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Motlow Closing For Good Friday April 3
All Motlow College facilities, including the Moore County campus and centers in Fayetteville, McMinnville and Smyrna, will be closed Friday, April 3 for a spring holiday administrative closing. The College, including libraries and computer labs, will operate under normal schedules Thursday, and then remain closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Regular business hours and class schedules will resume at Motlow College on Monday, April...
Trial Continues For Man Accused of Aggravated Rape and More
A Tullahoma woman recalled the horrifying incidents that she said occurred to her on New Year’s Day 2013 when she was abducted and allegedly raped during testimony in Coffee County Circuit Court Monday. The woman was the first witness to take the stand in the trial of Billy Joe Nelson, 33, of Tullahoma who is accused of aggravated rape, carjacking, robbery and aggravated kidnapping of the woman. The victim took the stand in Coffee County Circuit Court this week in Manchester and testified about the incident. Under questioning by Assistant District Attorney Jason Ponder, he asked the victim if...
Weekly Gas Price Report
The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline remained relatively stable last week. However, prices in the southeast fell as much as a nickel. In the past week, the average price for gas dropped 4 cents in Tennessee. “Gasoline production is especially high this time of year, and is outpacing demand, which is driving gas prices lower,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “Meanwhile, domestic oil production remains at an all-time high, which also helps keep a lid on the price of oil and gasoline. The price for a barrel of WTI oil...
Former Bedford County Corrections Officer Wins Wrongful Firing Lawsuit
A Bedford County jury has awarded a former corrections officer $385,000 in damages following a civil trial over her firing in 2012. The jury found that Virginia Lynn Hall was terminated from her position at Bedford County Jail in violation of the Tennessee Human Rights Act, awarding damages following a four-day civil trial last week. Hall had sued for gender discrimination — claiming she was fired for the escape of a male prisoner in 2012, while a relative of then-sheriff Randall Boyce kept his job. She had also demanded unspecified damages for loss of earnings, front pay compensation or...
Register of Deeds Launches New Public Web Site
The launch of a fresh new website for the Coffee County Register’s Office went live on March 23, 2015. www.coffeecountyregisterofdeeds.com, it is a multipage Web site that brings two special services with it: It has a PRICING CALCULATOR; this feature allows someone who needs to know the costs of recording fees and provides an accurate method of pricing the documents straight from the Register’s software! Documents and instruments come to the Register’s office from our county and across the U.S. There is FRAUD ALERT; this new on line service helps to monitor and protect the citizens and businesses of...
TBI Report Shows Little Crime At Motlow
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released its 2014 Crime on Campus report that shows Motlow College has one of the lowest records of criminal offenses for that year. Of all the possible offenses listed Motlow College had two larceny-thefts and one burglary reported. In 2014, Motlow had a total campus population of 4,199 which included 3,794 undergraduates, 131 staff members, 270 faculty members and four security personnel. The annual study compiles information submitted to TBI by the states colleges and universities through the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS). Among the reports findings: Overall, crime reported by Tennessee...
Abortion On The Agenda This Week At State Capital
A proposal that would require ultrasounds before any abortion is one of several abortion bills set for debate this week at the Tennessee General Assembly. The ultrasound bill is headed to a House committee. Sen. Mae Beavers also plans to push forward with an amendment that would enact mandatory counseling-called informed consent-and a 48-hour waiting period between the time a woman seeks an abortion and when she can go through with the procedure. The measures come in the wake of Tennessee voters adopting a constitutional amendment in November that nullified a 15- year-old state Supreme Court ruling and opened...
Adults Experience Cyber Bullying On Social Media
Cyber bullying can happen to anyone of any age, according to author Blair London, who heard some of her adult friends share stories of their experiences on social media. After researching, she realized they were not alone. She maintains the distance provided by online communication can sometimes make people crueler than in real life. “So, you get the friend of a friend of a friend, who doesn’t really care who this original person is, and so they don’t care if any harm comes to them,” she points out. London recently published “Lure to Death,” a novel that centers on...
