Local News stories across Southern Middle Tennessee
Bill W. Hopkins, Jr., director of Fayetteville City Schools, has announced his retirement from the school system, effective at the end of this school year.Hopkins was an educator and superintendent for over 30 years in his native Alabama before joining Fayetteville City Schools as director in 2020.“I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Fayetteville City Schools,” …
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Tullahoma City Schools is excited to announce that Jill Kimzey will be the new assistant principal at East Lincoln Elementary School for the upcoming 2023-24 school year. “I am looking forward to working again with East Lincoln Elementary students, family, and the school community,” Kimzey said. “While it will be bittersweet to leave West Middle …
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Eric Bradford took over as Interim Decherd City Administrator in June 2022 after the previous administrator was fired. Now, Bradford has resigned from the position. Decherd city leaders will call upon the Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory Service to find their next administrator, and Mayor Mary Nell will fill in until a new person is hired. …
The end of seasonal holiday jobs in January can be counted as one of the contributing factors that led to higher county unemployment rates across Tennessee for the month. While statewide unemployment numbers are adjusted to consider the impacts of seasonal labor, county unemployment rates are not adjusted. Each of Tennessee’s 95 counties experienced an …
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When Evan Rogers set out to make a commercial for a local restaurant, he wasn’t anticipating receiving a treat of his own. That’s precisely what happened on Monday when the Tullahoma High School junior took home second place for Best Commercial at the Tennessee High School Press Association Awards at Lipscomb University. “Winning this award …
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The City of Tullahoma has announced that the draft Revised 2011 Tullahoma Comprehensive Plan is now available. The Revised 2011 Plan includes limited changes to the text and re-designations in the Future Land Use map to more closely match the City’s existing development pattern. The intent of this Revised 2011 Plan is to be adopted …
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Your Manchester Veterans of Foreign Wars All-American Post 10904 is privileged to host its 5th annual Vietnam-era Veterans Honors Dinner on Thursday, March 30th, at the Coffee County Veterans Building, 130 Shelton Road in Manchester. Membership in VFW is not required: the event is open to all veterans who served during the Vietnam conflict period (November …
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It’s daylight-saving time again. Daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday in March at 2 a.m. and ends on the first Sunday in November. This year, that’s March 12, when we set our clocks ahead one hour, through November 5, when we set them back one hour. Last year the Sunshine Protection Act was …
Tullahoma City Schools has updated its process for out-of-zone requests and out-of-district applicants for the 2023-2024 school year. In-district kindergarten registration will begin at each elementary school with a push to get as many registered as possible from March 20-31. Kindergarten registration will continue through May 19. Registration will re-open for any new in-district students …
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A fatal accident occurred on Monday night at 9:25 on the Hillsboro Hwy near LKQ. According to a Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) report, 60-year-old Timothy Sullivan and 68-year-old James Rowland were fighting in the roadway. A tractor-trailer driven by 36-year-old Dobromir Nikolov of Illinois was unable to stop before striking the pedestrians. Sullivan died as …
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