SPORTS EDITOR zach birdsong The Tullahoma High School baseball team had one goal on Saturday when it faced Cookeville: Win. The Wildcats stayed focused as they downed the Cavaliers, 4-2, advancing to the BlueCross Spring Fling State Tournament for the first time since 2005. The Wildcats opened the tournament yesterday (Tuesday), facing Dyer County on the campus of Oakland High School in Murfreesboro in the double-elimination tournament. First pitch
STAFF WRITER Ian skotte Among the many structures destroyed by the devastating tornado that tore through Moore, Okla., Monday afternoon were Plaza Towers and Briarwood elementary schools. According to news reports and eyewitness accounts, about 75 students and staff members were hunkered down in Plaza Towers when the tornado struck. “I don’t think any of us could put ourselves in that [mindset],” Bel-Aire Elementary School Principal Donna Rhoton said
STAFF WRITER wayne thomas Being caught drinking and driving by law enforcement personnel can result in costly penalties that quickly add up to hundreds, even thousands, of dollars, according to Liz Smith of the Coffee County Probation offices who oversees the operation of the Coffee County DUI School. Not only is a conviction becoming more costly it is becoming more complicated, especially since a new law mandates installing in
STAFF WRITER marian galbraith The Noon Rotary Club’s guest speaker last week was Luis Santiago, a 21-year U.S. Army veteran with service in Iraq and Afghanistan dating back to Operation Desert Storm. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in New York City’s South Bronx neighborhood, Santiago was awarded two Bronze Stars, two Meritorious Service Medals, and a total of nine commendations and 16 achievement medals over his 21-year career
The Legal Aid Society, Tennessee’s largest non-profit law firm, announced recently that Iska Hoole has joined the Tullahoma office as managing attorney. Prior to joining the Legal Aid Society, Hoole was a solo law practitioner. She worked as a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society from 1998-2003. Hoole’s prior work experience also includes serving as a human rights representative for the Tennessee Human Rights Commission and as an attorney
First Choice Realtors has named Candace Turnham as the new affiliate broker. Prior to becoming a part of the First Choice team, Turnham was an avid supporter of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education through her role as CEO of the Hands-On Science Center children’s museum. She was in broadcast media sales and helped launch Tullahoma’s radio station WDUC 93.9 FM “The Duck” at the Shoppes at Cokers. Most
Who failed our babies? By WELDON PAYNE I don’t know about you, but a headline in Sunday’s Tennessean asking, “Who Failed the Children?” has rattled my cage. Actually, Tennessean headlines for months have cried for attention with reports that far too many children, wards of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, have recently died. Bitter medicine is worsened by the knowledge that a goodly number of the deaths
By MAYOR LANE CURLEE Titans in town When I turned the corner into the East Lincoln school gym last Monday it was obvious something exciting was going on. Two Titans players and the Titans’ mascot, T-Rac, were in the house! And the kids loved it! The purpose of the visit was to promote the NFL’s exercise program “Play 60” (and generate a little excitement for the Titans). They challenged
By Gene Policinski What The Associated Press calls “a massive and unprecedented intrusion by the Department of Justice”(DOJ) into its news gathering activities is more than an affront to a free press — it’s a direct challenge. If the seizure of telephone records from offices and personal lines is as broad and unfocused as AP CEO Gary Pruitt describes, the DOJ move to seize records of calls made from
SPORTS EDITOR zach birdsong The Tullahoma High School baseball team had
STAFF WRITER Ian skotte Among the many structures destroyed by the
SPORTS EDITOR zach birdsong The Tullahoma High School baseball team had
STAFF WRITER Ian skotte Among the many structures destroyed by the
By ZACH BIRDSONG Sports Editor The Tullahoma High School track and field
By ZACH BIRDSONG Sports Editor Three Tullahoma High School tennis players had
LIFESTYLES EDITOR kali bolle Imagine earning points toward gift cards just
STAFF WRITER andrea agardy As I sit down to write this column