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Elam Benefit is set for this Saturday
The 17th annual Dusty Elam Foundation Benefit to serve underprivileged children will be held Saturday and tickets are still available. Featured will be a $5,000 grand prize, food, fun, games and live music. The event will be held at The Elam Farm on Highway 53. Gates open at noon with live music beginning at 6 p.m. There will be inflatables and games for kids. You can purchase tickets at John Roberts Toyota or at Peoples Bank & Trust. Your ticket includes the raffle, your food the games and entertainment. The escort for “Dusty’s Kids” will be held at approximately...
H&R BLOCK STUDENT OF THE WEEK
Raider Academy Freshman Jacob Barlow, center. Join us at Thunder Radio and Rosalyn Partin of the Manchester H&R Block and congratulate our student of the week – Jacob Barlow. Jacob is a freshman at Coffee County Raider Academy. He is the son of MaryBeth Barlow and Roger Barlow. His favorite subject is social studies. After school, he would like to join the military. During his free time Jacob enjoys fishing and wrestling. All students of the week are selected for their work ethic and excellent attitudes in and out of the classroom. Rosalyn Partin, owner of the Manchester H&R...
Andrew Taylor named CHS head boys basketball coach
Andrew Taylor has been named the head boys basketball coach at Coffee County Central High School. “Coach Taylor has significant experience as both assistant and head men’s coach here at CCCHS,” Coffee County principal Paul Parsley said in a press release. “There is a mutual respect between coach Taylor and our student-athhletes, and his competence in coaching the game is recognized in our community and within basketball circles in the surrounding area. We are happy to entrust leadership in our men’s basketball program to coach Taylor as we move forward.” It will be Taylor’s second stint as the basketball...
Former Winchester Police Officer arrested on multiple charges
An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the indictment and arrest of a former Winchester police officer. On October 2, 2020, 12th District Attorney General J. Michael Taylor requested the TBI to investigate Tristan Delacruz, who was at the time a Winchester police officer, on sexual assault allegations. During the course of the investigation, agents developed information that identified Delacruz as the individual responsible for multiple incidents of sexual assault during March 2020. He is no longer an employee of the Winchester Police Department Tristan Delacruz On May 3rd, the Franklin County Grand...
17-year cicadas emerging in Tennessee
By now you’ve heard the cicadas are coming. In fact, they are practically here. Entomologists predict the periodical cicada that are on a 17-year reproduction cycle will start emerging from the soil in mass within the next several days, and some early emergence has been documented in parts of Tennessee. What you may not have heard is that those young fruit trees you planted this year, or maybe in the last few years, are in danger if you have a large cicada population in your area. After all the noisy mating, the female periodical cicada will select woody shoots on...
Tennessee House passes Firearm Information Protection act
The Tennessee House last week approved legislation designed to protect the privacy of citizens related to firearm ownership. Republican lawmakers say this bill is similar to the protections guaranteed by the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), House Bill 1171, also known as the Firearm Information Privacy Protection Act (FIPPA), will protect Tennesseans who are exercising their right to own and purchase firearms. This legislation will create a Class A misdemeanor for any public personnel that intentionally discloses information about an owner of a firearm for the purpose of compiling a federal firearms registry or confiscation of firearms. The bill will...
House Bill 37 prohibits local governments from classifying workers as essential or nonessential
Both chambers of the TN General Assembly passed legislation recognizing that every job in Tennessee is essential to the state’s economy. House Bill 37 protects Tennessee citizens and businesses from burdensome government restrictions. House Bill 37 prohibits a local government body from classifying a category of workers as essential or nonessential, citing that Government should not be allowed to impose restrictions and inequities that threaten the livelihood of millions of Tennesseans. The bill states that all workers are essential and ensures government does not impede on any individual’s right to work or earn a living. This legislation clarifies a...
Tuesday morning storms knock out power to over 4,000 DREMC customers
Storms that featured 60-plus mile per hour winds and hail swept through our listening area Tuesday during the morning commute, causing some damage. According to Duck River Electric, more than 4,000 DREMC members were without power early in the day across the Coffee, Bedford, Maury and Marshall County areas. One of the hardest hit areas in Coffee County was near Hickerson Rd., which was closed due to multiple down trees and power lines in the...
