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Coffee County Schools feeding program available through the summer
The Coffee County School system is continuing its summer feeding program for those who need meals. Every Monday, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. you may pick up meals at Raider Academy. According to Carlan Cotten with Coffee County Schools, the system is handing out five breakfast meals and five lunch meals during that one distribution to help keep students fed at home through the summer months. The program is aimed toward Coffee County students under the age of 18. Students do not have to be with adults when meals are picked up, according to Cotten. The program will take place every...
Active COVID-19 cases remain steady in Coffee County
As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, there are 20,965 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tennessee. This includes 343 deaths and 1,609 hospitalizations. There have been 13,344 cases that have recovered, leaving approximately 7,621 active cases. This is 87 more active cases than the prior day. There have been a total of 403,504 tests performed. This means that of all of those tested, about 5.19 percent are testing positive, which is a percentage that continues to slowly fall. Meanwhile, in Coffee County there are 66 confirmed cases of COVID-19 virus with 42 recoveries, leaving 24 active cases in Coffee County. There...
Deadline to apply for emergency assistance extended to June 30
The deadline to apply for two months of emergency cash assistance for families who’ve lost employment due to COVID-19 is now June 30. The Emergency Cash Assistance provides two monthly cash payments to families that were employed as of March 11, 2020 and have lost a job or lost at least 50% of their earned income due to the COVID-19 emergency. Applications for emergency cash assistance will be accepted through June 30, 2020. This money is funded by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program and provides: • $500 for a household of 1 to 2 persons. • $750...
CHS hopes yearbooks will be ready soon
Coffee County Central High School officials want parents, guardians and students to know that yearbooks for this past school year are still not ready, but to be on the lookout for more information soon. Due to COVID-19, the publisher of the book was shut down for multiple weeks. The book is set to print around May 28, but will then need to be delivered to the school at a later date. Thunder Radio will offer an update when more information is available. Now is the time to list your home - trust Coffee County RealtyDon’t trust just any realtor...
Tennessee unemployment tops 14%
Newly released data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development revealed the state’s highest-ever unemployment rate amid the COVID-19 health emergency. The preliminary seasonally adjusted statewide unemployment rate for April 2020 is 14.7%, which is an unprecedented spike of 11.4 percentage points when compared to March’s revised rate of 3.3%. This is Tennessee’s highest unemployment rate in a generation. Before the pandemic, the state’s all-time highest seasonally adjusted rate was 12.9%, which occurred in back to back months in December 1982 and January 1983. Total nonfarm employment in Tennessee decreased by 376,900 jobs between March and April....
Tullahoma police make arrests in rash of burglaries
Tullahoma Police Department announced that it has charged three individuals in connection with “several recent burglaries to local business, as well as two recent armed robberies that occurred at the Speedway in Tullahoma.” According to TPD, charged are William Allen Mueller, 23; Jeffeory Alexander Liebig, 20; and Zachary Skyler Jones, 21. All three suspects reside in Tullahoma. They were arrested Friday, May 22 and booked into the Coffee County Jail. Mueller’s bail was set at $50,000, Liebig’s bail at $48,000 and Jones’ bail at $4,000. All three are set to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court on June...
COVID-19 UPDATE: Active cases remain at 24 in Coffee County
As of 2 p.m. Monday, there are 20,607 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tennessee. This includes 338 confirmed deaths and 1,594 hospitalizations. There are 13,073 cases classified as recovered, leaving 7,534 active cases. This is 226 more active cases than the prior day. There have been 396,219 total tests performed. This means about 5.2 of those tested are positive. In Coffee County, there are 66 confirmed cases with 42 recoveries – leaving 24 active cases, a number that has held steady over the past several...
Two arrested in Grundy County during overdose investigation
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Department sent out a press release Friday notifying that a search warrant was performed that included seizure of drugs, cash, guns and two arrests – these arrests were made as a result of an investigation into multiple overdoses in the area. However, the Grundy County Sheriff would not confirm or deny if this arrest has a direct connection. Investigators found methamphetamine, over 100 fake pills believed to be laced with fentanyl and seized $4,118 in cash, two handguns, an AR-15 and three long guns. Arrested were Rick Adam Dickinson, age 35, and Rachel Gwen Rollins,...
