The Motlow State Community College Testing Center will administer the Residual ACT exam on Jan. 4, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. – noon, and Jan. 10, from 12:30 – 4 p.m. The test will be administered in room 1043 of the Crouch Center on the Moore County campus. The Residual ACT is for individuals under 21 years of age who are planning to attend Motlow State and were unable to take the ACT on a national test day. A Motlow admission application must be on file prior to taking the Residual ACT. To be eligible to take the test, applicants...

Officials say they’ll close Fall Creek Falls State Park Inn, restaurant and conference center in April of 2018 for a $25 million rebuilding. Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation spokesman Eric Ward tells the Chattanooga Times Free Press state officials met with employees last week about April 2 closure plans. Officials will demolish two structures and build one inn with roughly 85 rooms, a restaurant and conference center. The project should take 1 1/2 to two years. Ward noted severance will include $3,200 per full-time hospitality staffer, $1,000 for part-time; two years of tuition assistance at state higher education...

We have an update on two females missing in the area. We can now report that a 15 year-old male, Nicholas Brazier of Manchester is missing as well. As we reported earlier, the two females are Katrina Lynn Blackburn is from Coffee County and Kaylee Lenoria Stephens is from Cannon County. The three teenagers are possibly traveling together in a 2000 4dr Toyota Corolla, tan in color with a Tennessee tag number of 3G9 9H6. Blackburn, age 16 is white standing 5’7” weighing 115 lbs with brown hair and hazel eyes. Stephens, age 16 is white standing 5’3” weighing...

On Sunday afternoon Manchester Fire-Rescue crews responded to a structure fire on Woodrow Street. When crews arrived on scene, the front of the structure was fully involved. Crews began resetting the fire from outside the home. Once the fire was reset, crews entered the area attacking the fire on the left side of the home. Once the fire was under control, crews then began knocking down hot spots on the first-floor from the exterior of the home. Firemen then went up to the second-floor of the home to check for any fire extension into the second-floor area. There was...

The Motlow State Community College Public Safety Department was recently awarded a $2,500 grant through the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO), according to Ray Higginbotham, director of public safety at Motlow. The grant funds will be used as part of THSO’s mission to reduce traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities through local highway safety initiatives. The Department faced stiff competition from traffic safety advocates, non-profit organizations, emergency response personnel, law enforcement, district attorneys’ offices, and other state agencies across Tennessee seeking funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) through THSO. Grant recipients were required to meet data-driven criteria...

Accused killer Connie Sanders King and her and her husband Troy King were in court Friday morning in Manchester. The King’s were charged with the Nov. 13, 2012 murder of Thomas Colucci of Manchester at a residence in the Pocahontas Road area of Manchester. After entering a plea of guilty, Connie King was sentenced to 15 years in prison for second-degree murder, four years for filing a false report and one year for accessory after the fact. The sentences are to be served concurrently for a total of 15 years in prison. She will not be eligible for parole,...

A father and two of his children died in a house fire in Moore County on Saturday morning. Because of their injuries, the mother Elizabeth Robinson, age 36, and son, Mason, 11 were flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Moore County officials say the father, Nathan Robinson, age 33, and the family’s daughters, Kailyn, 13, and Julianna, 8 died in the blaze. The residence is located at the edge of Moore County along a portion of the highway which straddles Moore, Lincoln and Bedford counties. The cause of the fire is under...