Students planning on attending Motlow State Community College this fall must submit an application for admission or readmission by Aug. 21, according to Mae Sanders, director of admissions and records at Motlow.
Students can apply online until midnight on Aug. 21. Online applications can be accessed from the “Apply Now” tab on the Motlow website (www.mscc.edu). Also, staff members are available at all Motlow locations to help students with the application process. Students applying on the Moore County campus should do so at the Admissions and Records office located inside the Crouch Center.
A student must complete an application for admission for all of Motlow’s programs of study. Some programs, such as nursing, have additional requirements that must be met before admission is granted into the program.
Students interested in earning high school and college credit for courses in the Dual Enrollment program, and those enrolling in the Adult College Express program also are required to apply by Aug. 21.
For more information, call the Moore County campus at 931-393-1500, Fayetteville campus at 931-438-0028, McMinnville campus at 931-668-7010, or Smyrna campus at 615-220-7800. All sites also can be reached at 800-654-4877.
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Fall semester application deadline for Motlow State is August 21
We’re Celebrating 60 Years in Business
Former control board at WMSR
We are looking for any pictures you might have or know of related to WMSR throughout the years.
We really, really want a picture of “Mobil Unit 1”!! We also don’t have a pic of the original location when we first went on the air.
If you have anything at all please email it to WMSR@thunder1320.com
Thank you in advance for your help.
CORRECTION–Summer Break Ending–Back to School Time
The summer break from school is almost up as students return to class next week. Coffee County Schools will have an abbreviated day on August 1 as students will be released at 10am. Teachers will have an administration day on August 2 and the first full day of classes will be August 3.
Manchester City Schools will have an abbreviated day on August 2, until 9 a.m., with regular classes beginning on August 3.
Classes at Tullahoma City Schools will begin August 2 with students being released at 1pm and the first full day on August 3.
Former Tullahoma Substitute Teacher to be Sentenced
Susan Gail Stephens jail intake photo from 2006.
A former Tullahoma High School substitute teacher is scheduled to be sentenced in Coffee County Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon for having sex with a 17-year-old friend of her daughter. The alleged incident occurred in 2006 at a residence in Tullahoma.
Susan Gail Stephens was charged with two counts of statutory rape and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The case has been on hold since 2006 while she appealed to the State Court of Appeals and to the Tennessee Supreme Court.
She had asked for pretrial diversion which prosecutor Jason Ponder was opposed to doing. She is expected on Wednesday to ask for judicial diversion, meaning no jail time. She recently entered a plea of guilty in Circuit Court.
Coffee County Circuit Court Judge Craig Johnson will hand down the sentence.
Stephens, who was 44 at the time of her arrest in 2006, is represented by Nashville attorney Ed Yarbrough.
Gas Prices beginning to Climb
Gas prices have been on a roller coaster ride this summer. After rising in the spring, then taking a nosedive last month, pump prices are climbing once again, only to set up for another plunge in the fall.
The average price for gasoline in Tennessee rose 3 cents during the past week. The state average on Sunday was $2.05. Fewer than half of gas stations in Tennessee are selling regular unleaded for less than $2 a gallon. So far this year, the price of regular averaged $2.08 in Tennessee; 20 cents more than the same period last year.
AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said gas prices should trend higher through the second half of the summer, and could challenge this year’s high of $2.18 before it’s all over. He said gas prices will drop after Labor Day as demand weakens and refiners switch to winter-blend gasoline.
The national average price for a gallon of regular Sunday was $2.28, a 3 cent increase over last week.
The low price per gallon as of Tuesday afternoon was $1.91 in Manchester and $1.94 in Tullahoma.
Man Dies from his injures around One Month after he was involved in a Fatal Crash
A Cannon County man has died at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga nearly a month after being injured in a crash that killed a McMinnville teenager.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 56 year old Craig Mears of Woodbury has died as a result of injuries he suffered in the crash that happened the night of June 25th on Highway 70 near Centertown.
Authorities said Mears was traveling the wrong way in the westbound lanes when his vehicle crashed head-on into a vehicle driven by 16 year old Promise Harrison of McMinnville. She died in the crash. A 14 year old passenger in her vehicle was critically injured.
Alleged Threats at Local Hotel Leads to Arrest
Jonathan Cox Herring… Photo provided by the CCSD.
Herring was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a handgun while under the influence, unlawful carrying or possession of a weapon illegal possession, public intoxication, driving on revoked/suspended license and failure to appear. His bond was set at $40,500 and he will appear in court on August 15, 2017.
New Land Management Plans would bring Slight Changes to land around Normandy Lake
Normandy Dam
This plan replaces a land use forecast drafted in 2011 as part of a natural resource plan.
The environmental review of the land management plans started in February 2016. A draft environmental impact statement was published in December 2016, and TVA held a series of public meetings, including one in Manchester in January of this year, to discuss the land use plans with stakeholders.
The land around each TVA reservoir is divided up into various zones — recreational, project operations and so on.
TVA says its adjustments to the land use plan at Normandy are “relatively minor” and that the biggest change is moving one tract of land from zone 3, Sensitive Resource Management, to zone 4, Natural Resource Conservation, “based on new information about the presence/absence of known sensitive resources in the area.”
The plan also increases the amount dedicated to project operations, due to transmission line and road rights-of-way. Slightly more land was assigned to developed recreation.
The plan breaks down the 4,797 acres at Normandy as follows:
Zone 2, Project Operations, 791 acres;
Zone 3, Sensitive Resource Management, 372 acres;
Zone 4, Natural Resource Conservation, 3,366 acres;
Zone 5, Industrial, no acreage;
Zone 6, Developed Recreation, 259 acres;
Zone 7, Shoreline Access, 10 acres.
Zone 1 is non-TVA shoreland with TVA land rights, and wasn’t reflected in the planning process.
Normandy Dam is located in Bedford County, although most of the reservoir is in Coffee County. The dam was completed in 1976.
(Thanks to Shelbyville Times Gazette)
Agent Charged with Insurance Fraud in Grundy County
Steven Ruggiero
At the request of 12th District Attorney General Mike Taylor, in April 2015, TBI Special Agents began investigating a complaint of insurance fraud against then-insurance agent Steven Ruggiero. During the course of the investigation, Agents learned that in April 2014, the victim purchased workers’ compensation and liability insurance for his Monteagle business from Ruggiero. The victim paid $9,147 for a policy Ruggiero claimed was underwritten by an insurance group. The investigation revealed that the policy was determined to be fraudulent, and that Ruggiero had no authority to sell or issue policies from that insurance company.
On July 12th, the Grundy County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging 42 year-old Steven John Ruggiero with one count of Insurance Fraud. On Friday, Ruggiero turned himself in to authorities at the Grundy County Jail, where he was booked on a $15,000 bond.
Tuesday is National Hire a Veteran Day
Tuesday is the inaugural National Hire a Veteran Day in the United States. It is a day when employer’s are encouraged to consider the benefits a veteran can bring to the workplace.
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, along with its workforce partners across the state, offers a variety of services to help connect veterans with employers willing to hire them.
The Department’s local staff at the state’s American Job Centers assist more than 39,000 veterans annually. Additionally, the Department works with employers to match their needs with the unique qualifications a veteran has to offer.
Veterans are provided priority on service on the state’s employment database website, Jobs4TN.gov. They receive access to all new jobs 24-hours before the postings are available to the general public. This also applies to all programs funded by the U.S Department of Labor.
Programs such as skills assessment, resume assistance and coaching on how to conduct a successful interview, to help veterans smoothly transition the civilian workforce, are available.
