Christmas at Tims Ford State Park
String lights lined the recreation hall, transforming the simple room into a warm and welcoming place for all to come. The sweet smell of fresh baked cookies drifted through the air each time the...
An 80,000 bulb Christmas light show is a labor of love.
By the time most Thanksgiving turkeys are stuffed and placed in an oven, Jason and Kelly Farris have already logged countless hours pulling out their stockpile of Christmas decorations. For the last...
The Heart behind the Breasts
Having a baby is one of those things that you can prepare for all you want, but you truly won’t begin to know what you are doing until you simply start doing it. Yes, it is wise to consult...
The Heavy and the Hope of Foster Care
There are these chicken nuggets that come in a red bag at Aldi, the grocery store. I am not precisely sure what ingredients these nuggets are contrived of, but my son thinks they are pure gold. He...
Making lives Better in the Holiday Season
If you want a visual of radical generosity, take an afternoon stroll down Rotary Drive in Winchester. Every single home on the street was built by Highland Rim Habitat for Humanity and then given to...
What Really Matters
On July 29, around 5:40 p.m., West Middle School (WMS) teacher Belinda Stuart received a text from one of her fellow teachers. The text informed Stuart that the fire alarm was going off at West...
The best way to kick-start the holiday season!
Thousands of people will cheer as Tullahoma's Santa Claus, James Fuller, rides on his sleigh down Jackson Street on Friday, December 2, at the 66th Annual Tullahoma Christmas Parade sponsored by...
Tis the season
All I want for Christmas iiiiiiis…yoooooOOooooOOoouuuUUUuuu.” Can you hear it already? It’s that time of year once again. A time of year when a heated blanket feels like a hug. Every inch of the...
More than toys, school supplies, and hygiene products
As you put on your next new pair of shoes, hold that empty box a few minutes longer. Look inside at what it holds. What do you see? Packing paper? Cardboard? Look again. That empty box has the...
Go straight to the best
Take a deep breath and smell the aroma of lunch cooking in the kitchen. It was a very important meal. Jesus and the 12 stopped in to visit the home of Martha and Mary, in Bethany. Through the...
Life’s short; eat dessert.
We dust off the artificial pumpkin decorations and pull orange and purple wreaths from storage. We pull out rakes and sweaters as the weather drops like the leaves do. The weather feels therapeutic...
Dreams of walking in true freedom
"We have an extensive waiting list. Before we’re able to help, ladies will overdose and die. They are no longer here to reap the benefits of Blue Monarch,” said Shakia Craig, the officer of...
If you dream it, they will come.
In 1995, Susan Binkley was running a high-profile horse hotel and selling her artwork at a gallery in Nashville. Becoming the founder and president of Blue Monarch, a nonprofit for women seeking to...
The Sky’s the Limit
If there is anything former Tullahoma Wildcat football player Brandon Painter has shown and proven to be a worthwhile objective it is this: “keep moving forward.” Painter played middle linebacker on...
Growing more than Fruits & Vegetables
“ I came from a bigger city, so I didn’t have access to knowledge like that at all,” he said. “I was passionate about the resources here.” When he began in February, all he had to work with was a...
Baked to Perfection
Have you ever looked at a cookie or cake with such an elaborate design that you thought, "There's no way those can taste as good as they look."? We're talking pastel flower icing petals that look...
It all begins with Chocolate
A steady breeze graced across the lake and gently rocked the old, tattered hammock hanging over the water's edge. The newly married couple swayed together hand in hand, dreaming of all that the...
A different kind of “beech” party
The Beechcraft Heritage Museum – a local aviation museum – has held one of the country’s most notable and historic fly-in conventions since 1973. World-renowned pilots, speakers, historians,...
Putting the Family in Family Dining
In 2012, when she joined the family business full-time, Paige Prescott Moore had a vision for their next venture. Her great-grandfather had started Prescott Bottling in Tullahoma in 1930. "We've...
Front Porch Fridays
Tennessee backroads are notorious for their beauty and knack for hospitality. Pick any old country road, and you’ll find good times hiding around each and every bend. Locally, if you were to take a...
A stroke of opportunity
Giving Tullahoma High School and Tullahoma Virtual Academy art students a unique opportunity to showcase their artistic talents is the Tullahoma Fine Arts Center (TFAC). The arts center will...
Coffee County Fair: 165 years of tradition
Since 1857, the Coffee County Fair has been a staple of Middle Tennessee life. Now in its 165th year, there are tractor pulls, carnival rides, beauty pageants, and competitions in everything from...
From the ground up
As he sits back in the chair to smile for a picture, he laughs. “It’s not often I’m sitting still,” he said, smiling. Just as soon as it is taken, the Tullahoma City Schools (TCS) maintenance...
University of Tennessee Space Institute’s human resources director receives 2022 President’s Award
When the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) is brought up, most people think of aerospace engineers and complicated experiments. The reality, however, is that one of the largest and most...
Making a splash!
Since 1959, the Tullahoma Swim Club has been making a splash in the community. Over the years they have added a team at Tullahoma High School and most recently a middle school team for both East and...
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