Motlow College will host its annual Area-Wide College and Career Fair on Thursday, Sept. 10, inside Nisbett Center on the Moore County campus. Motlow invites its student body, students from area high schools and those who are home-schooled, and the general public. The event is set for 9 – 11:30 a.m. and will include representatives from more than 30 colleges and universities, technology centers, specialty schools and the Armed Forces; according to Brenda Cannon, director of student and campus relations at Motlow. Cannon said, “We are expecting approximately 1,000 students from across the service area. The event is free...

A 27-year old Manchester man has been arrested on kidnapping and aggravated sexual battery charges, among others, after an incident at the Vista Inn on Westgate Boulevard. Murfreesboro Police Officer James O’Rourke reports when he arrived on the scene Sunday around 9pm, he found the suspect, Shawn William Jones, being held by a male employee of the hotel. The victim reports Jones entered the lobby and when she asked how she could help him; the suspect said he wanted to have sex. The victim then went inside the office, called 9-1-1 and locked the door. However, Jones found the...

Two people are charged with TennCare fraud in separate incidents, both involving prescription drugs. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced the arrests after a joint effort with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office. Both individuals were involved in the sale of prescription drugs paid for by TennCare. The two arrested are: Wilford Frankenberry, 58, of Manchester, charged with TennCare fraud in connection with using TennCare benefits to obtain the painkiller Hydrocodone, later selling a portion of the drugs. Samantha Walden, 48, of Tullahoma, charged with TennCare fraud in connection with using TennCare to obtain the painkiller Oxycodone, later selling a...

Two Democrats are introducing legislation to allow all firearms to be banned at major sports and music venues. Senate Minority Leader Lee Harris of Memphis and state Rep. John Ray Clemmons of Nashville say their bill would create an exemption to the new state law that bans local governments from prohibiting people with handgun carry permits to be armed in parks. A recent legal opinion from state Attorney General Herbert Slatery found that the law applies even to facilities rented out to private contractors. The proposed legislation would allow guns to be banned at events at public parks that...

Nathan Keith Layne of Manchester was arrested on multiple charges on Saturday. According to a report by Deputy Steve Sharketti, the man was seen driving on Ramsey Road with a tire missing from the wheel and he was driving on the rim. After being stopped by the deputy the man was asked for identification which turned out to be a license that was suspended. The subject advised he had a small dog inside the vehicle and asked if he could retrieve it. Sharketti stated he could. When the subject leaned into the vehicle, he directed his attention to the...

Halie Morgan Walker of Lynchburg was arrested last week on forgery charges by Tullahoma Police Investigator Tyler Hatfield. Walker, 20, of Old Fayetteville Highway, Lynchburg was arrested after a joint investigation by the Moore County Sheriff’s Department and the Tullahoma Police Department. A Moore County Investigator discovered that a forgery had occurred at Ascend Federal Credit Union. Moore County authorities discovered the check while investigating a case of a stolen check from a Lynchburg man. A security video of Walker allegedly showed her depositing a $600 check into her credit union...

Fueled by an astonishing 60 percent increase at the Smyrna Center, Motlow College began the first week of fall 2015 classes as the fastest growing college in the state of Tennessee. That’s not just community colleges, but rather all public universities, community colleges and Tennessee colleges of applied technology (TCAT) under the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) system. Motlow welcomed a larger percentage increase of students than any other. After three days of classes, Motlow’s enrollment is 5,249 students, a nine percent increase over the 4,822 during the same period in 2014. The full-time numbers are more impressive. College-wide...