Graphic from National Weather Service. UPDATE 12:45 P.M. SATURDAY — A new tornado watch that includes Coffee County has been issued until 8 p.m. Saturday UPDATE AT 9:30 A.M. SATURDAY – A tornado watch that includes Coffee County has been issued until 1 p.m. Saturday Most all of Middle Tennessee, including Coffee County, is under a “slight risk” of severe weather Saturday (Jan. 11), according to the National Weather Service office in Nashville. A strong line of storms is approaching from the west has prompted a tornado watch that includes Coffee County and many other areas of the midstate...

Recently, a wallet was reported missing with several credit cards inside. Those credit cards were allegedly used at several locations in Tullahoma on January 2. There is a photo of a person of interest on our website – a white male with a bald head and a goatee. Anyone with information regarding this person’s identity is encouraged to contact Tullahoma Police Department detective Johnny Gore at 931-455-0530 ext. 133 or email...

Multiple volunteer fire departments in Coffee County responded to a fully engulfed structure fire Thursday, January 9 in Lakewood Park off of Maple Drive. Firefighters arrived to find a home, wooded lot and a vehicle burning. The structure was a total loss as firefighters worked for over two hours to extinguish the blaze. Volunteers with New Union, Hickerson, North Coffee, Summitville and Hillsboro Fire Departments were on scene. No injuries were...

Residents throughout the Volunteer State are surveyed four times per year in order to measure consumer confidence. The research is conducted by Dr. Tim Graeff a professor at MTSU. The research conducted is part of the Tennessee Business Barometer, which looks as if 2019 ended on a positive note. Results from the most recent Tennessee Consumer Outlook Survey indicate consumers’ outlook on the economy continues to improve. The Tennessee Consumer Outlook Index rose to 254 from 214 in September. This marks the highest level for the index since its inception in 2015. All three components of the index rose....

Pictured are, from left, Miss Wendy Manning, East Coffee Assistant Principal Jimmy St. John, student of the week Zander Warrick and Manchester H&R Block Owner Rosalyn Partin Join us at Thunder Radio and Rosalyn Partin at the H&R Block of Manchester and say congratulations to our student of the week – Zander Warrick. Zander is a fifth-grade student at East Coffee Elementary School. He is in Miss Wendy Manning’s class, and is the son of Joel and Laura Warrick. Zander enjoys playing basketball and also likes to play video games. When he grows up he would like to be...

Tennessee House and Senate leaders introduced a resolution Wednesday that would add Tennessee’s Right to Work law to the state constitution. Senate Joint Resolution 648 is sponsored by Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown), Lt. Gov. Randy McNally (R-Oak Ridge), Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson (R-Franklin), Senate Republican Caucus Chairman Ken Yager (R-Kingston), Judiciary Committee Chairman Mike Bell (R-Riceville), Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Chairman Bo Watson (R-Hixson), and Commerce and Labor Committee Chairman Paul Bailey (R-Sparta). Its companion House Resolution is sponsored by Insurance Committee Chairman Robin Smith (R-Hixson), Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville), House Majority Leader William Lamberth (R-Portland), Finance,...

Sasha Payton, 33Tyler Carter, 20 Two suspects in the homicide of Johnny Tesar are now in the Coffee County Jail. Tyler Carter, 20, and Sasha Payton, 33, were arrested in Oklahoma on Tuesday, Dec. 31 after they were found to be driving Tesar’s vehicle. Tesar’s body was discovered in Lakewood Park Monday, Dec. 30. Carter and Payton were returned to the Coffee County Jail late Wednesday afternoon. Both were held in Oklahoma on charges of theft of a motor vehicle, the same charges they are being held in Coffee County for. Authorities expect more charges are coming against the...

Manchester residents on Ragsdale Rd. just past the Bush Branch Rd. intersection experienced a brief water outage Tuesday after a water main separated, according to Bryan Pennington with Manchester Water & Sewer Department. According to Pennington, residents in that area were without water for between thirty minutes and an hour before crews restored water pressure. “This time of the year when it’s cold and then warms up and it’s dry and then gets dry will cause the ground to move just a little bit and can make a line break a little easier,” explained...