QuantiTech’s charitable arm, QuantiTech In Action, is to assist non-profit organizations with their endeavors in the communities in which QuantiTech has a presence. QuantiTech in Action is funded by employees of QuantiTech and administered by the employees of QuantiTech through a volunteer Board of Directors. SBCO is the proud recipient of a $5,000 grant from the employees of QuantiTech located in Tullahoma, Tennessee.  “We are honored to be this year’s non-profit recipient and are grateful to the generous hearts of QuantiTech’s employees,” said Carter Sain, SBCO President.  The Sportsmen & Businessmen Charitable Organization (SBCO) has been serving the Coffee County community...

Beginning Monday, September 23, 2019, a burn permit will be required to start an open air fire within five hundred feet of any forest, grassland or woodland. This starts the burn permit season a few weeks early this year due to dry conditions across the state. In most years, burn permits are not required outside of city limits until October 15. However, dry conditions have led to moving that date up this year. To inquire about a burn permit, you can do so online by clicking here, or by calling  (877) 731-2221 if you live in Coffee County. Residents...

The Honor Flight of Middle Tennessee made its fall 2019 flight to  Washington D.C. on Tuesday Sept. 17th World War II, Korean War and Vietnam veterans were on this trip. David Lowhorn, a 100 year young, World War II Navy veteran from Tullahoma was also on this flight, along with a female Navy Korean War veteran Betty Jo Cyr.  Veterans on this flight had served in the Army, Army Air Corps, Navy, Marine Corps and the Air Force. Veterans arrived at the Nashville airport around 5 a.m. and left on a Southwest Airlines flight at  7:15 a.m. The veterans...

An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest of a former employee at the Cannon County Sheriff’s Department. At the request of 16th District Attorney General Jennings Jones, on June 11th, TBI Agents began investigating a report of theft from the evidence room at the Cannon County Sheriff’s Department. During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information that identified Tony Barrett, a civilian employee of the Sheriff’s Department at that time, as the individual responsible for the theft. Barrett is no longer employed by the Sheriff’s Department. On September 20th,...

The Tennessee Department of Commerce is warning consumers about a student-loan scam where the victim thought she was paying the company to help her erase her student loan debt – only to find out after three years’ of payment – that the loans wouldn’t be forgiven and her original loans were in default. If you have student loans, how can you avoid student loan repayment scams? Here are a few tips from Department of Commerce -There is nothing that a company can offer that you cannot do for yourself for free. -Avoid any offer that promises quick loan forgiveness,...

We have an update for you to a story that Thunder Radio first brought to you last week. Shelbyville police were looking for Julius Dominick Guinn and John Lewis Rippey for their alleged involvement in an armed home invasion last week in Bedford County. Guinn was taken into custody Wednesday and is now in the Bedford County Jail under a bond of $350,000. However, Rippey, a white male, is still at large. Anyone with information regarding Rippey’s whereabouts is encouraged to contact the Shelbyville Police Department at  (931) 684-5811...

Friday is Fair Day! Students are out of school, and today (Sept. 20) is free admission to the Coffee County Fair from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Also during the day is $20 hand stamp day for rides on the midway; tickets only after 6. The midway will close down from 5-6 p.m. in the afternoon. Also on Friday – the youth field day events begin at 11 a.m. – they are free to enter. The Outlaw & Mini Rod Tractor Pull is at 7 p.m. and The Sound Dawgs will hit the stage at 7. Looking ahead to...