Students at New Union Elementary School were selected to read letters to Jarka during a retirement ceremony Friday. A member of the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department is taking a load off her paws and retiring. Jarka, a canine deputy with the department, retired on Friday with a ceremony at New Union Elementary School.  Students at the school wrote letters to Jarka and some students were picked to read their letters out loud during the retirement ceremony. Jarka served eight years with the sheriff’s department. Her handler was David Grosch. The retirement of Jarka leaves the sheriff’s department with three...

The time dropped back an hour early Sunday morning. This is a good time to remind everyone to check your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. The Tennessee Department of Commerce recommends replacing batteries twice a year in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors unless you have smoke alarms with 10 year sealed batteries, which require the entire smoke alarm to be replaced when the alarm chirps. With temperatures dipping lower at night this time of the year, this is the time when more fire’s are reported due to faulty heaters and misuse of space heaters. Remember to never...

Photo provided by Cannon County EMA A home on Big Hill Road in neighboring Cannon County burned to the ground early Sunday morning. Cannon County Emergency Management Agency received the call at 5:48AM. Firefighters from the Short Mountain Volunteer Fire Department reports that a male suffering from smoke inhalation was taken to St. Thomas Stones River Hospital. There were no other injuries. The American Red Cross is helping those who were displaced by this Sunday morning’s blaze in Short Mountain. WGNS Radio provided this...

If you recognize this man, contact MPD. If you recognize this man, contact MPD. Manchester Police need your help identifying someone who allegedly broke into a used car dealership in the early morning hours of Oct. 30. If you have any information about this break in, you should contact Manchester Police Department investigator Trey Adcock at...

The City of Tullahoma is developing an Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Transition Plan and is seeking input from the public. The plan intends to identify any barriers to citizen’s access to public facilities, services, activities, parks and pedestrian areas within the public right-of-way. Individuals with disabilities, organizations representing individuals with disabilities or interested persons are invited to attend and provide comments on the Tullahoma ADA Transition Plan. Input can also be provided by contacting Casta Brice,ADA Coordinator at 931-455-2648 or at...

Pictured from left are, Coffee County Central principal Paul Parsley, student of the week Ellie Graham, and Rosalyn Partin with H&R Block. Join us at Thunder Radio and the Manchester H&R Block and say congratulations to our student of the week – Ellie Graham!  Ellie is a senior at Coffee County Central High School and is Mrs. Nutt’s homeroom. She is the daughter of Nick and Melody Graham. She was nominated by her teachers because of her outstanding character, manners and work ethic.  Ellie is a member of the Central High School basketball and track teams, and she enjoys...

The state of Tennessee will use millions of dollars in grant money to help 38 distressed and at-risk counties across Tennessee bolster workforce development efforts. The funding was approved by the Tennessee Workforce Development Board and aligns with Governor Bill Lee’s rural initiatives. The Rural Initiative Funding Opportunity Announcement (RIFOA) has made $3 million in funding available to local workforce development boards to support workforce expansion efforts in the targeted counties. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) accepted grant applications from the counties and determined the amount of funding each recipient would receive. The state’s 15...