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By BRIAN JUSTICE City Editor Although the Tullahoma Planning Commission thoroughly explained on Monday its transportation plan that includes a proposed roadway loop, residents just outside the city limits said they’ve got problems with where it could go. About 35 attended the commission’s meeting at City Hall, with most expressing opposition to the planned loop that is merely a drawing on a map that commissioners said is probably two
By WAYNE THOMAS Staff Writer A freak accident in north Grundy County has claimed the lives of two young brothers after the go-kart they were riding in rolled into the path of an oncoming car. According to Tennessee Highway Patrolman Charles Graham, Nicholas Keener, 11, and his four-year-old brother Calvin were riding in a go-kart down a hill in their backyard Saturday afternoon when they missed their turn-around in
By MARIAN GALBRAITH Staff Writer High school students from a seven-county area competed in a timed engineering design contest at the Hands On Science Center (HOSC) Tuesday. The 17th annual National Engineers’ Week student design competition was hosted by HOSC and sponsored by the Tennessee Society for Professional Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the International Test and Evaluation Association.
By WAYNE THOMAS Staff Writer Tullahoma police are investigating the burglary of buildings in the Commerce Central Shopping Center (also known as the Wal-Mart Shopping Center) on North Jackson Street that police say may be related to a series of burglaries in other towns. According to a report by Tullahoma police officer Ted Kosiol, while checking businesses in the shopping center, he discovered a rear door open to Check
LAWRENCEBURG – With a home game already booked for Saturday night, Tullahoma’s boys basketball team had a chance to play pressure free Tuesday night in the finals of the District 8-AAA basketball tournament. After all, what did the Wildcats have to lose? It’s been more than a decade since Tullahoma hoisted a district basketball tournament championship banner. The Cats were playing as the ‘guest’ team in a hostile environment despite
There’s strength in numbers. So the saying goes. After the TSSAA individual state tournament, perhaps Tullahoma’s wrestling team is using a completely different adage. The Tullahoma High School wrestlers have been short-handed all season, rarely coming close to filling a complete lineup. That’s hurt the Wildcat grapplers during dual meets. It did little to slow them down, however, in the state individual meet. Tullahoma sent five wrestlers to the state
LAWRENCEBURG – Marquel Hickerson scored a career-high 32 points and the Tullahoma Wildcats held off a late Columbia rally to beat the Lions 66-58 in the semifinals of the District 8-AAA tournament Saturday night. At Lawrence County High School’s Ralph Benson Memorial Gymnasium, Tullahoma bounced back from a slow start by scoring 18 points in the second period and 26 more in the third period. The win guarantees Tullahoma a
Today marks Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Lent is the Christian observance of the liturgical year from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. According to newadvent.org, traditionally, the purpose of Lent is the penitential preparation of the believer, through prayer, penance, repentance, almsgiving, and self-denial. Its institutional purpose is heightened in the annual commemoration of Holy Week, marking the death and resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events of the
Motlow College recently hosted the first of four guests scheduled to appear in honor of Black History Month. Marc Burnett, artist and vice president of student affairs at Tennessee Technological University, displayed several of his paintings for students and members of the community. Throughout the event he spoke to crowds as they gathered and talked to individuals about his life and art. As he told the story behind each of
By Kali Bolle, Lifestyles Editor Those wishing to take a culinary trip across the globe can leave their passports at home and look no further than the Alpine Chateau restaurant in Tullahoma. Nestled in the timeless and historic Coker building on Wilson Avenue, the restaurant has been open since November with owners Marco and Larissa Homrighausen and her parents, Michael and Nancy Chaney, at the helm. “The Alpine Chateau features
By KALI BOLLE New York Fashion Week 2012 just wrapped up this week and has laid out some interesting trends for the upcoming months. Welcome fur, leather and lace, cozy knits and military looks. The good news about these new styles is that you can wear them all at once. A little confusing at first, but the new look is meant to extend the life of any one piece through
By Andrea Agardy, Staff Writer The latest chapter in the long and storied history of the Tullahoma High School music department is being written right now, by a 17-year-old flutist. Megan McKinney, a senior, won the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Southern Regional Woodwind Competition last month, earning herself a berth in the national contest, slated for March 24-28 in New York City. Greg English, who directs the Tullahoma High School
It may be cold outside, but local seniors are keeping warm and having some fun dancing and staying fit. Seniors ages 50 and over meet at 5 p.m. each Thursday at the Fraternal Order of Police building in Tullahoma. For the next four hours, folks dance the night away to a live band to the genres of country and rock and roll. “This a place were senior can come and
Loading ...By WAYNE THOMAS Staff Writer A freak accident in north Grundy
By MARIAN GALBRAITH Staff Writer High school students from a seven-county
LAWRENCEBURG – With a home game already booked for Saturday night, Tullahoma’s
There’s strength in numbers. So the saying goes. After the TSSAA individual
Today marks Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Lent is the Christian
Motlow College recently hosted the first of four guests scheduled to appear