by Tina Neeley | May 1, 2022 | Stories
AS MORNING’S first light nudged the last of the darkness, Mary Magdalene walked with heavy heart and feet along the dirt road. The garden’s birdsong and fragrant blossoms, usually welcomed, suffocated her and assaulted her senses. Mary’s first encounter with...
by Sara Hook | May 1, 2022 | Stories
FOR NEARLY 10 years, the owner and manager of Harvest Local Foods, lifelong Manchester resident Ellen Briggs, has been creating relationships with farmers, vendors, and customers. Before it became a storefront at the end of 2017, Harvest Local Foods was a market on...
by Sara Hook | May 1, 2022 | Stories
IN 2018 a satellite campus of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) opened in the Coffee County Interstate Industrial Park. Recently, the campus was moved to a building on Volunteer Parkway allowing the industrial maintenance training program to expand,...
by Sara Hook | May 1, 2022 | Stories
AT COFFEE County Central High School (CCCHS), students are encouraged to achieve. One of the ways this is done is through the high school’s Renaissance program. Through the program students get to be a part of a number of incentives, both in the classroom and...
by Sara Hook | May 1, 2022 | Stories
FOR THE first time since 1965, playing under the name Manchester Central, the Coffee County High School (CCHS) basketball team has made it to the state tournament. That achievement could be surprising for those who don’t know the Red Raiders. Coach Andrew Taylor said...
by Guest Writer | May 1, 2022 | Stories
MOST PEOPLE, especially festival-goers, are familiar with Manchester due to the wildly fun music festival it hosts each summer, Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. This festival gives Manchester a bit of celebrity status. However, the problem with stardom is all of...
