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B After making cutbacks to the 2026 fiscal year budget in a special workshop on Monday, the Decherd Board of Mayor and Aldermen settled on a 40-cent property-tax increase in its final two voting rounds. The budget is balanced at…

S Secretary of State Tre Hargett, State Sen. Janice Bowling, and State Rep. Rush Bricken announced a $2,646 Training Opportunities for the Public (TOP) Grant for the Coffee County Manchester Public Library. The funding will help cover the cost of…

I had initially planned on opining on the Coffee County Democratic Party’s hugely successful Fish Fry Jamboree on Saturday that drew a couple hundred patriotic Americans, gathered for a common purpose–support the Constitution and rail against the authoritarian bend of…

Hurricane season has arrived, and while Tennessee may be far from the coast, that doesn’t mean Tennesseans are in the clear. The impacts of hurricanes can stretch hundreds of miles inland, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and dangerous flooding to…

S A Manchester man is facing multiple charges after he led lawmen on a high speed chase which ended when deputies deployed spike strips to end the pursuit. The suspect, Joey Wayne Bradford, 46, will face a preliminary hearing on…

ROBERTA NEE ADAMSStaff Writer June’s Moore County Metro Council meeting opened to a full house, standing room only. Fire Chief Mark Neal announced at the beginning of the meeting that he had not counted the crowd, though he thought it…

The Arnold Community Council (ACC) held its annual “DC Fly-In” from April 28th to April 30th. The ACC delegation and several TN Congressional Staffers met with United States Air Force leaders at the Pentagon on Monday morning. They also met…

University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) Professor Jackie Johnson, UTSI Adjunct Research Associate Professor R. Lee Leonard, UTSI Senior Research Associate Chad Bond and their colleagues have secured a patent for a technology that will improve medical imaging. Their innovation…

GRAY DEYOSports Writer Ben Quick and Lukas Taylor pitched in the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Showcase. The two were staples last year in Tullahoma’s bullpen, and are set to have major impacts in their senior seasons. Ben Quick Quick was a…

S A Manchester man has been bound to the grand jury on charges of desecrating a venerated object for shooting out a church window. The suspect, Jon Michael Clairmont, 37, is accused of shooting into Friendship Baptist Church in October…