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J With little fanfare, the City of Manchester has reached a $2.4 million settlement with Westfield Insurance over failure regarding the city’s sewer rehab project dating to 2020. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen agreed to accept the settlement with…

JOHN COFFELTEditor Local music teacher John Duran Wright, a man whose impact on local theater spans several decades, passed away June 5 in Nashville. He was 69 years old. Wright was a beloved icon in community theater, starring, directing and…

S The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation  announced Friday, June 9 that an investigation by special agents the into actions of a now-former investigator with the Warren County Sheriff’s Department has resulted in an indictment. On June 8th, Steven Allen Carpenter…

N Located at the end of a long tree-lined drive, The Historic Sam Davis Home and Plantation in Smyrna, Tennessee serves as a lasting memorial to not only local Civil War soldier Sam Davis, but all those that lived and…

N Deadline for second round of funding July 21 The second round of applications for a downtown façade improvement grant are officially available at Manchester City Hall. Officially known as the Appalachian Regional Commission Downtown Improvement Grant, business owners in…

JOHN COFFELTEditor A sign goes up in your neighborhood saying that the new owner is requesting the property be rezoned, now what? What can you do? How will this impact the neighborhood? Manchester Community Development and Zoning Director Brittany Fiske…

J This article is the third installment in a summer series entitled Sports Rewind. This summer, The Manchester Times will take a look back at Coffee County Central High School’s 2022 Graduates that continued to play their sport at a…

S Known as a day to celebrate the Stars and Stripes and the millions of Americans that have fought under it since the dawn of the American Revolution, Flag Day will be observed with a Flag Retirement Ceremony by the…

S Local sophomore Blake Teal has been named the 2023 National Dairy Month Chairman for Coffee County. Teal will be honored June 8 at the Tennessee June Dairy Month Kickoff Event at Ellington Agricultural Center in Nashville. Teal said he…

JOHN COFFELTEditor Coffee County Manchester Public Library is currently in the beginning phases of installing two murals on the exterior of its Hillsboro Boulevard building. According to Library Director Pauline Vaughn, the front of the building’s work will be painted…