Ken Shelton, who served as an assistant District Attorney General in Coffee County for 36 years, passed away on Saturday, January 25 at Tennova Healthcare-Harton in Tullahoma. He was 65. Visitation is from 11-2 p.m. Tuesday, with funeral services to follow at 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Tullahoma. You can see the full obit here....

The Tennessee Gas Price average  is $2.28 which is four cents less than last week, 3 cents lower than one month ago, and 23 cents higher than one year ago. Prices are expected to slip even lower in the coming days. Gas prices have continued to drop over the last week as gasoline stocks grew again, measuring at 260 million bbl – the highest stock level ever recorded by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) since it began recording the data in 1990. The average price in Coffee County  is on par with the state average, at $2.28. Just up the road in Rutherford County, gas...

A Franklin County man is in custody after allegedly shooting his wife and his two children Saturday afternoon. Franklin County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Chris Guess told Thunder Radio News that deputies responded to a call of domestic violence at 1620 Vernon Ridge Rd. at approximately 4:30 p.m. Saturday. “While deputies were responding, the situation escalated with shots fired,” explained Guess. Upon arrival on the scene, deputies entered the residence and found Holly Raquel Maxwell (age 46),  on the floor of the residence. While processing the scene, authorities made contact with Christopher Maxwell, (age 47) in an adjacent milk barn,...

Coffee County Sheriff’s Department authorities are asking for the public’s help to find a Polaris Ranger XP900 side-by-side that was stolen from the Pea Ridge Rd. area early Friday morning. Anyone with information about this stolen Ranger is encouraged to contact CCSD investigator Sgt. Laura Nettles at 931-570-4425. ...

A dog has been put down and an 11-year old child was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center Friday after the dog attacked the child. According to the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department, the dog was running loose and attacked the child. The dog was put down. The child suffered multiple injuries, including injuries to the face, but those injuries are not life...

The state of Tennessee ended 2019 with steady unemployment that continued to sit near record low levels, according to new data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) .  For the second consecutive month, the state recorded a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.3%. The December 2019 figure is 0.1 of a percentage point away for Tennessee’s all-time low unemployment rate of 3.2%, reached in February 2019. When comparing rates from year-to-year, unemployment in December 2019 is at the same level it was in 2018. “It’s good to start 2020 with news that unemployment held steady...

Manchester Police Department held a retirement ceremony for one of its canine officers Friday at City Hall. After serving the department for five years, canine Roccon was officially retired by the department. The department obtained the dog in 2015 from the Lewisburg Police Department as a donation. Bradford Health Services sponsored a lunch, complete with dog treats, food and a cake for the occasion. Officer Dale Robertson served as Roccon’s handler. The police department recently swore in two new canine officers – Nalty, who will work with officer Daryn Gadeken, and Storm, who will work alongside officer Derek Bowles....

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