Join us at Thunder Radio and Rosalyn Partin of the Manchester H&R Block and congratulate our student of the week – LaiLenna Garner. LaiLenna is in sixth grade at Coffee County Middle School. Her favorite subjects are math and science. When she grows up, LaiLenna would like to work with kids. Her favorite hobbies are video games and running. Rosalyn Partin, owner of the Manchester H&R Block, has been inspired to recognize great kids in our community all year long. H&R Block gives each Student of the Week a gift card, a commemorative plaque, as well as a special...

Friday, Feb. 19. Spring Street Market, your bread and milk experts. Coffee County Schools – CLOSED Manchester City Schools – CLOSED Tullahoma City – CLOSED Bedford County – CLOSED Cannon County – CLOSED Moore County – CLOSED Motlow – campus CLOSED, classes CANCELLED Coffee County Government Buildings – OPEN AT 10 AM **This page will be updated with information as it is received. If you do not see the school system you are looking for, you should assume it is on regular schedule. Refresh...

The Coffee County area picked up between 2 and 5 inches of snow overnight Wednesday, causing hazardous driving conditions and forcing many businesses to close on Thursday. The Coffee County and Manchester City governments were also closed on Thursday, in addition to local schools. It made for good fun for the area children and those young at heart. Thunder Radio had over 150 photo submissions from our listeners to the Thunder Radio Facebook page. Another light round of winter weather made its way through the area Thursday afternoon. Temperatures are forecast to remain frigid – with a high temperature...

Pictured are cots setup inside the Ada Wright Center on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Anyone needing a place to stay is welcome to visit the shelter. Coffee County Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross announced Wednesday that a shelter is now available in Manchester for those without heat or who are dealing with prolonged electric outages. The shelter is available at the Ada Wright Building at Fred Deadman Park – 328 N. Woodland St. The shelter opened at 3 p.m. Wednesday and will be available as long as it is necessary. No pets are allowed, social distancing guidelines...

Story by Nadia Ramligan, Public News Service  Lawmakers in at least three states, including Tennessee, have introduced bills that would bar public agencies from publicly disclosing information about nonprofit donors, and experts say donor disclosure issues remain under-the-radar but could have major implications. Jerrick Adams, a staff writer for Ballotpedia who tracks the issue, said the Senate and House bills would ban state and local governments from disclosing any information it might have about donors. He noted supporters of this type of legislation argued it’s important to have safeguards protecting anonymity for charitable donations. “On the other side of the equation is the...

SCHOOL PATROL for Wednesday, Feb. 17. Thanks to Spring Street Market, your bread and milk experts at 801 S. Spring St. in Manchester. Coffee County Schools – CLOSED Manchester City Schools – CLOSED Tullahoma City Schools – CLOSEDBedford County Schools – CLOSED Cannon County Schools – CLOSED Franklin County School – CLOSED Grundy County Schools – CLOSEDMoore County Schools – CLOSED Warren County Schools – CLOSED *The USDA food Distribution scheduled for this Wednesday, February 17th, at Good Samaritan in Manchester, has been cancelled due to the bad weather and will be rescheduled at a later date. **This page...

Coffee County Emergency Management Agency has announced a partnership with Red Cross to offer shelter for those suffering through prolonged power outages and hardships. Anyone wishing to get more information about Red Cross shelters in Coffee County, call 1-800-Red-Cross. Well over 10,000 DREMC Customers in Coffee County were without power on Tuesday morning, according to the Duck River Power Outage map. That number had been reduced to below 2,000 by Tuesday...