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We are just a little over two weeks away from the City of Manchester’s annual Independence Day celebration.

Although COVID-19 has forced this year’s celebration to look a little different with no live music or entertainment at Rotary Park, the city will still be shooting fireworks on Saturday, July 4 beginning at 9 p.m. Fireworks will be launched from the Manchester Recreation Center grounds.

With other cities in the area cancelling or postponing their shows, Manchester’s show will go on and citizens and visitors from other areas are encouraged to find a suitable viewing area and remain socially distanced. Wherever you choose to watch from, you will be able to hear synchronized music on Thunder Radio – 107.9 FM. Radio programming will begin at approximately 8:57 p.m. on July 4.

For the first time in 13 weeks, fewer than 20,000 new unemployment claims were filed in Tennessee for the week ending June 13, as 19,925 people filed new claims. However, these numbers are still abnormally high compared to pre-pandemic, when 2,702 Tennesseans filed claims in mid-March.

New claims in Southern Middle Tennessee, which includes Coffee County and 12 other counties, were relatively low at just 851 for the prior week.

Since March 15, there have been 622,644 new unemployment claims in Tennessee. Continued claims did drop last week, down to 280,593 – which is 12,000 fewer than the previous week.

Meanwhile, nationwide 1.5 million workers filed unemployment claims last week. This makes 13 straight weeks of claims being over one million. Prior to the pandemic, the record for weekly claims nationwide was 695,000 in 1982.

As of 2 p.m. Thursday, there are now 24 active cases of COVID-19 in Coffee County, according to numbers provided by the Tennessee Department of Health.

There have been 97 cases in Coffee County since testing began in March. Combined with 73 recoveries, that leaves the 24 current active cases. This is three fewer cases than the prior day.

Across the state, there are 10,646 confirmed active cases. There have been 488 confirmed deaths and 2,209 hospitalizations.

As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, there remain 27 active cases of COVID-19 in Coffee County, according to the Tennessee Department of Health.

Since testing began in March, there have been 97 confirmed cases in Coffee County. There have been 70 people who have recovered from the virus, leaving the 27 active cases.

Meanwhile, statewide there are 10,632 confirmed active cases. There have been 476 confirmed deaths and 2,180 hospitalizations.

There are $3,700 worth of rewards being offered in Grundy County for anyone with information on who killed several cattle there.

According to Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum, the cows were killed with a crossbow. The cows were located on Johnny Parsons Rd. The owner of the cattle put up a $1,000 reward, which was quickly raised $200 by a private donor and Farm Bureau is offering $2,500 for information that leads to a conviction.

If you have information, you can contact deputy Melanie McCormick or Sgt. Billy Harris at 931-692-3466.

As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, there are 27 active cases of the COVID-19 virus in Coffee County. These numbers come from the Tennessee Department of Health. Since testing began in March, there have been a total of 96 positive tests in Coffee County. However, 69 of those cases have recovered – leaving Coffee County with 27 active cases.

Meanwhile, across the state there are 10,902 confirmed active cases, according to TDH. Since testing began, 31,612 people have been confirmed to have the virus with 20,710 people recovering. There are 472 confirmed deaths and 2,146 hospitalizations.