Cody Holder, a 14-year-old Manchester resident and upcoming freshman baseball player at Coffee County Central High School, took a dive into the swimming pool at his home on Monday, June 22 that left him with a broken neck.

He was airlifted...

For the last few weeks, residents may have noticed two women wandering up and down the backroads of Coffee County, maps in hand, marking, measuring and photographing homes, barns and farmland along the way.

They are part of a county-wide...

Every 10 years, the United States undertakes the massive jobs of counting every person residing within its borders as required by the United States Constitution.

The official Census Day is April 1, 2010, but the work begins much earlier....

The Manchester Skatepark at Fred Deadman Park has been open for more than a year, but that doesn’t seem to be enough time for some skaters to familiarize themselves with park rules and regulations – primarily the one stating helmets must be worn at all times.

$1.6M in stimulus funds will train workers in 7-county region

The Manchester Planning Committee for "The Moving Wall," the Vietnam Veterans Memorial that will be on display at Westwood Elementary School from Oct. 29-Nov. 1, is asking for assistance from the community in locating family members of the 16 servicemen from Coffee...

A May 23 one-vehicle wreck on Highway 99 (Bradyville Pike) in Rutherford County claimed the life of Lynn Marie Schultz, 28, of Murfreesboro.

She was a former Manchester resident and graduate of Coffee County Central High School.

Through the efforts of Westwood Elementary School teachers Deidra Goins and Kim Davis, the Vietnam Moving Wall is being brought to Manchester this fall and will be on display Oct. 29 through Nov. 1 at Westwood Jr. High School.

The Moving...

Manchester National League’s 11-and-12-year-old all-stars took a punch in the stomach in the beginning of the sixth inning of Saturday afternoon’s game.

But they punched right back in the bottom of the inning.

Manchester’s American League 9-and-10-year-old all-star team flexed its muscles a little bit Sunday afternoon in Estill Springs – with its bats.

The Cubs went into the Manchester Babe Ruth League City Championship Thursday night without much eligible pitching to select from.

But Tyler Uselton came to the rescue.

Thursday night’s Babe Ruth League City Championship game at Fred Deadman Park will also serve as a fundraiser for injured baseball player Cody Holder.

The Reds and the Cubs both pulled upsets Monday night in the first round of the Manchester Babe Ruth League City Tournament to advance.

The Cubs (No. 5) pulled a mild upset of the Braves (No. 4) with a six run rally in the seventh to win 13-8.

Fann’s Auto held the top three hitters in the Lions Club lineup to no hits Monday in the Major League City Championship.

But Fann’s had no answers for the lower half of the order.

It was fitting that the final out of the Sixth Annual Crethan Hansert Memorial Baseball tournament was made in right field – with Coffee County winning the championship – no less.

Any other way wouldn’t be suitable.

That is where Crethan Hansert played before he died.

Dylan Davis tossed four and two-thirds solid innings of relief and Brett Harris launched a two-run homerun to lead the Manchester Reds to a 7-5 win over Tullahoma and a Crethan Hansert Memorial Tournament Championship.

Coffee County sophomore track athlete Jessie Philpott was shooting for a time of 2:20.00 Thursday night at the state 800 meter run. She fell just short.

But she is still the seventh fastest 800 meter runner in the state.