News for Coffee County, Tennnessee
By Joyce Prusak Executive Director of Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center Statistics show that 1 in 10 children will be sexually abused by age 18; and 95 percent of victims are abused by someone they know and trust. To prevent child abuse, parents must be able to maintain honest relationships with their children. Communicating with …
This week, Tullahoma residents will see a new mural pop up in the downtown corridor. Last summer, nonprofit DMA-events applied for and received an Arts Build Communities grant through the Tennessee Arts Commission on behalf of the Coffee County Literacy Council. Ascend Federal Credit Union stepped in to provide the additional funding needed to move …
New Mural Project Kicks Off in Partnership with Ascend Federal Credit Union Read More »
Have you always wanted to be part of Santa’s workshop? Here is your chance to help families out this Christmas. It’s the annual Gene Taylor & Steve Graves Christmas Foundation. Several years ago, then Sheriff Steve Graves and the now late Gene Taylor along with others began a toy and food drive through the sheriff’s …
Gene Taylor & Steve Graves Christmas Foundation continues its Christmas Tradition Read More »
The 65th Annual Tullahoma Christmas Parade sponsored by Stan McNabb Automotive will be held this Friday, December 3rd at 7 PM on North Jackson St. This year’s parade theme is “A Cartoon Christmas” chosen by Tullahoma City Students from East Middle School.
Legal Aid Society will host a Facebook Live-A-Thon on Tuesday, Nov. 30, to educate the community about the realities of hunger and food insecurity in Tennessee while inspiring generosity as part of the global GivingTuesday movement. Currently, 905,090 Tennesseans face hunger, according to Feeding America, causing families to make trade-offs between satisfying important basic needs, such as …
Annually, the Arnold Air Force Base Visitor Control Center processes over 9,000 contractor and visitor Defense Biometric Identification Systems, or DBIDS, cards and passes. While these numbers are unlikely to decrease in the coming years, the VCC will be implementing a new web-based enrollment process for visitors Dec. 1 that will make the process easier …
Web-based Enrollment to Streamline Visitor Pass Process at Arnold Starting Dec. 1 Read More »
Coffee County Sheriff’s Department recently teamed up with East Coffee Elementary for a food drive. The food collected was donated to the Store House Food Pantry. East Coffee Safety Patrol was able to delivery and help distribute the donations. The food that East Coffee Elementary collected weighed 762 lbs. We are very proud of their …
Coffee Co. Sheriff’s Dept. and East Coffee Elementary team up for Food Drive Read More »
When the call went out for food donations to Motlow’s student pantries, Motlow student Eli Certain jumped into action. Unaware of the actual number of items she was able to contribute, her total donation was just over 1,200 pounds of food. Items ranged from fresh fruit and vegetables, to shelf-stable snacks, milk, and even personal …
Motlow Student Donates 1,200lbs of Food & Other Items to Student Pantry Read More »
Tullahoma made history on the football field and locked up its first-ever berth into the TSSAA Class 4A State Championship Game following a 44-19 victory over Haywood on Friday. After defeating the Tomcats, Tullahoma will take on Elizabethton at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga on Saturday, Dec. 4. The Fighting Cyclones earned their seat in the …
Dreams Do Come True! History Made! Wildcats to play for State Title on Dec. 4 Read More »
This week, the Tennessee Department of Education released the graduation rate for the 2020-21 school year. Of the 2020-21 cohort, 88.7% of students graduated on time this year compared to 89.6% last year, 37 districts improved their graduation rates, and 37 districts graduated 95% or more of their cohorts. Bedford County 91% Coffee County 89.7% Tullahoma 90.8% Franklin County 90.1% Grundy 90.6% Lincoln County 92.3% Fayetteville …
