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Unity Medical Center encourages COVID-19 vaccinations
Unity Medical Center in Manchester has issued a statement advocating for public education on the topic of COVID-19 vaccination. The full statement is below: “As medical facilities across the state are left in the wake of the second wave of COVID-19 infections there has been an extreme uptick in COVID related hospitalizations. As these infection rates rise statewide vaccination rates have not risen to meet the challenge. Almost all new COVID-19 hospitalization cases are individuals who have not been vaccinated. “The new Delta variant is rapidly sweeping through the population and has generated critical levels of strain for local medical care facilities. Tennessee is currently sitting at a vaccination rate of 50.7% of individuals with at least one initial dose,...
County school board to meet Monday
Coffee County School board will hold a regularly scheduled board meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 13. Below is the agenda. Meeting begins at 4:30 p.m. at the Coffee County Board of Education, located at 1343 McArthur St. All meetings are open to the public. AGENDAI. Call to OrderII. Call for IntentIII. General Consent Items(*If no objections, the following items will be considered passed when the agenda is passed.) Minutes: August 9, 2021 and September 9, 20213rd Reading of Policies: 1.700, 2.806, 3.205, 3.211, 3.220, 4.205, 4.301, 4.605, 5.100, 5.106, 5.117,5.200, 5.802, 6.200, 6.202, 6.300, 6.306, 6.319, 6.402, 1.8011,...
MAC holds Join Our Quest to End Child Abuse exhibit
The Manchester Arts Center (MAC) held an exhibit – dubbed Join Our Quest to End Child Abuse – on Saturday, Sept. 11. Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center provided free art kits for children during the Aug. 28 event held at the Manchester soccer fields. The Coffee County CAC asked the young artists to return their completed art pieces to be displayed at the MAC. Five of the artists will win special prizes. Coffee County CAC is asking community members to go to the Facebook page of Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center and vote for their favorite art piece. Winners...
Alethia Smartt-Rawn announces bid for Coffee County sheriff
Coffee County Sheriff’s Department deputy and current school resource officer Alethia Smartt-Rawn is announcing her candidacy for Coffee County Sheriff. Rawn’s announcement to run as a Republican will mean a primary challenger for incumbent sheriff Chad Partin, who intends to seek re-election. Primary for the 2022 election will be in the spring, with election in August. Below is the full announcement from Alethia Smart-Rawn: “Coffee County Sheriff’s Department Deputy and SRO Alethia Smartt-Rawn announces her candidacyfor Sheriff of Coffee County to be held in 2022. A conservative veteran patriot, Rawn is a 1999 CoffeeCounty Central High School graduate. She...
Winchester authorities need help finding suspect
Winchester Police Department is requesting assistance to identify an individual of interest in the photos below. If you know this person, contact detective Ryan Fuller with WPD at 931-967-3840 or tips and information can be submitted to Crimestoppers at...
CCSD officials still looking for stolen Peterbilt; $25K reward offered
Coffee County Sheriff’s Department officials are still hunting for the person or persons responsible for taking a 2016 Peterbilt Semi-Truck from Woodall Grain on McMinnville Highway. The theft occurred on Aug. 23. The truck is white in color and no trailer was attached when the truck was taken. A $25,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Anyone with information should contact Investigator Brandon Reed at...
Study reveals 6.1% of Tennesseans behind on mortgage
After a year and a half of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the policies put in place to protect homeowners and renters are coming to an end, and this fall could see a wave of foreclosures and evictions as a result. From early on in the pandemic, policymakers enacted measures to protect renters and homeowners from being put out of their homes. The federal government created funds for rent and mortgage assistance, enacted an eviction moratorium to protect renters, and established a foreclosure moratorium and forbearance program for homeowners with federally-backed mortgages. Numerous states and localities followed suit with...
BASEBALL: David Martin leaving Red Raider baseball program
Coffee County Central head baseball coach David Martin intends to resign, Thunder Radio sports has learned. Martin, who just completed his sixth season at the helm of the Red Raider baseball program, said he needed to step aside for personal reasons. Martin told his team of his intentions late Thursday afternoon. “I put a lot of time and thought and consideration into this decision,” Martin told Thunder Radio. “If you are going to do this job, you have to be in it 100 percent. If you can’t be in it 100 percent and put the time that it requires...
