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Sir Pizza now open seven days a week
Sir Pizza in Manchester is now open seven days a week! Manchester’s newest restaurant held a ceremonial ribbon cutting with the Manchester Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, July 7. Located at 175 Relco Dr., you can dine in or call in a carryout order from 11am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am until 10 pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Sir Pizza offers two for one draft beers all day every day. Call in your carryout order at 931-954-5395. Find more details on their Facebook page at Manchester Sir...

Coffee County Sheriff’s Department searches for missing child
Coffee County Sheriff’s Office is also looking for a missing child. Lucian Gavin was last seen on June 29th and is possibly in the company of Ashley Wald (biological mother), Chelsea Wald (aunt) or Kollyka Wald. Lucian is 12-year-old white male with brown eyes and brown hair. He is 5’5” and weighs 115 pounds. During the investigation Investigators have learned the child was in the Jacksonville Florida area. Any information regarding the child or any of these individuals please contact Investigator Brandon Reed (931)-570-4191 or call...

Coffee County Sheriff’s Department needs help locating a suspect
The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department asks for the communities help to be on the lookout for Bobby Trey Northcutt. He has active warrants out of Coffee and Franklin County. He is driving a stolen 2000 model Chevrolet Tahoe with tag number 9W48Y3. Any information on the whereabouts of this tahoe please contact Inv Brandon Gullett...

District Attorney releases statement regarding a recent fentanyl-related guilty plea
From District Attorney Craig Northcott: “On June 30, 2021, Hunter Gremillion, age 24 of Tullahoma, entered a guilty plea to killing Brennan Buckner, age 19 of Tullahoma, through the sale of fentanyl to him. Specifically, Gremillion pled guilty in Coffee County Circuit Court to Aggravated Assault Resulting in Death and received a 12-year prison sentence in the Tennessee Department of Corrections for selling fentanyl to Brennan who then died from the ingesting of that drug. The plea was accepted by and entered before Judge Vanessa Jackson. The State of Tennessee was represented by Assistant District Attorney Brad Hannah. The...

AEDC invited young people in the community to learn more about flight
To coincide with the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 70th anniversary celebration at Arnold Air Force Base, the Coffee Airfoilers Model RC Club invited young people in the community to come out and try their hand at flight. The club hosted a children’s airplane toss competition June 26 at Coffee Airfoilers Field. This event was held to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, among its participants. The competitors assembled small balsa wood airplanes, with top prizes going to those whose planes flew the farthest from the launch line. Students taking part were allowed practice throws before making official...

Bonnaroo ticket giveaway
Thunder Radio is partnering with five area businesses to give away 10 tickets to the 2021 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The first giveaway begins on Wednesday, July 7. To register for a chance to win two tickets to the Bonnaroo festival, visit one of three Coffee County Bank locations and fill out a form in the lobby and you are registered to win. Coffee County Bank has locations at 2070 Hillsboro Blvd. 301 Murfreesboro Hwy and 511 N. Jackson St. Drawing will be held on Friday, July 16. Thunder Radio is the official home of Radio Bonnaroo. Tickets...

Gas prices rise 4 cents in Tennessee, Coffee County even with state average and below national average
Tennessee gas prices rose four cents over last week as a forecast record-breaking 939,000 Tennesseans hit the road for the Independence Day holiday weekend. The Tennessee Gas Price average is now $2.88 which is the same as one month ago and nearly 95 cents more than one year ago. Coffee County’s average is $2.88 which makes it even with the state average, and 25 cents below the national average.“Robust gasoline demand and more expensive crude oil prices are pushing gas prices higher,” said Megan Cooper, spokeswoman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “We had hoped that global crude production increases would bring some relief at the...

Tax Tip Tuesday: updated information about advance child tax credit payments
The IRS Child Tax Credit Update Portal is now Live and accessible on IRS.GOV. Millions of eligible families will begin receiving monthly child tax credit payments on July 15. If you don’t want to receive the advance payments, and instead you want to receive the full child tax credit on your 2021 return, you can use the IRS Child Tax Credit Update Portal to opt-out of the advance payments. For most, the monthly payment will go to the account where you received your 2020 tax refund (or 2019 if that’s the last time you filed). If there wasn’t a...