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JOHN COFFELTEditor The Board of Mayor and Alderman passed the final reading at the Feb. 6 meeting of an update to the Land Use Plan, following a back and forth…

N Dr. James Vanwinkle has been heading up Manchester’s Unity Hospital’s Operating Room since 2011, and the longtime surgeon says the hospital can perform several different procedures to take care…

N Exhibit will remain open through February   When Coffee County Historical Society Museum volunteer coordinator Bonnie Gamble and volunteer Sandra Mcmullin Bennett began working together last year, the pair…

JOHN COFFELTEditor College Street Elementary School students recently made Valentine’s Day greetings to be delivered along with a rose to residents of local assisted living and nursing homes. Katie Bess…

JOHN COFFELTEditor One of the first major repairs to plug ground water getting into the Manchester wastewater system was started Wednesday, Feb. 7 outside City Hall. Groundwater entering the sewer…

N Pair works to help others regain mobility While Todd Schaffhauser and Dennis Oehler have both enjoyed careers as Paralympic atheletes, setting world records and winning gold medals in track…

Charlene Mathis Rigney, 76, passed away Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 at Unity Medical Center. A native of Cannon County, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Mamie Harell…

John Walter Wigley, age 85, of Shelbyville, TN went to be with his heavenly father Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 after a long battle with kidney failure.  He was born June…

 ALDRIGE Richard Hall Aldrige, age 89, of Manchester passed this life February 3, 2024 surrounded by his family.  He was born February 25, 1934 in Beechgrove, TN to the late…

Mary Lee (Trail) Messick, age 89, passed this world on Feb. 3, 2024, at her home with her family with her.  Mary Lee was born in Coffee County to the…