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The Coffee County Regional Planning Commission recommended during the Feb. 25 meeting a 180-day moratorium on new major subdivisions in the A1-agricultural districts of the county. The proposed moratorium addressing five or more homes, brought before the commission by Coffee…

A hot button issue on social media, the lack of fire flow to hydrants in much of rural Coffee County, spilled over into the Feb. 18 Health, Welfare and Recreation meeting with commissioners regarding the legality of requiring either developers…

ANGUS Harold Wayne Angus, known affectionately as “Tinker,” passed away on Feb. 20, 2025, at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, at the age of 60. A native of Bedford County, Tinker was born on September 14, 1964, in Shelbyville,…

S A big defensive effort in the third quarter propelled the Red Raiders to a 59-46 victory over a reeling Warren County squad in the 4A District 9 Consolation game on Tuesday night in Shelbyville. Warren County had swept Coffee…

S On Tuesday afternoon, Coffee County Central High School announced that Jon Spears will be the next head coach of the Lady Raider volleyball team. Spears will become only the third head coach in the program’s history after spending the…

Barbara Joan Felts of Tullahoma, Tennessee passed from this life on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, at her residence in Tullahoma at the age of 78 years. A native of Murfreesboro, she is the daughter of the late Fred Albert and…

Ronald “Ronnie” L. Farris, age 75, of Manchester, passed away at home after a brief illness on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025 surrounded by family. Mr. Farris was born in Cooke County, Illinois to his late parents T.J. and Emogene Farris.…

S State Rep. Rush Bricken, R-Tullahoma, introduced the Protecting Tennessee Schools and Events Act, which establishes a pilot program offering grants to distressed and at-risk school districts for purchasing portable walk-through metal detectors. House Bill 399 aims to address security…

MATTHEW BURNETTE, Staff Writer Randall Jennings started Ground Zero Wrestling in March of 2024 to help some local wrestlers get extra practice time in and to offer a program for some of Manchester’s youth. Now, not even a year later,…

S Two years after a Georgia family was detained and their children taken away by DCS following a traffic stop at Exit 114 in Manchester, Coffee County and a host of defendants await their day in federal court amid allegations…