We have a special announcement for political candidates; Thunder Radio is offering free 10-minute pre-recorded interviews to all candidates that are running in the August 2, 2018 general election. The candidate would ideally have their interview completed in the month of June. Please contact a Thunder Radio Representative to schedule your interview: Billy Levengood- billylevengood@gmail.com Lucky Knott- luckyknott@gmail.com Tiffany Clutter- wmsr@thunder1320.com The county general election and state primary will be held August 2, 2018. The county election will be held for: mayor, all 21 commissioners, trustee, sheriff, county clerk, circuit court clerk, register of deeds, road superintendent, road commissioners...

For the last several years music lovers had to choose between the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and CMA Fest but in 2019 the events will be held on different weekends. CMA Fest will be held June 6 to 9 and Bonnaroo will be held the following weekend from June 13 through June 16. Nashville officials said they anticipate future years to follow the same date pattern. The Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. say they have enjoyed an excellent relationship with Bonnaroo through the years. The Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. most recently hosted the new Nashville-themed area “The...

Tennessee’s rural communities have a new lifeline to higher education. This fall, Tennessee State University will offer an Agricultural Science degree program to students in the mid-state farming community of Fayetteville. The goal is to bring college courses to people who might otherwise be unable to earn a degree to advance their careers and farming opportunities. Dr. John Ricketts, professor of agricultural science at Tennessee State University, said it could be a game changer for the rural community. “Forty to 60 percent of jobs in the agricultural industry go unfilled or filled by folks that don’t have any training...

In an effort to provide greater flexibility and clarity to Tennessee educators when planning for school safety emergencies, the Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) has announced new guidance for classroom safety in addition to the adoption of the National Fire Protection Association 2018 Life Safety Code rules for classroom safety measures. During annual inspections of classrooms, inspectors will no longer issue citations for barricade devices so long as the devices are not attached to a door nor deployed during an inspection. If a device is used for purposes other than security drills or lockdowns, this will be noted...

We have an update on the four paramedics that were working at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival that were taken to a hospital Monday morning with possible carbon monoxide poisoning. All 4 people were airlifted once arriving at Unity Medical Center in Manchester. There were two males ages 40 and 43 and two females both age 26. All are from Tennessee. Three of the victims were airlifted to Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga. One was taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. One of the four has been released and the other three are expected to be released...

The 17th Annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival ended late Sunday night and Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves says his department wrote 181 citations during Bonnaroo 2018. The number was down from the over 200 written in 2017. Manchester Police Chief Mark Yother says his department wrote around 200 citations, with most of them being written for traffic violations. Tennessee Highway Patrol numbers are always released at a later date. Overall there were 45 Bonnaroo related arrests by all law enforcement combined, which was up slightly from 42 in 2017. Most of the arrests and citations were drug and...

Three McMinnville men were arrested and charged in connection with an armed robbery at America’s Best Value Inn late Saturday night. Arrested were 29 year-old Robert Ghrist, 22 year-old Lucas Collins and 25 year-old Mathew Collins. The victim told police the suspects had entered his room armed with a gun and demanded money. The victim reported that several hundred dollars was taken in the robbery. The three are charged with aggravated robbery and are being housed at the Warren County Jail under a $100,000 bond...