Going to bat for the life of AEDC

ACC Vice President Ben Craig, City of Manchester Community Liaison Terry Dendy, City of Manchester Mayor Lonnie Norman, Tennessee’s 5th District Congressman Jim Cooper and Industrial Board of Coffee County Executive Director Ted Hackney share a lighter moment during the annual breakfast held for elected officials and staffers. aedc photo/Kathy Gattis

kathy gattis aedc public affairs “The caucus will amplify the voice of AEDC in Congress. It will also help Congress better understand AEDC’s value and purpose.” – U.S. Rep. Diane Black (R 6th) Arnold Community Council (ACC), a group who supports and promotes AEDC, recently made their annual trip to Capitol Hill for meetings with [...]

Group seeks solution from local schools

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chip ramsey news@tsinews.com An anti-bullying rally moved on with a planned march and candlelight vigil Monday after they were not able to speak at a Coffee County School Board meeting. Chairperson Esther Sims told dozens of Coffee County school students and parents that they could not speak because they were not on the agenda for [...]

Heavy consideration goes into owning a pet

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sally berryman, www.coffeehumane.org coffee county human society This has been the most challenging winter for animals: dogs puppies cats, horses and cows since  the Coffee  County Humane Society was reactivated in the fall of 2006.

Sponsors say MusicTree is a community win

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chip ramsey news@tsinews.com When Mid South Distributors gets involved in a project, it isn’t done without knowing that their investment is worth it.

Principal: Grad reqs applied evenly

chip ramsey news@tsinews.com Social media in Manchester popped with indignation this week after word spread that two Coffee County Senior High School foreign exchange students would not be allowed to graduate.

Fire guts Manchester home

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The home of Brandon and Angie Tomberlin on Shining Star Lane was fully engulfed just after 8 p.m. Friday. No one was home at the time and the cause was undetermined at press time. The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department will investigate. The home was a total loss. tsi photo / barry west

One man injured in accident

Manchester Fire & Rescue personnel worked for over an hour to free a man involved in a wreck on Interstate Drive in Manchester Tuesday afternoon. tsi photo / barry west

tsi staff reports One man was flown to a Nashville hospital after a single-car accident on Interstate Drive in Manchester Tuesday afternoon.

Candle vigil to be held Monday for bullied teen

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chip ramsey news@tsinews.com Over 100 people are expected to attend a march and candlelight vigil Monday evening that the event’s organizer hopes will be a moment for students at Coffee County Middle School to openly grieve the loss of a 13-year-old classmate who took her own life last month.

Victims sought in sexting case

Police in Manchester are hoping more victims of a Manchester man's predatory sexual texts come forward with information on the case.

We know there are other victims. – Manchester Police Inv. Stuart Colwell news@tsinews.com Police are asking for help with finding any other victims who may have been prey to a Manchester man’s predatory sexting. The perpetrator’s name hasn’t been released yet, though Police are waiting to charge him after they are satisfied that no more [...]

MusicTree 2013 will rock this old town:Homespun festival features 130 acts for Manchester’s ‘tailgate party to Bonnaroo’

chip ramsey news@tsinews.com MusicTree 2013 is set to kick off in Manchester, Tenn. June 7-11. The five-day free event marks the return of a musical movement in Manchester, home of the nation’s largest outdoor music festival, Bonnaroo.