More local groups and organizations continue to set up drop off areas to donate and help those ravaged by storms earlier this week. The Manchester Police Department, Manchester Fire Department, and local volunteer fire departments are taking donations to help storm victims in Putnam County. All donations can be dropped off at Manchester Fire Station 1, located on Hillsboro Blvd. near Papa Johns. Items being requested are as follows: Visa Gift Cards, Grocery gift cards for items like milk, eggs, cheese, Fruit cups, Applesauce cups, Juice boxes , Kid-friendly foods- such as individual bags of chips, fruit snacks, gummy...

Join us at Thunder Radio and the Manchester H&R Block and say congratulations to our student of the week – Keena Seivers.  Keena is a seventh grade student at Westwood Middle School. She is the daughter of Stephanie Hershman, Jared Hershman and Cody Seivers. She is in Mr. Gribble’s home room class.  She likes to play basketball and volleyball, and enjoys playing board games with her family. When she grows up she wants to play college volleyball and be a pediatrician. Rosalyn Partin, owner of the Manchester H&R Block, has been inspired to recognize great kids in our community...

Authorities began releasing names and ages of those who perished in the Tuesday morning storms that swept through Nashville, Putnam, Wilson and Benton Counties. In total, 24 people died in the storms, that included an EF-3 and an EF-4 tornado that hit the area in the early morning hours Tuesday. Five children are among the 18 victims who died in Putnam County. All of the children were under the ages of 13. Three of the children were under 5 years old. As many as 17 people were still missing in Putnam County as of Wednesday afternoon. Locally, several groups...

Now that Tuesday’s March 3 primary is over, what is next?  That would be the August 6 Coffee County and Manchester general elections, as well as the state primary, which is also on Aug. 6. Among the races on the ballot will be the federal primary for the US Senate and US House of Representatives, primary for the Tennessee State Senate and Tennessee House of Representatives, Court of Appeals retention questions, county general election for assessor of property, Coffee County School Board seats 1,5 and 7, Manchester general election for Mayor, three aldermen and two school board members, Tullahoma...

The Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen heard a pitch from Duck River Electric and TVA representatives Tuesday night, March 3, during a work session to convert city lighting to LED lights. While the pitch was in generalities and, as one official put it, a “50,000 foot view of the potential project”, Duck River officials estimated that the city could save nearly 15% on costs by making the switch. City officials have asked Duck River to provide a more exact study on what would be included in the switch, what costs would be, etc. Duck River will begin working...

  (Above photo: Pictured is damage in Putnam County after a tornado ravaged the area Tuesday morning (March 3, 2020) . Photo provided by Neal Simmons, Coffee County Rescue Squad) Coffee County residents and emergency personnel are rallying to help storm ravaged areas in Middle Tennessee. In the early morning hours of Tuesday, tornadoes and high winds devastated areas of Nashville, Wilson County, Benton County and Putnam County, killing a total of 24 people with the death toll continuing to rise. As of mid afternoon Tuesday, 18 people were killed and 65 injured in a 2-mile stretch in Putnam County...