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As graduation approaches for Coffee County Central High School, two senior students who thought they would be celebrating with their classmates and walking the line on graduation night have learned that they won’t be allowed to do so. Foreign exchange students Caio Guimaraes from Brazil and Sigrid Eek from Norway were told Thursday by CHS administration that because they weren’t earning a diploma from CHS, they won’t be allowed to
The Central High School Lady Raider softball team hosts Riverdale at 7 p.m. Saturday in a contest that will decide which team advances to the TSSAA BlueCross Spring Fling State Tournament in Murfreesboro next week. The game was originally scheduled for Friday but was rained out. A win for Coffee County would mean a trip to the Spring Fling in back-to-back years for the first time since the 1999 and
C ody Holder’s last pitch was 86 miles per hour. It wasn’t on a dusty baseball field somewhere in Middle Tennessee or on a rocky practice field somewhere in the outskirts of Coffee County. It was a hot June day at Bonnaroo, of all places. “I was at Bonnaroo and they had the fastest pitch machine up there,” said Cody, sitting in his wheelchair, waving his right arm
By Wayne Thomas, staff writer A 41-year-old Grundy County man accused of killing a Maple Springs Road man has been returned to Coffee County and is in the county jail under a $1 million bond. Troy Lynn King, 41, was indicted by the March term of the Coffee County grand jury for first-degree murder, felony murder and theft over $1,000. U.S. Marshal’s Service arrested him without incident on March
The Central High School soccer Raiders made it farther in the postseason than any Coffee County school has ever done before, but the season finally ended Saturday with a 4-0 loss at Smyrna in a sectional match. Sectional competition winnows the top 16 teams down to the eight that move on to the state tournament next week in Murfreesboro. The Red Raiders kept to their game plan of playing the
Central High School boys basketball coach Scott Givens announced his resignation today after four years of coaching and teaching in Coffee County. Givens will take a position as assistant boys basketball coach at South Forsyth High School in Cumming, Ga., northeast of Atalanta. He will be assisting head coach Manson Hill, who won back-t0-back Georgia state girls basketball titles at nearby Gainesville High School in 2003 and 2004. Givens assisted
The Central High School Lady Raider softball team hosts Riverdale at 7 p.m. Saturday in a contest that will decide which team advances to the TSSAA BlueCross Spring Fling State Tournament in Murfreesboro next week. The game was originally scheduled for Friday but was rained out. A win for Coffee County would mean a trip to the Spring Fling in back-to-back years for the first time since the 1999 and
Staff Writer John Coffelt The local workforce received a one-day manpower boon of up to 340 students job shadowing Monday from Coffee Middle School. “This is a great program because it gives them a window into the real world,” said CCMS guidance counselor Gina Cleek about the program. She said that the eighth grade puts a lot of work into career exploration. Students registering for classes at Central High School
EDITOR Josh Peterson For the past few years, Central High School government teacher Andrew Taylor has had his students write letters to various public officials requesting them to come speak to the school. Over that time Representative Scott DesJarlais and State Representative Judd Matheny have made the trip to speak. Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander have had office representatives contact the school. But this year the most powerful man
Budding chef offers CHS culinary arts classes a peek into life at top chef school “I go into class and it’s like a having a full-time job, but I go into class excited everyday [to be] cooking.” –Tori Perry By John Coffelt, STAFF WRITER Coffee County Central High School culinary arts students last week received a peek into nation’s elite Culinary Institute of America, at Hyde Park, N.Y., through a returning
Superfly and A.C Entertainment are proud to announce that the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has confirmed an exceptional comedy lineup to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the festival’s hugely popular Comedy Theatre. In keeping with tradition, Bonnaroo, which will take place on its 700-acre farm in Manchester, TN, from June 13 – 16, will host a vibrant and diverse collection of national headlining comics at its inimitable air-conditioned venue,
By John Coffelt,Staff Writer Nineteen seventh-grade students at Westwood Middle School Middle School are getting some pretty intensive flight training each week during a new after-school program sponsored by Arnold Engineering and Development Complex’s STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) Center. The students, made up of an equal mix of boys and girls handpicked for the program by Westwood science teacher Deb Wimberley, are the first locally to participate
Manchester Parks and Recreation department will hold its spring egg hunt on March 23. The 2-7-year-old’s hunt will be held at 1 p.m. at Fred Deadman Park The 8-12 year-old’s hunt will be at 8 p.m. at the Babe Ruth Field at Fred Deadman. This hunt will take place in the dark; please provide your child with a flashlight. All participants must bring their own basket or bag to hold
The Central High School Lady Raider softball team hosts Riverdale at 7
C ody Holder’s last pitch was 86 miles per hour.
The Central High School soccer Raiders made it farther in the postseason
Central High School boys basketball coach Scott Givens announced his resignation today
Staff Writer John Coffelt The local workforce received a one-day manpower boon
EDITOR Josh Peterson For the past few years, Central High School government