The 18th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival ended late Sunday night. Manchester Police Department Chief Investigator Jackie Matheny gave WMSR News the total number of citations and violations during the event (73 citations with a total of 107 violations that will head to General Sessions Court and 13 citations with a total of 24 violations in city court). https://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Jackie-Matheny-Roo.mp3 Matheny added Manchester Police made two arrests. Most of the arrests and citations were drug and alcohol-related. The 18th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was sellout meaning at least 80,000 people attended, up around 15,000 from last...

A group that partners with musicians on voter registration efforts say the 1,390 voters it signed up at Bonnaroo represent its all-time high for one festival. A news release from HeadCount says it has registered almost 600,000 voters at 7,500 concerts and music festivals since 2004. Bonnaroo ran from Thursday through Sunday in Manchester. HeadCount says it wants to register more than 200,000 voters by the 2020 presidential election. A new Tennessee law set to take effect in October allows fines and potentially jail time for voter registration workers who don’t follow new rules. Tennessee will likely be the...

Farmers and nursery operators in Coffee County and across the state will benefit from a new state law that takes effect July 1. Under legislation adopted by the Tennessee General Assembly and signed by Governor Lee this year, qualified farmers and nursery operators may obtain a sales tax exemption for any trailer used to transport farm products, nursery stock, equipment, supplies, and other agriculture products. A sales tax exemption is already in place for livestock trailers. The qualified farmer, nursery operator, or timber harvester must present a valid exemption certificate to the county clerk or dealer in order to...

Tennessee’s state average gas price is $2.35 per gallon for regular unleaded, which is seven cents less than a week ago, 20 cents less than one month ago and 19 cents less than a year ago. The national average is $2.68, which is six cents cheaper than last week. AAA spokesperson Stephanie Milani said the decline is unusual for this time of year. Typically, increased demand puts a strain on supply and the imbalance pushes pump prices higher. This year however, gasoline stocks have remained consistent thanks to strong domestic outputs and healthy imports, which help push prices lower....

After years of hard work and dedication from staff and citizens, the Tullahoma Animal Shelter is pleased to announce the doors are ready to open on the new facility. The public is invited to join the Board of Mayor and Aldermen for a ribbon cutting on Monday, June 24, 2019, at 4:45pm at 942 Maplewood Avenue. “It’s a tremendous feeling to finally officially open the doors to the new public Animal Shelter,” said Animal Control Supervisor, Jeff Wilson. “We take the health of our dogs very seriously, and this new facility is going to allow us to provide better...

As we reported earlier, a dirt bike adventure turned into a tragic event for a Hillsboro family over the weekend. According to Coffee County authorities, a dad and his son were riding a dirt bike in a yard on Saturday afternoon when tragedy struck. Allegedly the bike they were riding on ran into a barbed wire that was between two trees and the wire wrapped around 7 year-old’s throat. Authorities have identified the boy as Desal Reek. According to reports the father called 911 and performed CPR on his son. Coffee County Emergency Services arrived at the scene and...

The 18th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival ended late Sunday night and the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department is reporting that they wrote 230 citations during the event. According to WMSR News stories from past years, in 2017 there were 181 written and in 2016 the sheriff’s department wrote 295 citations. Deputies made 15 arrests during Bonnaroo 2019. Most of the arrests and citations were drug and alcohol-related. We plan to report the numbers from the Manchester Police Department on tomorrow’s news. The 18th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was sellout meaning at least 80,000 people attended, up...