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CCYB Anglers Compete in Tennessee BASS Nation Tour Event
![Coffee County anglers Braeden Thurmond and Colby Thurmond (center) [Photo provided]](http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CCYB-19Sept.jpg)
Coffee County anglers Braeden Thurmond and Colby Thurmond (center) [Photo provided]
Also participating were the boats of Hogan Scott and Jacob Garms; Issac Turner and Cam Rutledge; Blake Mangrum and Taylor Fletcher; and Hunter Sanders and Brayden Majors. These 4 boats tied for 48th place. The next TBN trail event is set for October 1st on Cherokee Lake. The next CCYB club fishing tournament is scheduled for October 15th at Tims Ford. For more information about the Coffee County Youth Bass Club, you can check out their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/Coffee-County-Youth-Bass-Club-1227052340639230/?fref=ts
Aaron Blair Notches First Career Win as Braves Defeat Mets
The Braves offense scored early and often and Aaron Blair did his part, as the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets, 7-3, on Monday night at Citi Field.
Blair hurled six quality innings, as he notched his first career big league win (1-6 on the year). He allowed just two runs — both on a T.J. Rivera home run in the fourth inning — on four hits in his first start since August 28.
The Braves gave Blair about three weeks off to focus on his mechanics with pitching coach Roger McDowell, and the obvious change was the drastic reduction in his pivot and coil before pushing off the mound. Before, he turned his back almost completely to the hitter. On Monday, that turned had been reduced by at least half.
Whatever it was worked, and the offense took the pressure off him early, scoring a pair of runs in the second inning, one in the third, and two more in the fourth, as it knocked young flamethrower Noah Syndergaard out of the game after just 3 2⁄3 innings.
Syndergaard piled up 99 pitches in that limited frame of work.
Atlanta loaded the bases in the second inning, and rookie Dansby Swanson capitalized, getting the Braves on the board first with an opposite-field single. Ender Inciarte did something similar two batters later, fighting off a pitch to left to plate another run.
Freddie Freeman blasted his 31st home run of the season to left field in the third inning to make the score 3-0 and extend his impressive hitting streak to 23 games, playing in his first game as a new father. He made it 5-0 after a two-run double the following inning. Freeman finished the night 4-for-5.
Swanson had a three-hit night, and drove in two more runs in the seventh inning on a hit to left. The rookie looked impressive at the plate, showing the versatility to hit the ball to all fields.
Matt Kemp went 2-for-5, but most impressive were his consecutive outstanding diving catches in left field in the seventh inning. Nick Markakis also had a multi-hit evening.
Mauricio Cabrera, Jose Ramirez, and Jim Johnson each hurled an inning out of the Braves’ bullpen in relief of Blair.
For the Mets, Curtis Granderson went 3-for-4 and James Loney registered three hits, including an RBI double in the ninth.
Both teams play again Tuesday night. First pitch is 6:10 p.m. CT. You will be able to hear that game right here on Thunder Radio as part of the Atlanta Braves Radio Network.
9/25/16 — Olive Nell Chambliss Tuberville
Tuberville, Olive Nell Chambliss, of Tullahoma, passed this life on
Saturday, September 17th, 2016 at NHC in Tullahoma at the age of 87. Mrs.
Tuberville was born in Camden, Arkansas to the late Thomas Nunley
Chambliss and Nellie Blythe Brown Chambliss. Olive was a member of the
Daughters of the American Revoultion and loved gardening, traveling. She
was also an avid college football fan. In addition to her parents, she
was preceded in death by her husband, Charles R. Tuberville Jr.; two
brothers and sisters-in law, Harold Chambliss and his wife Geniva, and
Elton Chambliss and his wife Vernoise; and one sister and brother-in-law,
Melba Estep and her husband Friday. Mrs. Tuberville is survived by
three children, Vicki Tuberville Fewell and her husband Richard of
Tullahoma; Charles R. Tuberville and his wife Johanna of Tulsa, Oklahoma,
and Thomas H. Tuberville and his wife Suzanne of Cincinnati, Ohio;
grandchildren, Joshua M. Tuberville and his wife Shannon of Jefferson
City, California, Chambliss C. Fewell and his wife Jessica of Tullahoma,
Richard B. Fewell and his wife Tosha of Nashville, Kathryn V. Fewell of
Millbridge, Maine, Tucker Tuberville of Cincinnati, Ohio and Troy
Tuberville of Cincinnati, Ohio; one great-grandson, Tanner Fewell of
Tullahoma; one brother, Keith Chambliss and his wife Joan of Longview,
Texas; one sister, Betty Grammer of Tullahoma; and her two pets, Raschal
and Trixie. Visitation for Mrs. Tuberville will be held on Sunday,
September 25th, 2016 at Proctor Funeral Home in Camden, Arkansas from
1:00-2:00pm with the funeral to follow at 2:00pm. Burial will follow at
Lakeside Cemetery. For those who wish, in lieu of flowers, the family
asks that donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 4825
Trousdale Drive, Suite 220, Nashville, Tennessee 37220.
Kilgore Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
9/19/16 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Sue Vandergriff — Pizza Winner!
9/18/16 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Rylee Clark, 10 — Pizza Winner!
9/17/16 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Brady Clem, 6 — Pizza Winner!
Patrica Jacobs
Ruth Tutherow, 14
Betty Sissom
Makayla Cardwell, 7
Bridgette Wiser
Kim Fults
Misty Ann Mitchell
Coffee County Deputies Searching for Wanted Man
Wesley Kyle Sullivan… Facebook photo
The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help. Authorities are searching for 28 year-old Wesley K Sullivan. His last known address was Dwight Sherrill Rd in Hillsboro. Sullivan is wanted for 2 counts of manufacturing/delivering/selling/possession of a controlled substance, schedule VI drug charges.
Sullivan is 5’10” around 180lbs with hazel eyes and brown hair.
If you have seen Wesley K Sullivan or know his whereabouts please call the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department at 931-570-4409 or 570-4410. As always the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department thanks the public for its help and support.
Manchester Police Department News
The Manchester Police Department needs the public’s help with identifying a male subject. Police department officials stress that this man is NOT a suspect in a crime, but may have witnessed a crime take place at Coffee County Bank on the Murfreesboro Hwy.
If you can identify this person of interest please contact Investigator Bryan Eldridge at the Manchester Police Department, 931-728-2099.
Also Unity Medical Center recently donated numerous medical supplies for Manchester Police Department’s SWAT team. These supplies will be used to equip officers with emergency first aid kits. The police department thanks the hospital for their donation.
Pictured is Kristen Fox, Unity Medical Center and Officer Daniel Ray, SWAT team leader, MPD.
Burglary Suspect Caught in Grundy County
Dakota Blake Byers… Photo from the Grundy Co. Sheriff’s Dept.
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office has been working recently to locate a suspect that was wanted in connection to recent burglaries.
Grundy County deputies captured 22 year-old Dakota Blake Byers on Sunday without incident.
He was wanted in connection with two residential burglaries, two church burglaries and at least one business burglary on the mountain.
According to the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department, Byers also had several outstanding warrants.
TEMA Says there is No Gas Shortage in Tennessee
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) is sending a message to consumers by saying that there is not a gas shortage in Tennessee.
TEMA says there are about two other pipeline sources Tennessee uses beyond the ruptured Alabama pipeline. The high demand has overpowered the supply, which has caused gas stations to run out of certain grades. Some stations in Manchester were completely out of fuel on Saturday night, but have returned to normal operation.
Despite some stations running out of gas, some others are reporting sales being up by 50 percent.
Officials are urging drivers to maintain their normal gas buying routines as retailers work to refill the pumps.
Gov. Bill Haslam on Friday declared a state of emergency, which authorized trucks to drive extended hours to bring in more gas to meet the demand. According to TEMA, Haslam could only do that through an executive order because federal law prohibits truckers from driving over certain hours.
(Portions of this story from WSMV-TV)