Trinity Lutheran Church in Tullahoma:How a Local Group of Women Used Their Time and Skills to Impact the World for Good
I think if we are being honest, many of us tend to shrink back from even the slightest attempt to change the world. Making a difference seems daunting, doesn't it? We think, "How could anything I...
Legal Aid Society’s Tullahoma Office Is Changing Lives in Seven Tennessee Counties.
Legal services Corporation, a nonprofit organization established by the United States Congress, published in 2022 that “low-income Americans do not get any or enough legal help for 92% of their...
The South Jackson Civic Center Auditorium Stands 100 Years Later. But It Wasn’t an Easy 100 Years.
The year was 1977, and the decision had been made that the best option for Tullahoma’s first school, South Jackson School, was to destroy it. In their defense, it was falling apart, and although it...
How Clayton’s Family Shoe Store Has Endured Five Generations in the Shoe Business.
“Your nose, your ears, and your feet never stop growing. That’s a fact,” said Florence Clayton Ratcliffe Hull, a fifth-generation owner of the shoe business in downtown Tullahoma, now known as...
First Christian Church Has a Long History — and an Even Longer Future With Inclusion.
On January 31, 1865, the United States Congress passed an amendment to the Constitution. It would be the 13th change or addition to the Constitution up to that point in history, and its goal was to...
Polar Plunge at Tims Ford State Park.
How do you and your loved ones bring in the new year? Do you take time to reflect, journal, and perhaps write new goals? Do you pray and worship? How about throwing a party? Do you and your family...
Palliative Care and Hospice Put More Life Into Last Days When Started as Early as Possible.
Two words strike fear and dread in our hearts. Cancer is number two. While number one is associated with it, it is no longer exclusive to it. Any number of conditions can lead to a call for it; the...
New business comes to town just in time to fill Santa’s sleigh.
You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not shout, I'm telling you why—new stores are coming to town! New commerce has hit Tullahoma just in time for Christmas shopping. And let's be...
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...
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,...
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