Making Manchester safer

Making Manchester safer

SAFETY HAS always been a goal for the Manchester Public Works department. This is especially true now, as the department continues work on multiple sidewalks across Manchester. The project has been a long time coming, both in need and in planning. “[People] have been...
Local nonprofit spreads art across Tennessee

Local nonprofit spreads art across Tennessee

MURALS CAN make a drab, broken wall beautiful and bring a dreary city to life again. The Coffee County-born nonprofit DO. MORE. ART.-events (DMA-events) has been working tirelessly to bring beautiful wall art to not only Manchester and Tullahoma, but across Tennessee....
Coffee County students implement service project for Blue Monarch

Veteran teacher recognized

AMONG THE many teachers recognized by Coffee County High School’s (CCHS) Champion Teacher program is veteran psychology teacher, Kelly Smith. Smith grew up in Coffee County and attended CCHS and has been teaching in the same school system for 28 years.  Smith’s...
Coffee County students implement service project for Blue Monarch

Industrial parks pave the way for growth

MANCHESTER HAS always had a history in industry. It was named after the first industrialized city in the world, Manchester, England, and in the 1800s was home to several mills that harnessed the Duck River. Today the Manchester economy is steadily growing enough so...