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Coffee County Central High School juniors Jacob Gilley and Jorja Johnson recently brought home second place at the statewide Junior Chef Competition held by the Department of Education School Nutrition Program on March 6 at Nashville State Community College.

C offee County Historical Society volunteer Sandra McMullin Bennett asked the Coffee County Capital Outlay Committee for permission for the group to use the courthouse grounds for a celebratory event in the summer.

D uring its March 3 meeting, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to move forward in the process of filing an injunctive relief lawsuit against a member of the public related to the volume of records requests made to the city.

G ame wardens with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) responded Sunday afternoon, March 8, at approximately 3:30 p.m., to a report of a possible missing boater on Normandy Lake in Coffee County Tennessee.

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.

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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.

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.