A federal judge blocked Tennessee’s new restrictions for registering voters from taking effect on October 1st of this year.  For now, the ruling sets aside a law that fines groups that pay workers when too many incomplete registration forms are submitted. The law would criminalize intentional infractions of a new set of rules, exposing voting advocates to misdemeanor charges, according to the Associated Press. Voter registration groups sued over the law, saying it has already curtailed their ability to enroll voters.  US District Judge Aleta Trauger said the effort is akin to “poisoning the soil in order to have...

We have an update to a story Thunder Radio brought to you Thursday in the case of a high-speed chase and the arrest of Daniel Rainey.  According to the official arrest report from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department, deputy Blake Simmons observed Rainey, 35, at Ben’s Lakewood Market and was advised that Rainey was possibly involved in drug traffic. When Simmons attempted to initiate a traffic stop on Lumley Stand Rd., he states in his report that Rainey accelerated in an erratic manner and began tossing bags out the window consistent with narcotics. The report states that Rainey also...

The Coffee County Fair starts Saturday, Sept. 14. The midway events and rides will not begin until Monday, Sept. 16. Saturday will be the well-known beauty pageants. Miss Teen Coffee County will be at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and the Fairest of the Fair will be at 8 Saturday night. Sunday will be full of baby shows: 0-6 months at 1 p.m., 6-12 months at 2 p.m., 12-18 months at 3 p.m., 18-24 months at 4 p.m., and the 2-3 years toddler show is at 5 p.m. Be sure to stay tuned to Thunder Radio news next week as we...

Coffee County deputies arrested Daniel Ray Rainey on Tuesday, Sept. 10 after a pursuit that ended at Lumley Stand and Ramsey Green Roads.  Rainey, who is 35, has been charged with evading arrest, reckless endangerment, driving on revoked or suspended license, manufacture, delivery, sale of methamphetaines and tampering with evidence. He was arrested by deputy Blake Simmons. According to his intake information, Rainey is being held on $35,000...

The Coffee County Commission met Tuesday night, Sept. 10 One key item on the agenda was to fill the vacancy on the commission for District 8. The commission voted three times in an attempt to fill that seat, but all three times ended in a 9-9 tie vote between Jeff Keele and Tim Brown. Two commissioners were absent. The seat will remain unfilled until the commission can meet again and select someone. The next scheduled meeting is in November. The mayor’s office said that a special-called meeting could be set for October, but that is undecided at this time....

We have an update to a story that Thunder Radio News first brought to you last week. Arrests have been made in the case of animal cruelty in which 17 dogs were found in poor condition on Ute Dr. In Beech Grove.  Arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 10 were Sharon Lenore Chaffin, 46, and Earnest Doyle Chaffin, 51. Both charged with cruelty to animals with an $8,500 bond. On August 30, deputies responded to a call at Ute Dr. to a complaint that a puppy had fallen out of a second floor window of a house across the road from...

Next week will be the annual shutdown for the Manchester Recreation Center, which annually shuts down for cleaning and maintenance during the week of the Coffee County Fair. From Monday, Sept. 16, through Sunday the 22nd, the center will be closed. It will re-open at 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 23. However, if you still want to take classes, the department will teach some classes at the Ada Wright Building in Fred Deadman Park. You can see the class schedule by clicking here. ...

An Ohio man was arrested Sunday after allegedly leading Manchester police on a high-speed pursuit through residential neighborhoods off of Hills Chapel Rd.  At approximately 6:30 p.m. Sunday, police were dispatched to a residence on Forrestwood Drive to a man causing a disturbance, beating on the front door of the home with something metal. The complainant advised officers that the subject was possibly under the influence and could possibly be armed with a gun.  Manchester Police Department officer Antonio Frost observed the vehicle matching the suspect’s leaving the area upon his arrival. According to Frost’s report, when he attempted...