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The Bethmanns renew 75th wedding vows
Brookdale Tullahoma residents Bill and Charlotte Bethmann celebrated a major milestone this past week as they renewed their vows for their 75th wedding anniversary.

Planning Chairman diminishes impact of five-acre minimum
Coffee County Planning Commission Chairman Steve Cunningham during the March 24 meeting discussed what he called inaccuracies circulating on social media.

Early voting for May primaries starts April 15
Business is picking up for the coming election year as the start of early voting for the May primaries is just a week away.

Tullahoma Lions Club to host bowling fundraiser for vision services
The Tullahoma Lions Club invites the community to join them for a fun and impactful fundraiser on Sunday, April 12, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Tullahoma Bowling Lanes, located at 900 S. Anderson St.

The man behind Voyager marks 92nd trip around Sun
D . Gary Flandro. You may not recognize his name, but you know his work. Voyager 1. Voyager 2. One of the most ambitious and longest lasting endeavors in the history of space exploration was made possible by his work. As a graduate student from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1964, he was working parttime at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) when he was assigned to envision possible space missions past Mars.

TCAT graduates 82 in Spring Class
The Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT)-Mc-Minnville held graduation for 82 graduates on Thursday March 19th, for the 2025-2026 academic year at

Third ‘No Kings’ protest goes downtown
This past Saturday, March 28, over 3,000 “No Kings” protests took place across the United States, which included Tullahoma as one of the 40 protests held in Tennessee.

VFW holds Vietnam Veteran Honors Dinner
Manchester Veterans of Foreign Wars All-American Post 10904 was privileged to host its 9th annual Vietnam- era Veterans Honors Dinner on Thursday, March 26 at the Coffee County Veterans Building, 130 Shelton Road in Manchester. Veterans who served during the Vietnam conflict period (November 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975), as well as their spouses and/or family members, were honored at the event. So popular was the event that registration reached capacity within two weeks of announcement on Post 10904’s website and Facebook page.

We can do better
Recently you had an opportunity to read about Samantha, a resident of Shepherd’s House in 2023, and how she credits the shelter for homeless women and children for turning her life around.

U.S. Postal Service to implement 8% surcharge
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is in the works of implementing a temporary 8% surcharge in a move to offset rising transportation costs caused by the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran.
