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Lincoln County Sheriff deputies have arrested a juvenile after investigating a threat made to Lincoln County High School on Wednesday.
In a post on Facebook, the sheriff said, “The Sheriff’s Department has been working throughout the night after being made aware of a potential threat at the Lincoln County High School.”
The Sheriff added that the threat was investigated and found “there is no current threat.”
A juvenile has been arrested and charged with filing a false report.
The school district posted about the investigation on Facebook and said it will issue an “all-call” to Lincoln County High School parents to explain what happened.
The juvenile has not been identified, per state law, and the type of threat and how it was communicated has not been released. (WKRN)

Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum confirms an inmate has passed away at the Grundy County Detention Center.
Robert Dean Argo (62), of Monteagle, was speaking to corrections officers around 5:10 p.m. on Tuesday.
Sheriff Shrum said, “Mr. Argo had asked for some milk. When corrections officers returned a few minutes later they found him slumped over and unresponsive.”.
Argo was transported to Emerald Hodgson Hospital in Sewanee, TN by ambulance where he was pronounced dead. Sheriff Shrum stated the District Attorney’s Office has been notified. An autopsy has been requested.

Motlow State Community College and Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Shelbyville recently entered into an articulation agreement that facilitates students transferring from TCAT Shelbyville to Motlow.
An articulation agreement is a formal agreement to transfer credits from one educational institution or system to another. By design, an articulation arrangement assures that courses students complete will not have to be repeated at the institution to which they are transferring.
“The collaborative efforts of Motlow State Community College and TCAT Shelbyville will provide support for our community of learners to take further advantage of credential attainment,” said Dr. Michael Torrence, Motlow president.
According to the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) website, one of the highest priorities for colleges and universities in the TBR System is to assure the seamless transfer of courses among institutions. An effective transfer process is essential for TBR institutions.
“We owe it to our students and to our industry partners to seek seamless transfer opportunities which allow our graduates to build on the in-demand skill sets and credentials earned at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Shelbyville,” said Dr. Laura Monks, TCAT Shelbyville president. “It is a pleasure to work with Motlow to formalize these pathways and to support workforce development in the southern middle Tennessee region.”
The Motlow/TCAT Shelbyville agreement is the first individual TCAT partnership of its kind for Motlow. Currently, the College has multiple articulation and transfer agreements in place with other institutions such as Middle Tennessee State University, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Martin Methodist College, and Tennessee State University.
The new agreement specifically pertains to the awarding of college credit to Administrative Office Technology graduates from TCAT Shelbyville for two Associate of Applied Science degrees at Motlow: Business, Medical Office Concentration; and Computer Information Technology, Cyber Defense Concentration.

It took 73 years, but a Veterans Day parade was held November 11 in the local area. In 1945 Franklin County saluted veterans with a parade and this past Sunday another parade took place again. Military equipment, marching bands from three counties, including Coffee County along with cheerleaders, flag girls, dignitaries, public safety officers and floats took over the streets of downtown Winchester. Vehicles carrying veterans from four wars led by grand marshals from World War II. One of those being from Manchester, World War II veteran and Prisoner of War (POW) Ed Reader.
Ray Cobb, a Legionnaire and Vietnam veteran and his wife among others were in charge of the parade. Cobb says he hopes the Veterans Day parade will become an annual event.

Gov. Bill Haslam’s office says Amazon’s plans for a Tennessee operations hub is expected to create 5,000 jobs, that represent “the single largest jobs commitment made by a company in Tennessee’s history.”
A Haslam news release Tuesday says Amazon will invest $230 million-plus to locate its Operations Center of Excellence in Nashville Yards, a 15-acre, mixed-use downtown development. Holly Sullivan of Amazon Public Policy says Nashville will become the eastern U.S. hub for its retail operations division.
Amazon’s new 1 million square-foot Nashville office space will host tech and management functions.
Amazon says it will receive up to $102 million in performance-based incentives based on the creation of 5,000 jobs with an average wage exceeding $150,000 in Nashville.
The state says Amazon currently has six Tennessee facilities employing more than 6,500 people.

Fuel prices are plunging. Tennessee motorists have seen gas prices decline 19 cents in the past 31 days. Sunday’s state average of $2.50 is 5 cents less than a week ago, and the lowest since April 12th. Despite the recent discount, we are still paying 16 cents per gallon more than this time last year.
AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said the price of producing gasoline has dramatically declined during the past month, thanks to concerns of lower global demand and strong fuel supply production. Jenkins said unless oil prices change course, we could easily see pump prices shed another 10 to 20 cents before 2019 and slip below year-ago levels by Thanksgiving.
The national average has declined 20 cents during the past month. Sunday’s national average price was $2.70 per gallon.
The low price for a gallon of gas this week in Manchester was $2.29 as of Tuesday afternoon and $2.45 in Tullahoma.

The Motlow State Community College Crisis Assessment and Risk Evaluation (CARE) Team recently received the National Behavioral Intervention Team Association (NaBITA) 2018 Best Practices Institutional Impact Award for evidenced-based institutional impact.
The award, presented during the opening of the 2018 NaBITA Conference in San Antonio, reflects the efforts of the Motlow CARE Team in developing a workshop that results in better assisting students to find and utilize support services to promote and improve their well-being.
The Motlow CARE Team designed the workshop as a foundation to assist the campus community in finding the resources needed to help students.
The Motlow CARE Team initially reviewed the reporting system, and as cases began to come in, created a flow chart to reflect practical processes. Each case gave the team more awareness of the communication processes needed to assist students in finding and utilizing support services.