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F ormer Unites States Marine and Fire Chief Julian Samuel “Sam” Miller, age 74, passed away Friday, March 6.

W hat started as a small puff of smoke rising in the distance from a home on Powell Drive could have cost a local family their lives if not for the decisive action of a Manchester Police officer.

M anchester’s Veterans of Foreign Wars All-American Post 10904 recently received the 2025 Governor’s Volunteer Stars Award (GVSA) for nonprofit organization, for the East Tennessee Region.

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T he Capital Outlay Committee took immediate action to close the Coffee County Manchester Public Library Thursday, March 6 after Library Director Pauline Vaughn presented members with test results showing elevated mold spores present at the facility.

M embers of the County Commission were given a tour of both Hickerson and East Coffee Elementary on Feb. 24 to give a glimpse into what the layout of each school looks like.

Drug Coalition provides Narcan, drop boxes at Kingwood Arms

S adie Mai McMahan or Miss Sadie to many of her students, was born May 06, 1907 near Beech Grove in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Her parents, Robert Alexander (Alex) McMahan and Cordelia Florence (Delia or Deeley) Keele McMahan were married Nov. 6, 1898. Alex was a Baptist minister and at times also farmed. Later, he worked as a clerk. Sadie Mai’s family also included siblings Joseph Oriel (b. 1900), John Stanley (b. 1901), Basil Beecroft (b. 1904), Connie Nikoda [Koda] (b.1910) and Jean (b. 1921). After living in the Beech Grove/Rutherford County area throughout 1920’s, the family moved to Manchester when Sadie Mai was a senior in high school. Sadie’s mother, Delia, died in 1934. Her father married Gertrude Roberts on Sept. 28, 1935.