Letter From the Editor

Letter From the Editor

IN MARCH of last year, my cousin’s work schedule became incompatible with raising his first pet, a brown and white Bernedoodle puppy. I took her in, not knowing just how much she would change, well, everything. I set alarms every three hours to take her outside...
Letter From the Editor

Letter From the Editor

THE CREAK of an old wooden floor, the worn edges of a brick building, the way a nameplate on a storefront shines a little softer with age. These are not just small details from the past. They are reminders that our hometown carries stories in every step and every...
The Coffee Pot: A century-old tradition

The Coffee Pot: A century-old tradition

THE RED Raiders stadium was packed as thousands of football fans gathered to witness Coffee County history: The 100th Coffee Pot. The Coffee Pot is the annual football game between Coffee County Central High School (CCCHS) and Tullahoma High School (THS), starting in...
Clayton Rees: The Story Keeper

Clayton Rees: The Story Keeper

AT 31,000 feet above Hiroshima, Maj. Clyde Kendall Rees received an order that would unknowingly make him a witness to a pivotal moment in history: “Start taking pictures and don’t stop!” His nephew, Clayton Rees, is a retired mechanic who strives to ensure those...
Clark Bussell: Hidden treasures

Clark Bussell: Hidden treasures

WALLS WERE carefully stripped away, panel by panel, as a small crew deconstructed an old, battered home on land that Clark Bussell had purchased to expand his landscaping business. A gentleman had offered to take it apart and remove it from the property if Bussell...