The Manchester Recreation Center will offer a modified summer day camp this summer, running Mondays through Fridays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 1 through July 31. There will be no camp the week of June 29. Summer camp is open to all children ages 5-12. Children who attend Manchester City Schools should register Monday through Wednesday from 5-8 p.m. at the Rotary Amphitheater. Children who attend Coffee County Schools register May 21-22 at the Amphitheater. Cost of registration is one full week – which is $65. Payment is due on Friday for the following week. All children...

The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) announces how Driver Services Centers will operate beginning May 18. All Driver Services Centers, with the exception of the Shelbyville Driver Services Center remain open and are taking additional precautions to protect the health and safety of customers and our employees. “We continue to encourage customers to utilize our e-Services portal to complete numerous transactions such as renewals, duplicates, paying reinstatement fees, and completing the new resident application. We ask the public to be please be patient and understanding as normal services resume,” the department said. When visiting a center,...

As Tennessee continues to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the state’s Economic Recovery Group announced Friday it will lift capacity restrictions on restaurants and retail to instead focus on social distancing best practices effective May 22 and issue guidelines to facilitate the safe reopening of larger, non-contact attractions on or after May 22. New Tennessee Pledge guidelines will be released early next week. Six counties – Shelby, Madison, Davidson, Hamilton, Knox and Sullivan – may continue to follow individual, county-specific reopening plans created in consultation with State and local health departments. “Tennesseans have worked incredibly hard to do their...

Tennessee Highway Patrol has arrested a man after they say he struck a pedestrian while driving and left the scene of the accident. Gary Driver, age 49, has been arrested and charged after the 1999 Chevrolet Silverado he was allegedly driving on Monday, May 11, on Swan Mill Rd. left the roadway, struck a tree and then struck and killed Mildred Herrin, age 71, of Morrison. According to a report filed by THP, Herrin was weed-eating property on a bank. Driver then left the scene of the accident. Driver has been charged with criminal homicide and leaving the scene...

As of 2 p.m. Thursday there are now 16,699 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tennessee. This includes 287 deaths and 1,435 hospitalizations. There are 8,881 recoveries, meaning there are approximately 7,818 active cases, about 72 more cases than the prior day. There have been 302,317 total tests performed. This means that of all those tested in Tennessee, only about 5.52 percent are testing positive. This is down from 5.59 percent the previous day and down from 5.67 percent two days prior. In Coffee County, there are 57 cases of COVID-19 and 34 recoveries. This leaves just 23 active cases,...

One week away from Coffee County Central High School’s parade of graduates, and the parade route has been finalized. According to Coffee County School officials, the parade of graduates will begin at Raider Academy at 6 p.m. Friday, May 22, turn onto Waite Street, From there, students will turn onto Fort St. enter the downtown square, turn onto N. Irwin St., onto West Main St., and remain until they hit Woodland St., where they will turn toward US Highway 41. From there, students will take Highway 41 to State Route 55, go to Central High School, and travel around...

The school year may have ended early, but the H&R Block Student of the Week continues here at Thunder Radio. Join us at Thunder Radio and Rosalyn Partin at the Manchester H&R Block as we say congratulations to this week’s student of the week – Neveah Schott Neveah is a fifth grade student at Deerfield Elementary School in Mrs. Greer’s class. She is the daughter of Lisa Schott. In her free time, she enjoys painting and would like to pursue a career as a teacher. Rosalyn Partin, owner of the Manchester H&R Block, has been inspired to recognize great...