by Amanda 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 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 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 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 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...
