Partly cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 67F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph..
Partly cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 67F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
The Westside Church of Nazarene community outreach program Family Food Ministry has grown since its inception in 2019, allowing churches across Coffee County to come together and feed over 2,500 families weekly.
Governor Bill Lee has recognized Jill Johnson, D.V.M. of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) with the Governor’s Excellence in Service Award for exceptional service to the state and her fellow Tennesseans.
The Tullahoma Wildcats started off their season in the win column under their new head coach as they defeated the Shelbyville Golden Eagles 16-7 in the Battle of 41A Thursday night.
The economic impact of Arnold Air Force Base across the state of Tennessee was $864.3 million for the 2021 fiscal year.
The revival of the beloved '90s teen drama was announced in 2018.
(BPT) - Vacation season is in full swing, with summer travel in 2022 likely to surpass that of 2021. This season, August and September are projected to be some of the most popular vacation months too, representing 45% of all summer trips in 2022.
During the August meeting of the Law Enforcement Committee, Sheriff Chad Partin reported that the newness of the Coffee County Jail has worn off, leaving maintenance problems a growing concern.
“With an eight-year-old building and devalued engineering that got put into this place, we’re starting to see things breaking,” Partin said.
Partin detailed a list of needed repairs that include replacing a commercial freezer, backflow check valves, a leaking sprinkler system and the facility’s boilers that have been a chronic problem since Partin took office. Some of these repairs require certified technicians, and with the sprinklers, taking the whole system offline, making the repairs then recharging the system and testing it.
“The biggie that we’ve got is in the boiler room, our two boilers, both computer boards are out on them,” he said.
“Our hot water is an issue in this building. We’ve got to get that up and running,” he said.
Partin said the department is working on replacing the boards, but that the component must be matched to the ones in the boilers, then shipped to a second company to be programed. Partin suspects that the original manufacturer of the computer board is no longer in business.
Partin said that plumbing leaks in the building are from Schedule 80 plastic piping that should have been installed in galvanized pipe.
“We have water breakages all the time,” Partin said. “We’re fighting that boiler room all the time.”
Partin said that maintenance issues happen in any building that’s not new anymore.
Chief Deputy Frank Watkins estimated that the repairs could cost $25,000-$30,000.
Partin noted that jail repairs come from a mixture of Sheriff Department’s and Coffee County Maintenance Department’s budget. If at some point the repairs become too extensive, repairs may have to go into the capital projects line item.
An addition project in the works, following the widening of Highway 41 from Home Depot to Wattendorf Memorial Highway, is an upgrade to the jail sign. The sign will be lowered and accented with brick and illuminated.
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