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Mega Millions Now Over $900 Million
The Mega Millions jackpot is now up to over $900 million. Lottery officials raised the estimated prize Wednesday, less than a day after another drawing without a winner increased the prize to $868 million. Officials say no tickets matched all six numbers to claim the Mega Millions prize Tuesday night. The next drawing is Friday night. The estimated jackpot for that drawing would be the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. The largest lottery jackpot was a $1.6 billion Powerball prize won in January 2016. The odds of winning the jackpot aren’t good, at one in 302.5 million. Mega...
Red Raider Football Game Moved from Friday to Thursday
The Coffee County Red Raider football game scheduled for Friday night at Siegel has been moved up until Thursday night. The threat of rain for Friday triggered the decision to change the date on Wednesday afternoon. Athletic directors in Rutherford County have moved all the games for Friday night until Thursday night hoping for better weather. Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the broadcast as Lucky Knott and Dustin Murray will have the call. Thunder Radio’s exclusive coverage will begin with the pregame show at 6:45 live from Siegel on Thursday. On Friday night, Thunder Radio...
Early Voting Has Begun
Early voting for the November midterm elections has begun in Tennessee. Voters can cast their ballots through November 1 or on Election Day November 6. You will see on the ballot, 28 people running for the office of Governor. 8 candidates are on the ballot for U.S. Senate and 4 individuals are running for 6th District Congress. Two local candidates are running for 47th District State Representative, Mike Winton and Rush Bricken. The district includes all of Coffee County and small portion of Warren County. These locations are: Coffee County Election Commission, 1329 McArthur Street, Manchester, TN 37355, Monday...
Coffee County Sheriff’s Department Searching for Wanted Man
The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department has sent out a request on their Facebook page for information on a wanted suspect. Terry Justin Vaughn is wanted in connection with a theft case and has active arrest warrants here in Coffee County. Any contact or information on Vaughn please contact Coffee County Sheriff’s Department Investigator James Sherrill at...
Rutherford County Deputy Suspended after Inmates Escape
A Rutherford County Adult Detention Center employee who enabled two inmates to escape last Wednesday was suspended for two weeks without pay from October 19-30, said Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh. Deputy Beth Miles was also placed on probation one year. Miles was serving as the Central Control operator when inmates Dewayne Halfacre and Jonathan Baxter were accused of assaulting another detention deputy about 12:30 a.m. Oct. 10. The injured deputy could be heard calling out for assistance on her radio and another employee alerted co-workers who rushed to help the injured deputy. Also, the escapees pulled the fire alarm to...
Tennessee Regulators Reject MTSU Plan for Law School
Tennessee regulators have rejected a plan to move Valparaiso University’s struggling law school to Middle Tennessee State University. The Tennessee Higher Education Commission voted 8-5 Monday to deny the law school’s transfer to the MTSU campus. The vote came after the two schools’ governing boards endorsed the transfer agreement earlier this month. Middle Tennessee State University President Sidney McPhee says the commission’s decision “denies a legal education to Nashville-area students financially unable to attend an expensive, nearby accredited private institution” or unable to move to a university hundreds of miles away, in Knoxville or Memphis. Valparaiso University officials said...
First-Quarter Profits from Lottery bring in More than $98 million
The Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation brought in more profit for its first-quarter transfer, more than $98 million, making the total raised since inception to more than $4.7 billion. Total sales and proceeds for education from the period of July 1, 2018, through Sept. 30, 2018, were the second highest since the Lottery first began in 2004. More than 130,000 students benefited from Lottery-funded programs during the past academic year, and more than $1.3 million scholarships and grants have been awarded since...
Red Raider Band to Play in Veterans Day Parade
The Coffee County Red Raider Band is preparing to march in the Veterans Day Parade in Winchester, TN. This will be the first Veterans Day parade in this area since 1945. The band accepted the invitation from the American Legion Post #44 to appear Sunday, November 11 in Winchester. “All veterans in Coffee, Moore, Grundy and Franklin Counties are encouraged to participate in the parade,” said Ray Cobb, Parade Coordinator for American Legion Post #44. Veterans will line up in their cars behind a banner that represents the time they were in the military beginning at 1:30 p.m....
