Grundy County Sheriff’s Department Authorities are asking for help finding a camper that was stolen on Wednesday, Feb. 2 from the 20th Ave. South area in Gruetli Laager. See photo below. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact 931-692-3466 ext. 5. Your tips will remain...

Everyone deserves a healthy relationship founded on trust, honesty, respect, equality, and compromise. Youth and young adults must be guided and taught to build healthy relationships and identify unhealthy ones. This February, the Tennessee Department of Health is taking part in Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month to help prevent and bring awareness to dating violence among Tennessee teens. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly one in 11 female and one in 14 male high school students reported having experienced physical dating violence in the past year. Twenty-six percent of women and 15...

Left to right: CHS principal Paul Parsley, John Dobson and Rosalyn Partin with Manchester H&R Block. Join us at Thunder Radio and Rosalyn Partin of the Manchester H&R Block and congratulate our student of the week – John Dobson John is a senior at Coffee County Central High School. He was nominated by his teachers and administrators.  John is the son of Jim and Erin Dobson. He plays for the Red Raider basketball team and enjoys hanging out with friends. He plans to enlist in the National Guard. All students of the week are selected for their work ethic...

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated Tennessee’s ban on abortions for reasons such as race, gender, or genetic abnormality. Tennessee Right to Life supported this provision as it passed through the legislature, and it applauded the decision. Stacy Dunn, president of Tennessee Right to Life stated, “We applaud the Sixth Circuit for, once again, affirming the voice of the people of Tennessee and upholding this ban on abortions of children based on race, gender or genetic abnormality.”  “This provision, in particular, defends the most vulnerable among us and upholds the virtue that all...

By Joyce Prusak, Executive Director of Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center Have you ever thought that people who abuse children would look weird and strange – that something about them would just be off? Think again. Perpetrators can often look and act just like everyone else. Neighbors, friends, and family members can be abusers. Abusers are people you trust, often charismatic and friendly. If something about a person doesn’t feel right, however, trust your “gut feeling.” Child sexual abuse may start like this: Maggy, 5, sometimes spends the night with her friend, Sarah, also 5. Maggy’s parents know Sarah’s...

Luke Beachboard – CHS Class of 2022 ValedictorianLandon Meadows – CHS Class of 2022 Salutatorian (photo by Bailey Morgan Photography) Coffee County Central High School has announced the Top 10 Percent, along with the valedictorian and salutatorian for the graduating class of 2022. The Class of 2022 is scheduled to graduate on Friday, May 27, 2022 – just over 100 days away. This year’s valedictorian, which goes to the graduating senior with the highest GPA., is Luke Beachboard. After graduation, Beachboard plans to attend UT-Chattanooga to major in Preprofessional Biology. After that he plans to attend veterinary school. He...

For the second time this week, the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department teamed up with a local elementary school to make large collections of pet food and blankets for the Coffee County Animal Shelter. This week, the sheriff’s department teamed up with Deerfield Elementary School and the school’s Safety...

Tullahoma Police Department officials are asking for the public’s help to identify an individual. This person, a black male, was allegedly involved in an incident at a local business back on January 20, 2022. (see photo below). Anyone with information is encouraged to contact TPD detective Johnny Gore at 931-455-0530 ext. 109 or email...