Thunderbolt Broadcasting has learned that, former Weakley County Mayor Houston Patrick died Saturday night. Mr. Patrick served as mayor of Weakley County for 2 terms retiring in 2014. Prior to that, he was Weakley County’s Register of Deeds. He also served many years as pastor of Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church and was speaker on the […]
The bass fishing coach at McCracken County High School has been arrested on sexual abuse and child pornography charges involving minors.
Kentucky State Police contacted the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office, after allegations of inappropriate contact and communications were made by a minor and 56 year old coach John Parks.
Following an interview with the victim, Parks was […]
Martin Elementary School was named a Tennessee Reward School this week, and celebrated by having a pizza party Friday courtesy of the Charger Foundation.
Charger Foundation board member Hollianne Carver told the students Friday the foundation was proud of their achievement.
MES Principal Terri Stephenson tells Thunderbolt Radio News about the Reward School recognition.
Miss Stephenson commended the […]
A mother and her four children escaped an early morning house fire in Huntingdon Friday. However. several family pets were lost in the fire.
Huntingdon Public Safety Director Walter Smothers says just before 4:00 Friday morning, the Huntingdon Fire and Rescue Department responded to a residential fire at 300 Chick Lane in Huntingdon.
Captain Doug Pruitt was […]
A missing Greenfield woman was found Friday morning in a crashed vehicle in a ditch in Martin.
Martin Assistant Police Chief Phillip Fuqua says 80-year-old Nancy C. Maclin was reported missing just after 5:00 Friday morning.
Fuqua says Martin Police Officers used cell phone location data to localize searches in areas in and around the Martin city […]
A Civil War battlefield in northern Henderson County will receive nearly $50,000 dollars in a grant from the Tennessee Wars Commission and Tennessee Historical Commission.
The commission announced Thursday that $48,800 dollars has been awarded to Parkers Crossroads Battlefield for the purchase of a replica Civil War artillery caisson and limber and wayside signage which will […]
Military officials, friends and dignitaries will be part of honoring the life of a Union City soldier, who lost his life in the Vietnam War in 1968.
Funeral services for Lt. Richard “Tito” Lannom will take place at Discovery Park of America on March 2nd at 1:00.
Lannom died when his plane apparently received enemy fire during […]
A man who was the object of a search in Western Kentucky has been taken into custody.
Kentucky State Police at Post 1 said 29 year old Jacob Krohn was captured by Troopers Adam Jones and Bryan Luckett, after being seen running thru a field in Graves County on Thursday morning.
The search began after Graves County […]
VP Racing Fuels announced Thursday that it will locate new operations in Huntingdon.
The race fuel manufacturer and distributor will create 40 new jobs and invest approximately $4.6 million in Carroll County.
VP, a race fuel manufacturer and distributor, is recognized by many as the world leader in race fuel technology, with a catalog of more than 70 […]
A Sheriff’s Department in Western Kentucky is alerting residents about a “secret shopper” scam.
Carlisle County Sheriff William Gilbert said he was alerted by a citizen who had received a letter containing a Postal Money Order for $998.
Sheriff Gilbert said the letter instructed the reader to purchase two Walmart gift cards for $400 each.
The individual was […]
