Local News stories across Southern Middle Tennessee
On Sunday May 22, 2022 an American flag and flag pole was taken from the roadside of Highway 41A in front of Hall Furniture in Winchester. The Winchester Police Department is requesting assistance in identifying the individual involved in the theft. If you can identify the individual or may have any information, please contact …
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Road Construction will not delay motorists as they travel Tennessee’s highways this Memorial Day weekend. The Tennessee Department of Transportation will suspend all construction-related lane closures on interstates and state routes beginning at noon on Friday, May 27 through 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 31. This will provide maximum roadway capacity for motorists expected to travel in …
No Road Construction Delays for Tennessee Motorist over Memorial Day weekend Read More »
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission has released the inaugural state college-going status report, College Going and the Class of 2021. The report examines the annual college-going rate and explores student aspirations and plans for after high school graduation. The new college-going rate, the portion of Tennessee public high school graduates who enrolled in postsecondary education immediately …
Rate of High School Grads enrolling in Postsecondary Education is Dropping Read More »
The phrase “not all heroes wear capes” is often used to describe everyday people who do good deeds. To a local mother and her two children, Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members Casey Culver, Greg Garner and U.S. Space Force 1st Lt. Michael Hareld, are definitely considered heroes. As AEDC personnel were leaving the base …
AEDC team members Witness Vehicle Crash, Take Action Read More »
Bedford County Mayor Chad Graham has proclaimed May as Project River Life Month, celebrating the effort to launch a specialty license plate which will benefit rescue operations and safety education on the Duck River in Bedford County. Shelbyville Central High School student Alejandro Contreras Cabrera, who won a contest to design the new plate, received a copy of …
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has reduced US 41A/SR 16 in Bedford County to one lane to repair the culvert and slope at Dryland Creek. A traffic signal is in place at the repair area near River Branch Road and Ben Williams Road. The light will control the single lane of traffic. It will remain …
Less than a month from now the one of the country’s most popular music festival, Bonnaroo will begin. The festival at The Farm in Manchester was canceled last year due to COVID-19 and Hurricane Ida impacts. The multiday lineup features Stevie Nicks, Machine Gun Kelly, Tool, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, and more. Bonnaroo runs June …
Brindley Duncan of East Middle School in Tullahoma won TMSAA state championship on Saturday in the 800m with a time 2:26.67. Her time breaks the state record for middle school athletes. Duncan finished state runner up with a 5:19.26 1600m breaking the school record (5:49) and her own personal record. East Middle had two girls …
Because of COVID-19 concerns Coffee County Central High School held a “Parade of Graduates in 2020 and 2021,” but this year the normal ceremony returns to Carden-Jarrell Field (weather permitting) at 7 p.m. on May 27, 2022. For everyone that have enjoyed the senior parade will be happy to know that on Monday, May …
Parade of Graduates and Graduation set for Coffee County High School Read More »
Friday night at Terry Floyd Field the Coffee County Lady Raiders earned their second straight trip to the TSSAA state tournament with a 7-2 win over the Smyrna Lady Bulldogs. Coffee County got the scoring started early as Kiya Ferrell led off the bottom off the 1st with a triple. She scored on a passed …
State Baby State! Lady Raiders going back-to-back TSSAA State Tournaments Read More »
