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Senate Confirmations Alter Federal Judiciary
Over the past few years, the U.S. Senate has confirmed 185 of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, the majority of whom have a conservative track record. Along with two Supreme Court justices, senators have confirmed 50 circuit court and 133 district court judges. According to States Newsroom reporter Allison Stevens, who has covered politics for nearly a decade, the sheer number of conservative confirmations amounts to what some are calling a repeal of progressive reforms that hearken back to the New Deal. “And what President Trump is doing, and Mitch McConnell is supporting and doing in the Senate, is supporting...
Meth tops list of drugs submitted to TBI in 2019
For the first time since the TBI crime laboratories began keeping detailed statistics, methamphetamine eclipsed marijuana as the most-submitted drug in the state in 2019. “Drug addiction continues to be a major issue in Tennessee, and I believe this sharp increase in methamphetamine has a connection to our state’s ongoing opioid epidemic,” said TBI Director David Rausch. “Drug abusers often flow from depressants to stimulants and back again. As more people struggle with opioid addiction many of them will – with time – seek out stimulants like methamphetamine. Unfortunately, those who run drug operations, often based outside the United...
Fish consumption advisory issued for Normandy Reservoir in Coffee Co.
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced a precautionary fish consumption advisory due to mercury on Normandy Reservoir on the Duck River in Bedford and Coffee counties. In a 2006 statewide screening of Tennessee rivers and lakes, Normandy Reservoir was identified as a waterbody where mercury levels in fish were elevated, but not over the trigger used to issue advisories. Today’s action, which is the result of additional studies by TDEC and the Tennessee Valley Authority, is for black bass species in the entirety of the reservoir. TDEC advises that pregnant or nursing mothers and children...
Limited damage during Saturday storms; lightning causes house fire
Pictured is storm damage on Hasty Lane in Franklin County (photo by Duck River Electric) Coffee County was spared major storm damage Saturday, despite a large storm system that made its way through the south and prompted a tornado watch for the area that lasted most of the day. According to TVA, Manchester did receive 1.37 inches of rain on Saturday. There were also reports of a window and screen blown off a home and a tree across the road on Hunt Street in Manchester and other various trees and limbs down in Manchester, and a lightning strike did...
Dobson receives VFW state teacher of the year award
James Dobson James Dobson, who serves as an assistant principal at Westwood Middle School and is a member of the local VFW Post 10904 in Manchester, has won the VFW Department of TN State Teacher of the Year award. You may remember earlier in the school year Mr. Dobson was in the news for helping to coordinate and implement a purple heart parking area for wounded veterans at Westwood Middle School. Congratulations, James...
Lights going up at Manchester soccer fields
If you have driven by the Manchester Sports Park soccer fields recently you may have noticed some vertical construction – new LED lights are being installed, giving Manchester lighted recreation fields dedicated to soccer. The project should be complete by the end of the month (January). Manchester officials approved to install lights back in the summer, along with restrooms, a total cost of over $670,000, with the city expected to cover $336,000 and the remainder coming from grant funding. C&H Commercial Contractors is the company installing the...
Vaughn named Coffee Co. Schools ‘person of the week’
Coffee County Schools has announced that its person of the week for this week is Alisha Vaughn, who is a school counselor at Deerfield Elementary. According to the school system, Mrs. Vaughn ensures students social, emotional and physical needs are met to be successful. She also helps to manage the Deerfield Backpack Program and organizes the school’s Angel Tree program as well as the clothing closet. She has also been key to writing several grants for the...
Manchester GO smartphone app now available to the community
Thunder Radio is excited to announce the brand new smartphone app called “Manchester GO”. The new app, which is powered by Thunder Radio, is designed to be a one-stop source of information for everything Manchester constantly at your fingertips. Whether you need to know about an upcoming event, how to contribute to a local charity, need a phone number for a local restaurant, need to know who to contact about renting a picnic shelter at the park or just want to catch up on local news and sports, “Manchester GO” will have those answers in one place, at your...
