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S Although the high school basketball season starts in November, it’s never too early to start preparing for the next season and last week, Coffee County played host to a four-day summer camp from Jun. 3-6. Including Coffee County, there…

JOHN COFFELTEditor Album, ‘Jubilee,’ debuts #1 on Billboard’s top bluegrass album chart Manchester singer/songwriter Becky Buller’s new album “Jubilee” has earned the top spot on Billboard’s top bluegrass album chart for the week of June 1. “Jubilee,” the Dark Shadow…

Board votes 5-4 against contract buyout Coffee County Schools Director of Schools Dr. Charles Lawson will work out the remainder of his contract after a motion to terminate it early failed to pass in a 5-4 vote during a special…

J Citing the ailing condition of the wastewater treatment plant, Manchester City will not accept sewage generated from this year’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Water and Sewer Department Director Jeffery Perry made the recommendation at the June 6 meeting…

N Ribbon cutting ceremony held May 29 The Coffee County Administration building welcomed a full house of veterans and community members to the official ribbon cutting ceremony of its new Coffee County Hall of Veterans Wednesday, May 29. Interim County…

S The TVA recently announced that the agency is working to try to make sure all the reservoirs in the system, 49 in all including Normandy Reservoir is at summer levels by June 1. Tims Ford and Normandy Reservoirs are…

N Show scheduled for Saturday, June 8 Longtime country music performer T.G. Sheppard will take to the stage at McMinnville’s Park Theater Saturday June 8 at 7 p.m. With 21 Number 1 hits to his credit, Sheppard is known for…

JOHN COFFELTEditor Coffee County Schools submitted a revised 2024-25 annual budget to the County at the Budget and Finance Committee meeting May 30 that includes an increase in pay from 6% to 7% for all employees. Director of Schools Dr.…

N Free event to feature nine bands The Good Friends Music Fest is officially returning for its seventh year, offering up a free two-day music festival in the days leading up to Bonnaroo. Logan Eley said he and some friends…

JOHN COFFELTEditor New Manchester Finance Director Anthony Burrows cautioned the members of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen at his first Finance Committee meeting on May 21 that the city’s high employee turnover was a problem. “A little over 25%…