For anyone wanting to get their hands on at-home COVID-19 tests, they can do so beginning Wednesday. According to Tennessee Department of Health, every home in the United States can order four at-home COVID-19 tests beginning January 19. There are no direct costs or shipping costs and you will not need to enter a credit card number to get the tests. Visit covidtests.gov on January 19 to...

There have been over 40 candidates pick up petitions for various elected offices across Coffee County in the upcoming 2022 elections. Candidates for the upcoming May 3, 2022 State and Coffee County Primary Elections began picking up petition papers on Dec. 20 at the Coffee County Election Commission. The deadline to have petitions returned is Thursday, Feb. 17 at noon with a withdrawal deadline of Feb. 24. Anyone wishing to vote in the May 3 primary must be registered by Monday, April 4. You can register by visiting the Coffee County Election Commission on McArthur St. Early voting will...

US National Weather Service snowfall predictions for Saturday night, Jan. 15 through Sunday, Jan. 16. Coffee County and all of Middle Tennessee has been placed under a Winter Storm Watch by the National Weather Service. The watch is for Saturday night into Sunday. Here are the bullet points for this watch offered by NWS: * A major winter storm will cause significant impacts from the Midwest down to the Tennessee Valley, then up the east coast. * Significant snow accumulations are expected across all of Middle Tennessee.* Travel will become very difficult, maybe impossible in some areas.* Over the...

Due to widespread illness, both Coffee County School System and Manchester City Schools will be CLOSED Friday, January 14. No extended care available. Both systems are scheduled to have Monday, Jan. 17, off for Martin Luther King, Jr. day, giving students and staff four consecutive days...

Franklin County Sheriff’s Department officials, in conjunction with Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and the TBI, executed a search warrant at 489 Benson Ln. in Belvidere that resulted in two arrests and confiscation of multiple weapons and drugs. Law enforcement discovered approximately 14.2 ounces of what is believed to be methamphetamine, various pills, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Law enforcement also recovered several firearms from the scene. Arrested were Eric Douglas Maxwell – charged with manufacture, sell of schedule II, possession of schedule I substance, simple possession / casual exchange of schedule IV and simple possession of schedule VI, possession of...

January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and state public health officials said it is important to recognize the warning signs and risk factors of exploitation. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there are more than 25 types of human trafficking spanning numerous industries, from sex trafficking within escort services to the labor trafficking of farmworkers. Tobi Adeyeye Amosun, assistant commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Health, Division of Family Health and Wellness, said the economic and social distress caused by the pandemic has exacerbated risks and vulnerability. “From a statistics standpoint, through mid-December 2021, Tennessee had...

Pictured are, from left, Rosalyn Partin with Manchester H&R Block, Chloe Hensiek and CMS principal Jimmy Anderson Join us at Thunder Radio and Rosalyn Partin of the Manchester H&R Block and congratulate our student of the week – Chloe Hensiek.   Chloe is a 7th grader at Coffee Middle School. She was nominated by her teachers and administrators.  Chloe is the daughter of Shawnda and Tim Hensiek. Her favorite subject is science. During her free time, Chloe enjoys running cross country and track. She is currently undecided about her plans after school. All students of the week are selected...

Manchester Police Department authorities are searching for the person or persons responsible for an armed robbery at Melrose Market Monday night, January 10, 2022. According to a police report filed by Manchester Police Department officer Travis Dickson, just after 7:30 p.m. Monday night an unknown male entered Melrose Market at 1440 Murfreesboro Highway. According to a worker in the store, the man entered the business with a gun, pointing it at her husbands head and demanding all the money in the store. According to the worker, the suspect then took her personal cell phone and smashed the store phone...