Every spring, students’ in Tennessee skills and academic progress are measured by a set of statewide assessments called the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program, or TCAP. Students in third through eighth grade take the tests. Results from 2015 have been announced and Manchester City Schools have a reason to celebrate! Here is Sandra Morris, Interim Director of Manchester City Schools, with a special announcement (Play audio below). http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Sandra-Morris.mp3 Manchester City School Board Chairman, Susan Parsley had this to say, (Play audio below) http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Susan-Parsley.mp3 Manchester City Schools had the #1 rank in Math, with a 31% gain. The respective Principals at...

Michael Brent Clowers, 29 and Constance Nicole Love, 33 both of Manchester were arrested over the weekend on drug charges. The charges against the two include, manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance, possession of schedule II and introduction of drugs into a county institution. Clowers was driving a vehicle and was pulled over by Manchester Officer Jamie Norris. After a check of Clowers’ driver license he learned that the license had been revoked/suspended. Norris allegedly found a small plastic box that contained a small amount of crystal methamphetamines in the floor board on the passenger side of the vehicle. When...

A Tullahoma man was arrested on several charges following an incident Sunday Aug. 2 at the intersection of Lincoln and Jackson Streets. Joel C. Rogers of Cedar Lane was charged with aggravated assault, possession of schedule II and possession of schedule IV. The arrest came after an alleged incident involving Rogers and the driver of another vehicle. According to a Tullahoma Police officer along with Tennessee Highway Patrolman, they were flagged down by Joseph Cabral of East Lincoln Street claiming that the vehicle operated by Rogers had almost run into his vehicle as he drove over the railroad tracks...

The Manchester Police Department is attempting to identify a female that may have been involved in a car burglary. On Saturday, at approximately 2 pm, a vehicle was burglarized at Raider Academy and a brown Coach purse was stolen from the vehicle. According to a Facebook post, the car and items stolen belong to someone from Smith County that was visiting Manchester for a soccer play-day. Later on Saturday afternoon, the female was captured on video in the Manchester Walmart using the apparently stolen debit and credit cards from the purse to purchase visa birthday gift cards. If you...

A Beechgrove woman has been arrested in connection with a string of car burglaries and one count of fraudulent use of a credit card. Tiffany Lee Corrigan, 22, of Old Hickory Road, Beechgrove was arrested July 27 by Tullahoma Police Investigator Tyler Hatfield on the charges. Warrants allege that Corrigan took property totaling $3,643 from a vehicle on Safely Drive during a burglary. She is also charged with taking property from vehicles at various other locations. The warrants also allege that Corrigan took a credit card from a Huntington Place location and used it at Jackson Street Market and...

The month of July brought a record for the state’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) in terms of the amount of money people have been ordered to repay the state for TennCare fraud. In July, people convicted of TennCare fraud were ordered to make $154,000 in restitution to TennCare. In total, TennCare fraud restitutions have led to more than $3 million being repaid to the state. The OIG, which is separate from TennCare, began full operation in February 2005 and has investigated cases leading to more than $3 million being repaid to TennCare, with a total estimated cost avoidance...

Heroin use and abuse in the United States is rising among most age groups and income levels, according to a recent report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Usage has risen fastest, more than doubling, for young adults. The reasons behind the rise are complicated, said CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden. But one thing is clear: There’s a connection to opioid prescription painkiller addiction. “The chemical is essentially the same,” he said. “So, when heroin is five times cheaper and much more widely available, it becomes something that’s driving this trend of rapid increase in heroin...

Troy King of Grundy County plead guilty to 2nd degree murder in Coffee County Circuit court Wednesday. He was accused of murdering Thomas Colucci at a residence just outside Manchester in November of 2012. He also entered a plea of guilty to theft over $1,000. Investigators alleged that Troy King killed Colucci and they said robbery was a motive for the murder. U.S. Marshal’s Service arrested Troy King in the San Diego, Calif., area on March 6, 2013, and after fighting extradition was returned to Coffee County May 10, 2013, on charges of premeditated first-degree/felony murder, first degree/felony murder...