Hickerson Elementary School officially opens student walking track STAFF WRITER John Coffelt Until recently, one hurdle facing the students at Hickerson Elementary School had been finding a safe place to walk and run; that is until the completion of a concrete walkway that circles the playground behind the school. “We needed somewhere for the students to run and walk out here,” said school nurse Angela Ridner. “It was really muddy
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
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Weather permitting, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday evening, May 17and ending by 7 a.m. EDT on Saturday morning, Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) contract crews will perform a traffic shift to move traffic to the newly-constructed southbound traffic lanes. During the traffic shift, the southbound manufacturer’s road ramps will require periodic and possibly extended closures during the night to prepare for the new traffic pattern. Once
By John Coffelt, Staff Writer If all goes as planned, local middle school student Thomas Lawson, a bright, precocious 11-year-old, will board a series of flights this summer that will hopscotch across the country before landing almost 10,000 miles, and another hemisphere, away in Australia. The journey actually began back in September when Lawson received a nomination letter by People to People in the mail to be a student international ambassador.
At approximately 6:30 a.m. Monday, a rockslide occurred on State Route 16 (Rowe Gap Road/Keith Springs Mtn.) in Franklin County, totally closing the road near log mile 17.7. The rockslide occurred in the same location where a $2.4 million TDOT rockslide mitigation project is currently underway. Because the rockslide occurred at the site of an active project, personnel from Highways, Inc. are already in the area and can quickly mobilize
Hickerson Elementary School officially opens student walking track STAFF WRITER John Coffelt Until recently, one hurdle facing the students at Hickerson Elementary School had been finding a safe place to walk and run; that is until the completion of a concrete walkway that circles the playground behind the school. “We needed somewhere for the students to run and walk out here,” said school nurse Angela Ridner. “It was really muddy
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
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
Yesterday, while commenting on scandal in the Obama administration, I committed to write more about religion. Today I’ll do that with a few words bridging the relationship between government and Christianity. Romans 13 is a well known New Testament section on the Christian’s responsibility to obey civil government: “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have
It’s been several days since I posted anything here, and I want to come back with a couple of resolutions: 1. This is supposed to be a daily column, so I’ll work harder at putting something up every day (I apologize to all three of my readers for my laxity in this regard). 2. These posts are on the Religion page, so I’ll try to be a little more religiously
God isn’t looking for strong people. He wants disciples weak enough to lean on his strength, not our own. The apostles argued about who was tops among the twelve, so Jesus showed them that God is looking for little children to populate his Kingdom. Christians in Corinth thought they were strong and wise, so the Apostle Paul made a point of telling them how weak and foolish he was. When
By Marian Galbraith, staff writer The Coffee County Budget and Finance Committee approved a temporary increase of 30 cents per hour on Thursday for 19 employees of the Emergency Medical Service (EMS). The increase does not need to be approved by the full commission since funds are available in the existing EMS budget to provide them. However, according to Ambulance Authority chairman Jimmie Bradford, these paramedics and EMT’s actually need
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – January 9, 2013 – Saint Thomas Heart is pleased to announce the expansion of Dr. Wilburn George’s cardiology practice and the opening of a new cardiac clinic in partnership with United Regional Medical Center in Manchester. Wilburn George, MD, FACC, is a board certified interventional cardiologist and has been seeing patients at Saint Thomas Heart in Tullahoma for more than 22 years. Dr. George holds certification from
By John Coffelt, Staff Writer Whether it’s a few pounds packed on over the holidays or a total body makeover, losing weight tops the list of New Year’s resolutions. Bonnie Gamble, Parks and Recreation Director said that a focus on just losing weight is where many go wrong. “We want to promote people getting healthy. Loss of weight does not necessarily mean getting healthy,” she said. Not surprisingly, this is Manchester
Hickerson Elementary School officially opens student walking track STAFF WRITER John Coffelt
Staff Writer John Coffelt The local workforce received a one-day manpower boon
Bonnaroo released Monday the results of a recently completed economic impact
As graduation approaches for Coffee County Central High School, two senior students
Three Coffee County Central High School sports teams entered sectional competition this
This year’s Junior Red Raider Boys Basketball Camp, originally scheduled for Tuesday-Friday,
Hickerson Elementary School officially opens student walking track STAFF WRITER John Coffelt
Staff Writer John Coffelt The local workforce received a one-day manpower boon