Lora Scripps

Lora Scripps

  • Joined: April 1, 2026
  • Articles: 296

Special Olympians

Special needs athletes from across the area gathered at the Tullahoma Special Olympics, recently held at Watkins Stadium. Coordinated with Special Olympics Tennessee Area 13, nearly 800 Olympians from Coffee, Franklin, Bedford, Moore, and Lincoln counties competed in a variety of events. Now in its 49th year, the Special Olympics continues to give both child and adult competitors the opportunity to demonstrate courage, joy, and camaraderie with their families, fellow Olympians, and the community.

Timeframe given property owners to begin fire debris cleanup

City officials said cleanup from the five-alarm fire that destroyed four buildings and five businesses on Market Street East is no further along 100 days later than the day after the fire. Containing the fire and preventing smoldering resulted in debris from the four buildings becoming one big pile measuring 16-feet high in places and containing asbestos. A property cleanup coordination See Fire, Page 4A ^ meeting was held Thursday which resulted in property owners being given 60 days to file the required cleanup applications.

A Life Remembered: The Story of Marine Bobby Williams Jr.

DON COUNTS Correspondent I nside the Warrior Exhibit in Fayetteville, memories live on, etched not only in displays and artifacts, but in the voices of those who remember. On this day, those voices belonged to two sisters, Linda Williams and Brenda Roles, who came to share the story of their brother, Marine Corporal Bobby Williams Jr., a young man whose life was cut short in Vietnam, but whose impact continues to echo through generations.