Local News stories across Southern Middle Tennessee
Recently a Manchester woman was contacted by a female caller saying she was with Medicare Insurance Company. The daughter of the woman that was called took the phone from her mom and told the caller she was a piece of **** and disconnected the call. That’s when things took a very strange turn. Manchester Police …
More people moved to Tennessee than any other U.S. state last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, new data collected by U-Haul shows. According to a press release, the moving equipment rental company found that The Volunteer State saw the largest net gain of the company’s trucks crossing its borders during 2020. This marks the first time Tennessee …
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The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) says two women from Grundy County died after a head-on collision Thursday morning on Hwy 56. The THP report says a car driven by 38-year-old Stephanie McGee of Tracy City was heading north when it crossed over the center line. Trying to avoid a crash 44-year-old Melanie McCormick, pulled over …
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Franklin County High School Athletic Director Don Rhoton has announced that head coach Mike Holt of the Rebels boys basketball team has tested positive for COVID-19. Due to the diagnosis the games set for Friday at Tullahoma and Saturday at Grundy County have both been scratched for the Rebels boy’s team. The Rebelettes squad will …
Tennessee housing officials say the state will receive about $458 million in federal COVID-19 money for rent relief. The Tennessee Housing Development Agency says it is in the process of setting up a web portal and call center and preparing staff to review and process thousands of payments to landlords and utility providers. The agency …
The Manchester Police Department is trying to identify two subjects that might have been involved in a recent theft at a parts store. If anyone has information, call 931-728-2099 and ask to speak to Manchester Police Investigator Brian Eldridge. Manchester Police reminds everyone that all subjects are considered innocent until proven guilty.
Statewide unemployment inched upwards during the final month of 2020, according to newly released data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). The preliminary, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December 2020 is 6.4%, an increase of 1.2 percentage points from November’s revised rate of 5.2%. Tennessee’s latest jobless statistic remains below the …
VFW All-American Post 10904 proudly announces that three local teachers have been awarded the coveted Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Tennessee, Teacher of the Year Award for 2020-2021. The recipients are Donna Harryman of Hillsboro Elementary School in the Kindergarten-5th grade category; Donna Burdine of Westwood Middle School in the 6th – 8th grade …
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Daylon Cornelison has been named supervisor of the Coffee County Animal Control. He joined animal control in November, according to Coffee County Mayor Gary Cordell. Cornelison was promoted to supervisor last week. The former supervisor resigned on Dec. 9. Currently Cornelison is the only animal control officer for the county, but the county plans to …
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After a record-low year of eight boating-fatalities in 2019, the most boating-related fatalities in 37 years with 32 occurred on Tennessee waters in 2020, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency in its year-end report. Various outdoors activities saw a substantial increase in 2020 and boating was no exception. The TWRA reported a noticeable increase …
