Workers at Arnold AFB discovered a powdered bromine leak during a facility walk down of the Turbine Engine Cooling Towers on Friday at approximately 5 p.m. Some of the powdered bromine compound mixed with the humid air and gasified, creating a gaseous plume. A cordon was established and nearby buildings evacuated. No employees reported bromine …
Coffee County Consolidated Communications Committee named the interim director Scott LeDuc as the fulltime Coffee County 911 Communications Center Director during the July meeting Wednesday night. LeDuc was named interim back in February after the board voted to terminate Director Diane Argraves. LeDuc was serving as the Board accountant. Argraves served over 30 years at the Communication Center, becoming …
On Wednesday, July 21, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office joined the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the Georgia Highway Patrol, Erlanger Health Systems, and other partners to promote “Operation Southern Shield.” The purpose of this regional campaign is to increase traffic safety awareness and …
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The Coffee County Government offices at the Coffee County Administrative Plaza on McArthur Dr in Manchester except for the Coffee County Education office will be closed all day on Friday, August 13. TRANE and Duck River will be doing meter consolidation installation and there will be no power in any of the offices except for …
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released its 2020 ‘Crime in Tennessee’ publication, which details the volume and nature of crime, as reported by the state’s law enforcement agencies. The report compiles data submitted to TBI through the Tennessee Incident-Based Reporting System (TIBRS). Among the report’s findings: A total of 506,558 Group A (typically the …
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On Target News Reported yesterday that that Tullahoma City Schools will begin the 2021-2022 term August 2. Coffee County School System and Manchester City Schools will have similar openings: both will have an abbreviated day on Monday, Aug. 2. Coffee County Schools abbreviated day will be two hours, while Manchester City will be one hour. …
The Board of Mayor and Alderman in the City of Decherd has announced a special called meeting for Thursday to discuss whether to fire Safety Director (Police and Fire Chief) Ross Peterson. Some city leaders are questioning the way Peterson handled the hiring of former Decherd police officer Mathew Ward. Some say the chief did …
City of Decherd Safety Director’s Job on the line during upcoming Thursday Meeting Read More »
The strike at AEDC is over. The Air Engineering Metal Trades Council (AEMTC) met Wednesday night and reached a tentative agreement. The AEMTC membership took three hours Friday morning, July 16, to vote in favor of the revised contract. The nearly 700 workers will receive a 3% raise and they will keep their long-term disability …
Due to detection of positive cases of the COVID 19 virus at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office all work crew activity has been suspended until further notice. The Sheriff’s Office also ask that any citizen having any business at the Sheriff’s Office please try to conduct that business by phone or electronic transmission. If you …
Franklin County Sheriff’s Dept. Suspends All Work Crew Activity due to COVID 19 Read More »
700 workers at Arnold Air Force Base in Tullahoma, remain on strike. Members of Air Engineering Metal Trades workers voted recently to reject the latest offer from National Aerospace Solutions, LLC, and continue striking. The strike is in its second week. One of the key issues in the strike is the cutting of disability pay, …
