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An estimated 150,000 Tennesseans could lose food stamp benefits on April 1 if they don’t meet work requirements.
Tennessee Department of Human Services spokeswoman Stephanie Jarnagin says the agency began sending out notices earlier this winter to people who could lose benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
The program requires able-bodied adults ages 18 through 49 who have no children or other dependents at home to work, volunteer or attend education or job-training courses at least 80 hours a month. If they don’t, their benefits are cut off after three months.
The work requirement was waived during the recession but the waiver ended in at least 21 states, including Tennessee, on Jan. 1. That triggered the three-month limit for recipients to comply with work requirements.

On Tuesday (1/26/2016) Coffee County Deputy Blake Simmons responded to Forest Mill Church of Christ on the McMinnville Hwy in reference to a burglary. According to Simmons’ report he spoke to a Jonathan Tucker that stated when he arrived at the church that morning he noticed a drink machine had been vandalized. An unknown amount of money was stolen from the machine.
Tucker stated that he did check the rest of the building but was unable to find forced entry or anything else missing at this time.
Then on Wednesday morning Deputy Shaun Greene responded to Forest Mill Church of Christ in reference to a burglary situation that had already occurred. As Greene was en route to the church, dispatch advised that they had received a second call of a white male with a black jacket with a stick in his hand in the parking lot. In Greene’s report, the complainant said the man advised that he was waiting on a ride. Manchester Police Department Officer Dustan Foster radioed he was close to the location and would be glad to go and see if he could make contact with the subject and stand by with him until Greene arrived. Officer Foster advised that when he arrived, the white male was walking from the corner of the house that’s also on the property and hid behind the church buses. Officer Foster was able to place him into custody to detain him until deputies arrived and investigate the scene. During the search of the subject, currency was found and he was also found to be in possession of a broken black knife.
Deputy Cody Lendley arrived on the scene and advised that the building behind the church had been ransacked and asked Greene to have the man face the building. The complainant said that the black jacket that he was wearing looked like a black jacket that was in the church’s lost and found. The complainant went onto say that between 8pm Tuesday till approximately 9:30am Wednesday morning someone had entered the church and removed several items.
Investigator Jason Dendy reports that all items taken from the church including clothing, tool box, tools and money has been recovered. Dendy says no arrest has been made as the investigation is ongoing.

On Thursday (January 28th 2016) Manchester Officer Ernie Colvin stopped a male subject on the Hillsboro Hwy. In the arrest warrant, Colvin says he had prior knowledge that the man was not to be operating a motor vehicle. A check of the Tony Rickie Mann Jr’s driver’s license showed them to be revoked/suspended 16 times for numerous violations. The warrant says that Mann admitted that he knew he was not to be operating a motor vehicle. Officers searched Mann and located 1 and a half hydrocodone pills in his left front pocket.
Tony Rickie Mann Jr age 33 of Wright Rd Manchester was charged with driving on revoked/suspended license and Schedule II drug violation. His bond was set at $27,000 and Mann, Jr is due in court on March 1, 2016.

A 28-year-old Manchester woman is being held in the Coffee County Jail under a $50,000 bond for the death of her newborn baby.
Brittany Michelle Evans of Manchester was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault.
One of the assault charges, was for assault which resulted in the death of the baby, and the other was assault with serious bodily injury. She was indicted by the January term of the Coffee County Grand Jury.
According to Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott, Evans is accused of using methamphetamines while pregnant.
“The baby lived approximately an hour after being born,” Northcott said.
According to the district attorney, after the infant’s death, her body was transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office, where an autopsy was performed to determine the cause of death. Northcott said that the autopsy showed the baby had a high level of methamphetamines in her system and that was the cause of death.
According to the prosecutor, Evans has other children who are now in custody of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services.
This is the first time charges like this have been filed in the State of Tennessee. (Tullahoma News)

As most of you know there was a terrible accident on New Year’s Eve in Winchester that took the life of three people including twin 7 year-old boys James and John Hill of Hillsboro.
Thursday night the Manchester Police and fire departments along with Manchester City School system employees played charity basketball games to raise money for the Hill family. The event was for the Mayor’s Cup. Many, many donations were made with a total of $4,397 raised.
In game action Manchester Police Department defeated the Manchester Fire Department, 19-4. In game 2 MPD won their game over Manchester City School teachers, 29-14. In game 3 MFD slipped past the teachers 22-17. The MPD was crowned the Mayor’s Cup champions.

Download Thunder Radio’s broadcast of the Mayor’s Cup

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A benefit and auction for the Hill family will be held Feb. 13 at the Hillsboro Elementary School. Aaron and Lynetta Hill have huge hospital bills and benefit will help. The benefit auction will feature barbecue plates for $8 with serving time between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. The auction will be held at 6 p.m. A $1 donation will give you an opportunity to win special items. Donations and items for the auction can be left with the sponsors, Coffee County Sheriff’s Department, Coffee County Rescue Squad, Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Department, Dr. Jay Trussler or auctioneer B.B. Brown.
There is also a Go Fund Me account set up online for the hill family for people to donate money. https://www.gofundme.com/kuh3cm3c