Join the Manchester Recreation Department for their Independence Day celebration on Monday, July 4th. They’ll have a fantastic fireworks show, FREE entertainment featuring the Ultimate Oldies starting at 6pm with fireworks will begin at 9pm! Park Partners will be hosting a local candidate meet and greet along the Greenway in Rotary Park (in front of the Amphitheater) during the July 4th celebration. A great time to come out and meet candidates face to face and discuss issues. It will start at 6:00pm and last until the fireworks...

A state agency focused on the economic growth of women in Tennessee will shut its doors this week. The Tennessee Economic Council on Women is closing after 18 years because it didn’t get enough support in the State Assembly to remain open. The mission of the organization was to perform research, provide advocacy and share its findings with policy makers and citizens. With the council’s doors closed, said executive director Phyllis Qualls-Brooks, there’s now a gap. “I do fear that because our focus was so narrow and so intentional and the credibility that was afforded to our agency’s work,...

The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office and Coffee County Fire Departments are warning residents about firework dangers. A few tips officials have for residents to keep them safe are: • Never allow children to handle or ignite fireworks. • Read and follow all warnings and instructions. • Never place any part of your body directly over a fireworks device when lighting the fuse. Back up to a safe distance immediately after lighting fireworks. • Wear eye protection. • Be sure other people are out of range before lighting fireworks. • Never throw or point fireworks at people or animals....

Using dental records the State Medical Examiner determined that the man whose body was found Saturday in Tullahoma was 45 year old Stacy Craig Morris of East Grundy Street in Tullahoma. The body was found by a Tullahoma Public Works employee in a wooded, brushy area on Freeman Street near the railroad just off of Highway 55. Investigators had suspected that the body was Morris but waited until the medical examiner made the determination. The results came in Wednesday. Tullahoma Police Investigator Lt. Jason Ferrell stated that they will probably have to wait a few weeks before it is determined...

On June 2 Vanderbilt Pitcher Donny Everett died on Normandy Lake in Coffee County. Autopsy results have confirmed drowning is to blame for the death. Davidson County Assistant Medical Examiner David Zimmerman’s autopsy shows the 19-year-old’s death was accidental. A toxicology report shows that at the time of his death, Everett tested negative for drugs and alcohol in his system. Divers with the Coffee County Rescue Squad recovered Everett’s body just before 7 p.m. on June 2 about 15 feet from the water bank near the Cat Walk along Mt. View Road. Everett was taken to a Harton Hospital...

On Tuesday Manchester Police reports that a man went to Baker Brother’s Drug store and signed to pick up a prescription. According to the arrest warrant the medication was allegedly for a female that is incarcerated at a state prison in Bledsoe County. The warrant goes onto say that Joshua Lee Phipps age 30 of Coffee St Manchester was found to be in possession of Alprazolam tablets. Phipps was charged by Manchester Police Investigator Jonathan Anthony with a Schedule IV drug violation and Prescription drug fraud. His bond was set at $50,000 and a court date July 5,...

McMinnville Police have arrested three suspects in a series of vehicles thefts that have occurred in the civic center and Northside areas of the city. Arrested were Austin Smith and Dalton Porter, both of Woodbury, and Tyler Gage Finley of Crossville. Police, working in cooperation with authorities in Cannon and Coffee Counties, took them into custody following a brief foot chase on Bybee Branch Road. The men were charged with multiple counts of theft over $1000, evading arrest in a motor vehicle and failure to stop, halt and frisk. They also face charges in Cannon, Coffee and Rutherford Counties....