Ben Lomand Connect’s month-long food drive ended on December 14th with 1,954 items going to local food banks in the Ben Lomand service territory. Beginning November 14th, the company began collecting food items from its local offices in Warren, White, Cumberland, and Grundy counties, at the Citizens Tri-County Bank in Van Buren county and the Manchester-Coffee County Conference Center. Along with the food items, Ben Lomand Connect matched with a monetary donation of fifty cents per item for nearly one-thousand dollars given locally. Ben Lomand employees also contributed by bringing food to add to customer donations. Marketing/Public Relations Manager...

City of Manchester government offices will be closed on Friday to recognize the New Year Holiday. Meanwhile, Coffee County government offices will also be closed on Friday in recognition of the New Year Holiday. Offices will be open again on Monday, Jan. 4. Reminder – most county offices are closed to foot traffic but are open by appointment or walk-up window. Call ahead to plan your...

This past year has been riddled with tragedy and misfortune – with the COVID-19 pandemic halting local schools, sports and businesses in the spring to other unfortunate news events.  While we do try and find the positives – like the many great deeds over the holidays by those who worked to provide for the less fortunate and Manchester citizens going the extra mile to support local businesses in a time of downright crisis – this year’s top area stories have an overwhelmingly negative feel to them. Thunder Radio has pulled our website analytics and subtracted out most all COVID-19...

A suspect in the Nov. 22 burglary and vandalism of The Caverns in Pelham has been arrested, the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department announced on Monday.  Terry “Tee Tee” Nunley, age 33, of Palmer, was arrested Saturday in Jackson County, Alabama after an incident with police there. He has been charged with multiple crimes in Alabama, including: Driving Under the Influence Assault-Reckless Endangerment Assault-Reckless Endangerment Obstructing Police-ATEPO Attempting to Elude a Police Officer Obstructing Police-RA Resisting Arrest Stolen Property-RSP Buying/Receiving Stolen Property Attempted Murder x 2 Burglary-PBT Possession of Burglars Tools Flight/Escape-Fugitive From...

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) is currently reviewing details of the CARES Act Unemployment Extension (H.R. 133) Congress recently passed and President Donald Trump signed into law. TDLWD will provide claimants additional information regarding the next steps they need to take to receive the modified federal unemployment benefits listed in HR 133 once it has the program rules from the United States Department of Labor (USDOL). TDLWD must wait on program guidance from the USDOL before it can begin the implementation of H.R. 133. There is no firm timeline as to when states will receive...

For the first time since March, Tennessee motorists are finding prices at the pump over $2 per gallon. Tennessee gas prices, on average, continue to trend upward, rising another six cents over last week. The Tennessee Gas Price average  is now $2.04 which is nearly 15 cents more than one month ago and 28 cents less than one year ago.  The average price in Coffee County is even higher at $2.09 – five cents higher than the state average.  Tennesseans who took a holiday road trip for Christmas found the lowest gas prices in two years. Tennessee gas prices...

A Christmas morning explosion on 2nd avenue in downtown Nashville led to AT&T outages all across the midstate, Kentucky and Northern Alabama. Impacts were felt right here in Manchester. According to the Coffee County 911 Communication Center, AT&T issues were affecting 911 lines over the weekend. These lines were restored late Sunday afternoon.  Outages were still visible on the AT&T coverage map as of Sunday. Over the weekend, multiple businesses were unable to take credit or debit cards due to the outages. On Saturday, Duck River Electric Membership Corporation provided a temporary number for customers to call to report...

Each of Tennessee’s 95 counties experienced decreased unemployment in November 2020, according to new data released Thursday by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). Unemployment rates in 41 counties are now less than 5%. Fifty-four counties recorded rates of 5% or higher during the month. In Coffee County, the rate dropped by nearly 2 percent as it gets closer to pre-pandemic levels. The November unemployment rate for Coffee County was 4.6 percent, which is 1.9% lower than the 6.5 percent rate in October. The unemployment rate remains 1.3% higher than November of 2019, which was 3.3% Williamson...