The home on Garner Rd. is a total loss after an early morning fire Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. (Photo by Josh Peterson) One person is dead and another received severe burns in a structure fire in Coffee County early Monday morning.   Area first responders answered a call to 689 Garner Rd. at approximately 3:22 Monday morning to reports of a structure fire.  Authorities have confirmed that a body was recovered from the structure late Monday morning once investigators were able to gain access to the structure. Authorities suspect the deceased is Joyce Garner, 57, but an autopsy will...

There is a new SRO at Deerfield Elementary School to tell you about. Today is the last day on the job for Tommy Barker – he is moving away from the area. Taking his place will be Dustin Darnell. Darnell moves from the corrections department at the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department – he began training at the school last week and takes over full time this week. Darnell has worked in the school system before and is also a member of the Coffee County Rescue Squad. Join us at Thunder Radio in congratulating officer Darnell on his new job...

A two-day, undercover operation by several law enforcement agencies in the northern end of Rutherford County has resulted in the arrests of 16 men accused of seeking illicit sex from minors. Over a two-day period beginning October 24th, as part of an undercover investigation aimed at addressing human trafficking in Rutherford County, authorities placed several decoy advertisements on websites known to be linked to commercial sex. The focus of the operation was to identify individuals seeking to engage in commercial sex acts with minors. As a result of the operation, authorities arrested 16 men and booked them into the...

UPDATED: Story updated at 11:35 a.m. with deceased name. One person is dead and another received severe burns in a structure fire in Coffee County early Monday morning. Area first responders answered a call to 689 Garner Rd. at approximately 3:22 Monday morning to reports of a structure fire. Authorities have confirmed that a body was recovered from the structure at around 11 a.m. Monday once investigators were able to gain access to the structure. Authorities suspect the deceased is Joyce Garner, 57, but an autopsy will be performed for a positive identification. “We have a potential fatality, but...

Pictured is a snapshot of registered sex offenders in the immediate Manchester area. To perform your own search and click on each dot for more detailed information, click on the photo to use the TBI registry search or use the link here >. https://tnmap.tn.gov/sor/ The annual Safe on the Square event put on by the Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center will be from 2:30 until 5 p.m. this Thursday, Oct. 31.  One of the biggest downtown events of the year, officials expect 2,000-plus trick-or-treaters and family to be downtown for the event. Everyone is welcome to attend the annual...

The Tullahoma Board of Mayor and Aldermen has approved 35 new stun guns for the Tullahoma Police Department. New Tullahoma Police Chief Jason Williams told The Tullahoma News that the department does not have many in use right now and there are not enough for every officer to carry their own. The purchase cost for the new stun guns will cost approximately...

While the Manchester area did not catch the brunt of rainfall that plowed through Tennessee over the weekend, our area did receive notable rainfall amounts, especially considering the dry conditions leading up to the weekend. According to TVA rain gauges, Manchester picked up 1.75 inches of rainfall Friday and another .3 inches on Saturday, giving us a little over 2 inches for the two days. Combined with the 1.1 inches of rain that fell Monday (Oct. 21), the past week accounted for 3.2 inches of the month’s total of 4.53. Rain chances do creep back into the forecast later...

Enjoy the extra hour of sunlight this week, because daylight savings time ends early morning next Sunday, Nov. 3.  That’s right, as hard as it is to believe, it will be time to “fall back” and roll back the clocks Saturday night. We will stay in that state of time until daylight savings time begins again on March the...