, but mighty group of ladies soon became a force to be reckoned with as they were committed to making the dream of a safe, neutral place for children...

An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the indictment and arrest of a South Pittsburg woman charged with stealing from her employer. At the request of 12th District Attorney General Michael Taylor, in April 2016, TBI Special Agents began investigating an allegation that a former employee of Sequatchie Concrete Services had embezzled money from the company. During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information that from 2012 through 2015, Debra Hughes had stolen more than $200,000 from her employer. On February 6th, the Marion County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging...

On Saturday night Coffee County Deputy Blake Simmons pulled a female subject over for a traffic violation on Fox Chase Rd. The arrest warrant says that upon making contact with the female, Simmons says that there was a very strong odor of possibly marijuana coming from the vehicle. According to the warrant, the deputy asked the woman identified as Deanna Sue Baker age 30 of Monroe Floyd Rd in Decherd if she had any marijuana in the vehicle and she allegedly handed him some marijuana. Deputy Simmons then asked Baker for consent to search the vehicle in which Baker...