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 – Kayleigh Greer. Kayleigh is an eighth grade student at Coffee County Middle School in Mr. O’Kelley’s homeroom. She is the daughter of Kenny Greer and Johnnie Kelly. In her free time, Kayleigh enjoys singing in the choir. When she grows up, she would like to pursue a career in music and singing. Rosalyn Partin,...

As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, there are now 13,938 cases of COVID-19 in the state of Tennessee,. Of these, 6,564 are marked as recovered, leaving approximately 7,374 active cases, about 100 more than the previous day. There have been 239 confirmed deaths and 1,221 hospitalizations. In total, there have been 227,101 total tests performed. In Coffee County, numbers remain steady from the prior day. There are 45 confirmed cases, with 21 recoveries – leaving 24 active cases in Coffee County. There have been 1,257 negative tests...

Tennessee residents can now get free masks from local health departments. Governor Bill Lee’s COVID-19 team announced Tuesday that 300,000 cloth masks are now being distributed to health departments in 95 counties. Each county will receive at least 1,000 masks this week, with some counties receiving more than others and additional masks coming soon. Governor Bill Lee announced recently his intention to purchase five million masks to provide to Tennesseans. The Coffee County Health Department is located at 800 Parks St. in Manchester. Get the Thunder Radio daily newsletterGet the news delivered to your email inbox every morning FOR...

In Grundy County, a woman’s body was found hanging in a wooded area. This discovery was made Tuesday afternoon in Gruetli-Laager. Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum is not ruling out foul play. The female, whose name has not been released, was a white female discovered near Red Barn Road. An autopsy of the body is being performed. Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced...

Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum took to Facebook Wednesday to plead with the public to come forward with information regarding a recent rash of drug overdoses and deaths in Grundy County. Shrum said in the past 10 days, there have been six overdoses with three deaths, and two additional deaths of individuals under the age of 40. “This has been very difficult, very trying,” said Shrum. “When you start having young people drop like flies, it’s very concerning. That is our #1 issue.” Shrum expressed frustration that people in the community may have information that could lead to a...

Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have arrested and charged a correctional officer at the Lincoln County Jail accused of sexually assaulting a female inmate. At the request of 17th District Attorney General Rob Carter, TBI Agents began investigating the alleged assault, reported to have occurred at the sheriff’s office on April 20th. As a result of the investigation, on Tuesday, Agents arrested and charged Tavarus Carr (DOB 2-9-99) with one count of Sexual Contact With An Inmate. The county subsequently terminated his employment. On Tuesday, Agents booked Carr into the Lincoln County Jail on $5,000...

After lengthy debate and planning, Coffee County School System has finally reached a decision for handling the commencement exercises for the Central High School Class of 2020 – a graduation parade. Thunder Radio will handle audio  to allow for everyone to hear the announcement of graduate names from their vehicles or homes.  The system issued a statement late Tuesday highlighting the thought process behind planning. The statement reads as follows: “Coffee County Schools has carefully considered multiple options for the 2020 graduation ceremony. Concern that social restrictions will not relax enough to allow a traditional graduation ceremony later in...

Westwood Middle School will be hosting eighth grade awards night and spring sports recognition night  at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 21. Thunder Radio is proud to partner with Westwood Middle School to broadcast the awards ceremonies to allow for parents, grandparents and extended family to listen to their child while maintaining social distancing. According to the school, social distancing guidelines will be observed for the awards night. The broadcast of awards can be heard live at 107.9 FM, 106.7 FM, 1320 AM, at thunder1320.com and on the Manchester GO app. “We couldn’t be more excited to team up with...