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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is proposing free college tuition for students, but unless or until that policy is put in place, Tennesseans are struggling with student debt. That’s according to an analysis of Experian credit data released by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Their map shows particularly high rates of student loan debt in non-metropolitan areas where incomes are lower. Beyond that, explains Kavya Vaghul, research analyst with the Center, minorities are disproportionately impacted. “Middle-class minorities, the people who are taking out debt to go to college but haven’t been able to find jobs post-graduation or don’t have sufficient family wealth to pay it back, are the ones who are hurt most by delinquency,” says Vaghul. The analysis examined the number of student loans, deferred loans, the average balance on open loans and the average monthly payment on those loans to create the map. Nationwide, more than 42 million Americans owe a total of $1.3 trillion in student debt. According to Edvisors a group of websites about planning and paying for college the average college student with student loan debt will owe a little more than $35,000 when they graduate. Vaghul says that’s difficult to pay back for many students, particularly those with trouble finding a job. “The minority students, the African-American and Latino students who are coming out with debt, also face some really, really strong labor-market discrimination,” says Vaghul. “So when they’re coming out of college, they’re less likely to get jobs.” A study from the organization Young Invincibles which advocates for young people in the issues of education, jobs and health care – looked at data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census and found that African-American students need to complete two more levels of education to have the same probability of getting a job as their white peers.

 

According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, they were requested Sunday by 12th District Attorney General Michael Taylor to work with the Monteagle Police Department in investigating a death at the Monteagle Greene Apartment Complex at 48 Madison Avenue.
Around 5 a.m. Sunday, Monteagle Police responded to a report of a woman’s body being found at that complex, having sustained what appeared to be injuries associated with being struck by a motor vehicle. The circumstances surrounding the death are currently being investigated by Agents of the TBI.
The victim has been identified as Jennifer Layne, 24. She is the stepdaughter of former Grundy County Sheriff Brent Myers. An autopsy was performed yesterday.

Early Monday morning around 1:15am, Coffee County Deputy Harmon Campbell responded to a fire to an abandon residence at 751 Henry Cove road. When Deputy Harmon arrived the home was fully engulfed. Harmon says he contacted the power company to have them respond due to the flames getting close to the power lines.
Harmon added in his report that he was advised by the Hillsboro Fire department that the power was still on at the house as they were fighting it. The home was a complete loss and it is undermined what started the fire.

On Thursday February 18, 2016 a male subject allegedly entered 212 Lee Street in Tullahoma by kicking in the front door of the residence doing damage to the door and door frame. The arrest warrant indicates that once inside the man damaged a TV and a coffee table in the living room. The warrant goes onto say as the man left the residence he took DVDs, a DVD player and an LG smart phone without the permission of the owner. As the subject left the residence he was seen and identified by the victim.
Arrested by Tullahoma Officer Mickey Blanton was Phillip Luke Stewart age 22 of Lakeview St Manchester and he was charged with public intoxication, evading arrest, aggravated burglary and vandalism. His bond was set at $9,000 and he has a court date set for this Thursday.

The Manchester Street Department reported to police that a light has been stolen from the Old Tullahoma Hwy. and Belmont Road intersection.
The light was a yellow LED flashing light with a small solar panel on top. The purpose of this light was to slow traffic approaching the dangerous intersection.
If you have any information related to this theft, please contact the Manchester Police Department Crime Investigation Division at 931.728.2099.

Motlow State Community College recently nominated two outstanding students, Jacqueline Bumbalough, from Sparta, and Lucas Patterson, from McMinnville, as members of the 2016 All-Tennessee Academic Team.
The 13 community colleges across the state recognized 26 outstanding students at the 2016 All-Tennessee Academic Team luncheon in Nashville with college presidents and state legislators.
The honorees, all members of Phi Theta Kappa honor society, were awarded with special medallions and legislative declarations to recognize their leadership, academic accomplishments and service to their communities.
Phi Theta Kappa, community college presidents, and community college state associations sponsor All-State Community College Academic Team ceremonies in 38 participating states. Phi Theta Kappa is an honors society at two-year institutions across the world.
Students from the 38 participating states nominated to the All-USA Community College Academic Team are automatically named to the All-State Community College Academic Teams. Ranking on the All-State Community College Academic Team is generally determined by the student’s score in the national competition.

Bonnaroo Works Fund (BWF), the charitable arm of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, continues to accept online applications for the 2016 grant cycle. The deadline to apply is March 15, 2016, and applications can be found at bonnarooworksfund.org
Grant winners will be announced in May 2016.
The Fund is dedicated to supporting local and regional organizations that advance the arts, education and the environment, with a focus on local reinvestment.
“The annual grant awards have had a significant impact on organizations with a wide range of important missions, and we encourage qualifying nonprofits to apply and share their goals and
needs with us,” said Nina Miller, BWF executive director.”
Bonnaroo Works Fund, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, was founded in 2009 as the charitable division of Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. Its mission is to support national and regional non-profit organizations that advance the arts, education and environmental causes. With a primary focus on local reinvestment and asset-building, Bonnaroo Works Fund has donated over $7 million to charitable causes since its inception. For more information: www.bonnarooworksfund.org

A Shelbyville man who ran from Bedford County Courthouse last July is back in Bedford County after six months of freedom in Alabama.
Tristan David McMahon was brought back to Shelbyville last week after being arrested Jan. 28 in Athens, Alabama.
McMahon, 25, had been living in an apartment in Athens, Alabama under the name of Rontavious Love, Athens police said.
The Athens News Courier reported McMahon hit a police officer and ran away. Officers were investigating a “suspicious person” at the city’s utilities system office.
Athens police told the newspaper McMahon had a driver’s license in the “Love” name.
McMahon was charged with third-degree assault, resisting arrest, attempting to elude a police officer and interfering with governmental operations in Alabama. He faces a four-year prison term in Tennessee on marijuana charges with an additional charge of escape.
(Shelbyville Times-Gazette)