Wheeler signs with Cumberland
S On Friday, Coffee County High School Senior Kara Wheeler signed her letter of intent to play college softball at Cumberland University. Wheeler will be majoring in exercise science when she attends Cumberland next fall. “I really like the softball…
Red Raider Swimmers place first in several events
S Back on Tuesday night, Red Raiders Elsie Lazalier, Raden Hiles and Jack Stowe placed first in different events as Coffee County’s swim teams participated in a meet at Tullahoma. Coffee County Central placed fifth in the women’s 200 yard…
Red Raiders defeat Vikings on Senior Night
S On Thursday night, the Red Raider Wrestling Team celebrated their senior wrestlers with a win over the Community Vikings. The senior members honored for Coffee County were Jacob Barlow, Sara Crosslin, Seth Lindsay, Blayne Myers and Sean Sanders. Against…
Former Normandy City Recorder accused of stealing town funds
S An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has resulted in the indictment of Jessica West, the former city recorder for the Town of Normandy (population 105) in Bedford County. Investigators determined that West misappropriated town funds totaling $8,643 beginning…
Lady Raiders end season undefeated, Red Raiders fall to Cannon
S On Thursday night in Woodbury, the Coffee Middle Lady Raiders defeated the Cannon County Lady Lions to go undefeated in the regular season while the Lions were too much to handle for the Red Raiders. After a long season…
Carden signs with Vol State
S On Thursday, Coffee County High School senior Willow Carden signed her letter of intent to play college softball at Volunteer State Community College. Carden plans to major in elementary education when she attends college next fall. “It took me…
Red Raiders fall to Oakland
S On Tuesday night, the Red Raider Wrestling Team won a couple of individual matches, but couldn’t overcome the Oakland Patriots. On the boys side, Jordan Spry won his match by a fall and Austin Green won his match by…
‘Just like family’
JOHN COFFELTEditor Retiring Jiffy Burger fry cook credits workplace comradery for his longevity The landscape of Manchester was much different in 1987 when retiring Jiffy Burger cook Dennis Walker started working at one the city’s most established restaurants. And while…
Country Explosion coming to Manchester
N Outdoor concert scheduled for May at Carden Jarrell Field Live music brings people together, and that is exactly what local concert promoter Ron Johnson is hoping to do with his First Annual Manchester Country Explosion outdoor concert scheduled for…
Emergency Food and Shelter National Board program grants to be distributed
N Allocation for Coffee County comes in at $83,722 Local agencies operating in the areas of emergency food and shelter will have the opportunity to apply to receive a portion of the $83,722 in federal grant funding allocated to Coffee…
