The literal dirty truth about child rearing is the high price of diapers – which can cost families from $70 to $80 per month per child. Congress is considering legislation that would fund pilot programs in states such as Tennessee to help low-income families afford this necessity. There are currently no federal programs that meet the need, according to Alison Weir with the National Diaper Bank Network. “You tell people that you can’t buy diapers with food stamps or WIC, and the first response is ‘What!’” Weir said. “Neither program is meant for that, but the programs that were...

We told you on Thursday about a two-vehicle crash in Tullahoma. According to an accident report from the Tullahoma Police Department, a 2005 Chevrolet operated by Kayla Brooke Hickey, 21, of McMinnville ran a traffic light at the viaduct in Tullahoma during a police pursuit early Thursday morning and T-boned 66 year-old Joe Moon’s 2009 Ford Pickup truck, Moon a retired City of Tullahoma employee was pronounced dead at the scene. A Coffee County deputy attempted to stop Hickey’s vehicle for a traffic violation near the Summitville community around midnight Wednesday night. Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves says the...

A Manchester man was arrested after he allegedly took meat products from Kroger in Tullahoma and trying to leave without paying for them. Store employee William Stephenson reported on July 13 to Tullahoma Police Officer John Bratten that Jerry Williamson, 52, of Mill Street, Manchester placed several packages of steak from the meat department in his pants and attempted to leave without paying. Williamson is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Aug. 18 on charges of...

The Manchester Tourism and Community Development Commission in partnership with the Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce and Manchester Parks and Recreation announced they have received a $41,000 tourism enhancement grant from the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development & Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. These funds along with $17,000 from the Manchester Tourism and Community Development Commission to total $58,000 will be used for additional electrical infrastructure and facility enhancements at the Manchester Parks and Recreation’s Soccer Complex. “The Parks and Recreation Department is excited to work in partnership with the Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce and the...

Former Tullahoma resident Brad Scott recently donated seven college football related books to the Motlow State Community College Clayton-Glass Library as part of the ‘Books for Binns’ project. The project is named for Lawson Binns Jordan, who was the first radio play-by-play broadcaster of Motlow State sports in the 1970s. Jordan also worked at the Follett Bookstore on Motlow’s Moore County campus for a decade, provided color commentary on Tullahoma High School football broadcasts and was co-host of the popular radio sports talk show, ‘Sports Plus’. He died at the age of 67 from cancer in February 2014. The...

The Manchester Times and Thunder Radio hosted a political forum on Thursday evening at the Manchester-Coffee County Conference Center. Candidates for Manchester School Board, Alderman, Mayor, Tennessee State Representative and State Senate spoke and answered questions during the event. If you missed the forum or would like to re-listen, go to WMSRradio.com and click on the downloads page. Early Voting runs July 15 – July 30 and Election Day is August 4. In Manchester you vote at the Coffee County Administrative Plaza 1329 McArthur Street, Suite 6, Monday-Friday 8:00-4:30PM and Saturday 8:30-12:00 PM and in Tullahoma at the C.D....

Casey J. Young, 22, of Louisville KY, a Bonnaroo attendee back in June died after he was struck by two vehicles. A medical examiner in Nashville has determined that Young died as a result of an accident. The accident occurred in the early morning hours on June 11 and Assistant County Medical Examiner Emily H. Dennison said in a written report that his cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries. No alcohol or drugs were found in Young’s system. According to the THP, Young was in the interstate median near mile marker 112 and Powers Road for an...

Tennessee programs will receive a quarter of a million dollars to support injury and violence prevention programs. The grant is part of $30 million distributed nationwide from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to reduce injury and violence related mortality. Angela Marr, practice integration and evaluation branch chief for the CDC Injury Center, says the agency would rather spend money on programs to prevent problems before they happen. “The strategies that we had selected were things that are intended to be preventive, so we think this is just absolutely key and we are thrilled to see the...