Join Thunder Radio in congratulating Coffee County Sheriff’s Department deputy Floyd Rowell on his graduation from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy Friday, April 1. Rowell has been with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department since 2014 and has worked in different areas of the office. Coffee County Sheriff’s Department said “Deputy Rowell has very much earned an opportunity to become a certified officer and we have been looking forward to having him back with us.” Floyd Rowell, left, graduated from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy on Friday, April 1,...

In an effort to better inform our listeners and the electorate at large, Thunder Radio WMSR will host a political forum on April 7 – just before early voting begins for the May 3 Coffee County primary. This continues an election-year tradition for Thunder Radio WMSR that dates back to 2012. The forum will run from 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7. The public is welcome to attend the event, which will be held at The Church at 117 (117 E. Fort St.) just off the square in downtown Manchester. For those who are unable to attend, the forum will...

Authorities in neighboring Warren County are attempting to identify a person who was allegedly responsible for a burglary and theft from an automobile. According to authorities there, this person attempted to use stolen bank cards where a surveillance photo was captured. (see photo above). The suspect appears to be a white male, wearing a black hood with a camouflage type of shirt material used as a mask. Anyone with information should contact Warren County Sheriff’s Department at...

Early Thursday morning (March 31, 2022) approximately 17 Manchester firefighters and 11 pieces of apparatus deployed to Sevierville, TN in support of wildland fire operations occurring in East Tennessee, according to MFD chief George Chambers. Personnel and equipment from Manchester Fire-Rescue, Hillsboro Volunteer Fire, Summitville Volunteer Fire along with Winchester Fire and Moore County Volunteer Fire deployed from Manchester headed to Sevierville.  Crews will be there for an unknown number of days supporting wildland fire operations and structural fire protection for the wildfire affected communities in East TN.  Mandatory evacuations have been underway due to the fire. As of...

Thunder The Magazine The newest issue of Thunder The Magazine is now on the streets. The quarterly magazine – featuring season recaps, action photography and feature stories from the just completed winter sports season – hit the streets on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. The glossy magazine is 48-pages – the largest issue yet. “For this issue we really wanted to step up our game,” explained publisher Josh Peterson. “The first two issues provided us with a learning curve. For this issue, we expanded our page count thanks to the large amount of advertisers interested in this product. And we...

Two people were tragically killed Tuesday, March 29 in a wreck involving a motorcycle versus vehicle in McMinnville. According to a news report from WOWC, a 2018 Toyota 4Runner driven by Alissa Rains of McMinnville was making a turn from Donnell St. to North Spring Street when she collided with a 2007 Suzuki Motorcycle, which was driven by Bryan Jennings, age 21, of McMinnville. The motorcycle and 4Runner both caught fire. Jennings was pronounced deceased at the scene. He also had a passenger, Katelyn Rogers, 20, of McMinnville. She was transported to the hospital where she later died. McMinnville...

In an effort to better inform our listeners and the electorate at large, Thunder Radio WMSR will host a political forum on April 7 – just before early voting begins for the May 3 Coffee County primary. This continues an election-year tradition for Thunder Radio WMSR that dates back to 2012. The forum will run from 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7. The public is welcome to attend the event, which will be held at The Church at 117 (117 E. Fort St.) just off the square in downtown Manchester. For those who are unable to attend, the forum will...

As part of a statewide initiative in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR), and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC), Motlow State Community College will train, upskill, and certify students in Tennessee in cloud computing. The overall goal for TBR is to train 5,000 people by 2025. Through this statewide initiative, technical training and education mapped to in-demand skills will be available from Motlow State. “I’m delighted that AWS, Amazon’s cloud computing business, is able to provide the resources to Motlow at no cost,” Motlow’s Interim Executive Vice President for Student Success...