The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development announced Friday that 12 Tennessee communities have been selected to participate in the fifth round of the Tennessee Downtowns program. The communities selected include Ashland City, Crossville, Dickson, Gainesboro, Hohenwald, Humboldt, Lenoir City, Livingston, Lynchburg, Manchester, Wartburg and Woodbury. Each of the 12 communities selected this round has downtown commercial districts established at least 50 years ago and have demonstrated their readiness to organize efforts for downtown revitalization. The highly competitive selection process was based on historic commercial resources, economic and physical need, demonstrated local effort, overall presentation and probability of...

On Thursday night just before 9pm Coffee County deputies and the Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Department responded to 544 Dean Shop Rd in reference to a house fire. Apparently no one lived in the home. The house was allegedly used to store items, but the electric power was still on at the residence. The value of the house was estimated to be $10,000. The home was said to be over fifty-years old. No one was injured in the...

Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) members who are Comcast cable TV or internet subscribers in Franklin and Moore counties could experience a service interruption if the electric co-op is forced to disconnect power supplies and remove equipment for non-payment of pole attachment rental fees. Notice was sent to Comcast that its facilities on DREMC poles are subject to removal unless overdue fees are paid prior to June 24. Approximately 7,000 Comcast customers could be affected. Almost two years ago, Comcast allowed a similar situation to develop by not paying annual pole attachment fees. The company averted loss of...

Tennessee’s unemployment rate for May was 4.1 percent, a slight decrease from the April rate of 4.3 percent. That’s according to Tennessee Labor Commissioner Burns Phillips. The U.S unemployment rate for May was 4.7 percent, down three-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month. Over the past year, Tennessee’s unemployment rate decreased from 5.8 percent to 4.1 percent while the national rate declined from 5.5 percent to 4.7...

According to Coffee County Emergency Management Agency Director Allen Lendley, storms Wednesday evening blew tree limbs down across the area but no serious damage was reported. Lendley said that there were several limbs down in the Manchester area and the Barton Springs area. One tree fell, just missing a home on Summer St in Manchester. Lendley noted that most of the limbs that were blown down were Bradford Pear trees and those he described as being brittle. There was also a power outage in the area that lasted for around 2 hours. There were no injuries...

Winchester Police Detectives Jamie Cox and Sgt. Kelly Gass made two more arrests in connection to an armed robbery that occurred Sunday night at the Creekside Market located on North High Street in Winchester. Myles Kincaid and Timothy Marshall, both of Monteagle, were arrested on armed robbery and theft of property charges. The two men are the latest arrests made in the Creekside case. David Michael Jordan of Ovoca Road Tullahoma was arrested Sunday in relation to the...