Manchester Police have arrested Brandon Raspberry, age 22, after they say he violently killed a kitten at the Royal Inn after getting into an argument with his girlfriend.  Raspberry has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty and domestic assault.  According to Manchester Police Department Chief Investigator Jackie Matheny, Jr. authorities were able to obtain video footage of parts of the incident that happened on July 28th. Raspberry was arrested on August 1st.  Matheny said Raspberry got into an argument with his girlfriend and he later killed the kitten, which the two had adopted. Raspberry’s bond was set at...

In an update to a story we have been reporting on at WMSR news for months, Adam Braseel is now a free man. Braseel was found guilty in 2007 in the beating death of Malcolm Burrows and in an assault on Burrows’ sister.  A plea deal was reached Friday  in which Braseel’s murder conviction was dropped in exchange for pleading guilty to aggravated assault. Judge Justin Angel ordered Braseel freed immediately on time served for the guilty plea on assault. Braseel has sought a new trial since being convicted, stating that he was a victim of mistaken identity. Braseel...

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has compiled the latest data that reveals the largest occupations in the state and the salaries workers in those fields earn.  The occupational group with the largest percent of Tennessee employment in 2018 was Office and Administrative Support Occupations, taking up 15.8% and accounting for almost 469,000 workers. These include jobs like customer service reps, office clerks, stock clerks and order fillers. The occupations with the highest wages within this group were postal service mail sorters, processors and processing machine operators at $58,000. The lowest wages in this group were resort,...

Results from last Thursday’s Tullahoma municipal alderman election were very tight. Four candidates were seeking two seats, and winners were Rupa Blackwell and Daniel Berry. Berry finished just five votes better than incumbent Jackie Duncan, according to unofficial totals. Results will be certified on August 15th.  Unofficial vote totals are as follows: Rupa Blackwell – 1,017 Daniel Berry – 739 Jackie Duncan – 734 Stephen Landers –...

You may remember that we reported to you about skeletal remains being discovered near the Cole Ridge Rd. Area back on July 16th. Now those remains have been identified as Tracey Young, age 50.  Young had previously been reported missing since June 2nd.  Coffee County District Attorney General Craig Northcott told Thunder Radio News that the remains were identified by “familial DNA match.” Connie Ray, age 61, was arrested July 16 in connection with the case and charged with false reporting, abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and accessory after the fact. She remains in the Coffee County...

We have an update to a story from June of 2016. You may remember that Garieon Simmons, of Decherd, stole a vehicle from Coffee County Funeral Chapel in 2016 and fled police from Manchester to Rutherford County. He later crashed in Murfreesboro, killing 28-year old Jennifer Campos.  At the time Simmons was charged with first degree murder, aggravated vehicular assault, vehicular homicide, two counts of aggravated assault, theft of property, criminal impersonation, evading arrest, reckless endandgerment, driving on a revoked license, violation of probation and being a habitual motor vehicle offender.  On July 24 Simmons pleaded guilty to three...

Murfreesboro police cited a  Woodbury couple for animal cruelty after they found a dog inside of a hot car earlier this week.  A Woodbury couple allegedly left their dog in their car at the South Rutherford Blvd. Walmart with the outside temperature 92 degrees. The responding officer paged for the couple over the intercom, when they did not respond, the officer made entry into the vehicle with a lock-out kit and removed the dog from he vehicle. The dog was placed inside of an air conditioned patrol car where it drank two bottles of water. Temperature reading devices read...