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Motlow Offering New Program
Motlow State Community College has a new program that makes it easy for businesses to provide high-quality training for their employees—no matter how many employees they have or where they’re located. Motlow has partnered with ed2go to offer hundreds of online, instructor-facilitated employee training courses. Through well-crafted lessons, expert online instruction, and interaction with fellow students, employees gain valuable knowledge they can immediately apply on the job. They’ll have the flexibility to study at their own pace combined with enough structure and support to complete the course. And they’ll be able to access the classroom 24/7 from anywhere with...
Manchester Christmas Parade Rescheduled
Manchester Mayor Lonnie Norman has announced the Manchester Christmas Parade has been rescheduled for this Saturday Dec.10th at 6pm with lineup beginning at 5pm. Mr. Coolidge Holt has been selected to serve as the honored Grand Marshal for the 2016 ‘Under the Christmas Tree’ Manchester Parade. Sponsored by: Manchester Tourism & Development Commission Lovelady Auto Parts Great Lakes Cheese People’s Bank and Trust Toliver’s Gun and Pawn Shop Sherrill’s Pest Control Ambassador Inn Lion’s Club Jiffy Burger Bush Insurance WMSR’s Rob Clutter along with local businessman John Mancini will be on stage announcing the parade. Be sure and check...
Monteagle Man Charged with setting Wildfires
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Crime Unit, along with authorities in Sequatchie County, have charged 24-year-old Dakota Ashton Tucker of Monteagle for deliberately setting a fire that burned 65 acres. Tucker is now charged with setting fire to personal property or land for the fire that occurred November 14 near Sunshine Road in Sequatchie County. He is currently being held in the Grundy County jail. Additional charges against Tucker are pending. Setting fire to personal property or land is a Class E felony. Conviction carries a sentence of 1 to 6 years incarceration and up to $3,000 in...
Man Dies while Hunting in Grundy County
Michael “Moty” Nunley, was found in the Clouse Hill area of Grundy County Saturday afternoon, according to Sheriff Clint Shrum. The area is between Monteagle and Tracy City. Sheriff Shrum says that Nunley is believed to have fallen out of his tree stand and succumbed to his injuries from the fall. The man’s body was found around 12:55pm on Saturday afternoon. Nunley’s family says he was in the tree stand hunting...
Tennessee Chamber of Commerce Encouraging Workers to gain a GED
The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce is launching a program to encourage more workers to gain a high school equivalent diploma. The chamber says more than 300,000 people currently working in Tennessee have not completed their high school education. The trade association is partnering with GEDWorks to provide access to advisers, online study materials, practice tests and connections to local adult education programs. Chamber President and CEO Bradley Jackson says the program provides employers a “turnkey” option to help their workers finish their high school education. He says employees are more likely to earn their GEDs if they can work...
Preventing Another Disaster Like Gatlinburg’s
Thousands of residents and business owners are returning to their properties, or what’s left of them, after historic wildfires swept through Gatlinburg. While they confront the losses and cleanup ahead, there’s talk about what advanced the fires so quickly and what could be done to prevent them. Josh Kelly, a public lands biologist with the conservation group Mountain True, said the number of homes built into the mountainsides around the tourist town and lack of prescribed fires added to the scope of the disaster. “The development pattern around Gatlinburg set the stage for this disaster, and a lot of...
Stolen Property Recovered
On November 14, 2016 Deputy Eva Villegas responded to a call on Fredonia Road. The owner of the property said he noticed his John Deere tractor valued at $11,000 and bush hog missing. He said there were some visible tracks on the road heading toward Gnat Hill Rd. A previous burglary was reported at the same address that occurred a few days earlier. On Wednesday November 30, 2016 investigators located the property at an undisclosed location in Cannon County. The recovery of these items and more has helped solve at least a half a dozen thefts in Coffee, Cannon...
Tornado Aftermath Drug Bust
Two Tullahoma men riding around looking at the aftermath of Tuesday’s tornado, were arrested Wednesday Nov. 30 for possession of drugs by Tullahoma Police officers. According to a report by Tullahoma Police Officer Matthew Pruitt, Paul Isaac Son, 28, of Mt. Vernon Road, was charged with possession of schedule II and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $2,500. Joseph Daniel Phelps, 33, of Decherd Street was charged with possession of schedule II, simple possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $3,000. The officer’s police report states that while directing traffic at Setters...
