by Amanda E. West | Sep 11, 2025 | Stories
PLANTING A summer vegetable garden, installing a fence to keep your animals safe, replacing a mailbox post, or simply digging a hole for a single shrub may seem harmless. But according to the Elk River Public Utility District (ERPUD), checking these items off your...
by Amanda E. West | Sep 11, 2025 | Cover
ONE OF a kind. Creative. Budding entrepreneur. Humanitarian. Clothing brand designer. Inspirational motivator — and only 17 years old? Logan Roberts will graduate from high school in December and begin his spring semester at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. As...
by Amanda E. West | Nov 9, 2024 | Feature
KIMBERLY SHEARIN has always been a high achiever who looks for ways to be a blessing to others. Although originally from Smyrna, she moved to Tullahoma in 1998 to live with her dad and to attend Motlow State Community College. While earning a degree, she became the...
by Amanda E. West | May 11, 2024 | Stories
“JACQUELINE SULLENGER-PAINTER has changed the world with her teaching,” said her mother, Kim Dodson. “She is a certified teacher who owns Caterpillar Academy in Tullahoma, and she’s overcome many adversities in her life. At age 4, she was diagnosed with epilepsy, a...
by Amanda E. West | Apr 13, 2024 | Stories
Tickets to the eighth annual Dustin Lynch and Friends Benefit Concert held at Lynch’s alma mater, Tullahoma High School, sold out quickly as fans flocked to see the triple-platinum award-winning “Small Town Boy” this past December. With roughly 750 attendees in the...
