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...
by Amanda West | Apr 13, 2024 | Cover
SPENCER SMITH is no stranger to Tullahoma. Raised in neighboring Moore County on what he fondly calls a “chunk of land,” Smith grew up in a nurturing environment that created his “can-do” spirit that reigns today. Eight years ago, Smith was 100 pounds overweight and...
by Amanda West | Mar 8, 2024 | Stories
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD LEANNE Hale and her sister, Gina, dreamed of owning horses. Little did Leanne know that this dream would win her championships as a horsewoman and ignite a philanthropic journey. She lives according to this John Wayne quote: “Courage is being scared to...
by Amanda West | Mar 8, 2024 | Feature
DR. GARY Flandro’s father drove him to an observatory to see the moon as a young boy. When he was six, his mother gave him the book “Wonders of the Heavens.” He read it from cover to cover. These introductions to STEM at an early age created an insatiable thirst,...
by Amanda West | Mar 8, 2024 | Feature
TEN YEARS ago, Franklin County native Meghan Morris began her first day of work in the dining hall of the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI). After earning an associate degree, she began working under the executive administrative assistant. Then Morris...
