Sharon Kay Edwards, Motlow McMinnville campus branch librarian, was selected as the 2020 Community College Staff Member of the Year in the second annual Statewide Outstanding Achievement Recognition (SOAR) Awards during the Tennessee Board of Regents quarterly meeting Tuesday. “I am deeply appreciative of the SOAR Award,” said Edwards. “You know, we don’t do what we do every day to get awards or accolades, but it is nice to be recognized. I am also grateful to be a part of the team, not just at the library, but also from the top down at Motlow. Everyone at the College...

All of Middle Tennessee, including Coffee County, is under an enhanced risk for severe weather Sunday and Sunday night, according to National Weather Service office in Nashville. As of 11:30 a.m. Sunday, NWS upgraded some of Southern Middle Tennessee to a moderate risk (4 of 5) of severe weather – this includes Frankln, Lincoln and Moore counties, as well as the southwestern portion of Coffee County.  A large area in Alabama and Mississippi is under a moderate risk for severe weather. According to NWS, the primary threats are damaging straight-line winds, flash flooding and isolated tornadoes. “Severe storms are...

Manchester City Schools will have Chromebooks available for check out for students grade 3-5 who need a device for instructional use at home. Check out will be Monday, April 13, 2020 at College Street Elementary and Westwood Elementary from 9 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. or by appointment with the school principal. There will be a limit of one device per family while supplies last. A parent/guardian must be present, provide a working phone number, and sign for the device at the time of check out. College Street students will check out devices at the front entrance of the school....

Tennessee has now reported 4,634 cases of COVID-19 as of April 9, including 94 deaths, 505 hospitilizations and 921 recovered. This count now includes 10 cases in Coffee County, this is up from seven yesterday. Coffee County has had 247 tests returned negative, according to the Tennessee Department of Health. Thirty-six Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 assessment sites across the state will be open from 9 a.m. to noon local time on Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11, this includes the Coffee County site at 615 Wilson Avenue in Tullahoma. Nurses at each site will conduct nasal swab...

New unemployment claims in Tennessee and across the nation continue to climb at an alarming rate amid this COVID-19 pandemic. The week ending April 4, there were 112,438 new unemployment claims in Tennessee. That makes over 246,000 claims in the past three weeks. For a reference, there were only 2,702 claims the week of March 14, the week just before the pandemic hit. Nationally, 6.6 million Americans filed for benefits last week, which brings the total to over 17 million. Many economists now put the US unemployment rate at 13 percent, although officials numbers have not been...

CraftWorks Holdings LLC, which is parent company to several restaurants, including Logan’s Roadhouse, has laid off nearly all of its 18,000 employees and closed corporate locations. CraftWorks filed court documents saying they planned to cut expenses to bare minimum to preserve value and to reopen restaurants in the future. Fewer than 25 people remain with the entire organization. All of the Tennessee’s Logan’s locations, including the one located on Relco Drive in Manchester, are labeled as “temporarily closed.” Logan’s Roadhouse official website says it will keep customers posted through its website and social media channels. Logan’s Roadhouse Inc. filed...

Sunday, April 12 is Easter. And with many churches not meeting due to social distancing restrictions, we want to remind all of our listeners that we offer a wide variety of church programming every Sunday, including this Easter Sunday. We have syndicated content, along with local content. Programming begins at 7 a.m. and runs through noon, with more church programming from 7-9 p.m. each evening. Thunder Radio church programming includes messages from Pocahontas Church of Christ, New Union Church of Christ, Forest Mill Church of Christ, Antioch Church of Christ, New Life Baptist Church, First United Methodist Church, Bible...