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
An air conditioning technician for Veterans Heating, A/C, and Electrical was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center following a single car crash Tuesday on Interstate Drive in Manchester. According to Manchester Police Department Major Bill Sipe at the scene, the vehicle’s sole occupant, Steven R. Bell, of Shelbyville, veered off the roadway, went down an embankment and crashed into a tree line near the wooded area on Interstate Drive
Central High School Lady Raider senior Alaina Lusk smacked a two-RBI single in the sixth inning and Brianna Jones struck out 10 in the circle en route to a 7-0 win over Cookeville in the winner’s bracket finals of the District 6-AAA tournament in Cookeville Tuesday night. The win puts CHS in the district title game at 5 p.m. Thursday night in Cookeville and guarantees a trip to the Region
During Thursday’s town hall meeting at Manchester City Hall, Republican Congressman Diane Black, speaking to a conservative crowd, deferred blame for the continuing sequestration cuts on the Senate. “Unfortunately, we were not able to get the Senate to agree with us on going in and replacing the sequester with what we thought were commonsense cuts,” Black said in response to a question about lost jobs due to sequestration. “Twice
By Brian Justice, staff writer A recent Facebook posting by Coffee County Commissioner Barry West called “How to Wink at a Muslim,” showing a man in a cowboy hat pointing a side-by-side double barrel shotgun at the camera, could have a positive twist. The story about West’s Facebook post soon went viral, spreading across the Internet like wildfire, garnering attention from dozens of news sites and blogs worldwide, including Untied
Manchester Fire and Rescue Department personnel were dispatched to 953 Emerson St. early Thursday afternoon after a resident reported smoke billowing from the annex building of Greater Love Church. When firefighters arrived they were able to knock the fire down and contain the majority of the fire damage to the rear corner of the building. “The fire was contained to the back, rear corner,” said MFD assistant chief Mark Reed.
George DeShields has been named the new chief of the Manchester Fire and Rescue Department. Manchester Mayor Lonnie Norman confirmed the news to the Manchester Times Wednesday afternoon. DeShields takes over the position after the resignation of Charlie Taylor in February. Assistant Chief Mark Reed has been serving in an interim role since Taylor’s departure. “I like how he looked, the things he said and the way he presented
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 Lady Raider softball team hosts Riverdale at 7
C ody Holder’s last pitch was 86 miles per hour.
Central High School boys basketball coach Scott Givens announced his resignation today
The Central High School Lady Raider softball team hosts Riverdale at 7
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