by Amanda E. West | Mar 8, 2024 | Feature, Tullahoma
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 E. West | Mar 8, 2024 | Feature, Tullahoma
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...
by Amanda E. West | Feb 10, 2024 | Feature, Tullahoma
ACCORDING TO data collected in 2022 by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and released in December 2023, there were 62,217 reported cases of domestic assault in the Volunteer State. This data also revealed that out of those reported incidents, 71.20% were female,...
by Kali Bradford | Feb 10, 2024 | Feature, Tullahoma
UNDER THE roof of New Creation Church, a beacon of hope flickers every Friday night. It’s called Celebrate Recovery, a ministry born in the heart of California’s Saddleback Church in 1991, which has since unfurled its wings across the globe. The ministry is a...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 13, 2024 | Feature, Tullahoma
THERE’S NO denying the family tradition at Clayton’s Shoe Store; it’s five generations deep and spans over a century. Customers become family once they enter the door, a natural byproduct of the connections between the staff and the store’s owners. Annie Osborne has...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 13, 2024 | Feature, Tullahoma
AS WE scroll through our social media feeds, images of newborns bring a momentary respite from the flood of less-than-cheery updates. In one photograph, Dad and the older siblings huddle around Mom and the newborn, their eyes sparkling with a shared sense of wonder...
