All incoming and current Motlow State Community College students have until Aug. 1 to complete eight hours of community service in order to remain eligible for the Tennessee Promise scholarship. “There are numerous ways that students can complete their community service hours, including job shadowing, cleaning local, state, and recreational parks, or by assisting local non-profit organizations,” said Jonathan Graham, Tennessee Promise coordinator at Motlow. “Last year, Tennessee Promise students volunteered a total of 318,183 hours which, according to tnAchieves, resulted in a monetary value of $6,592,751.76 given back to the State of Tennessee by Tennessee Promise scholars,” Graham...

We are learning more information about the police pursuit that began in Coffee County and ended in the death of a woman in Murfreesboro. Jessica Campos, 27, died after being struck by a suspect on the run after allegedly stealing a Cadillac Escalade from the Coffee County Funeral Chapel on Friday. Family and friends of Campos say they believe the pursuit was unnecessary. Garieon Simmons allegedly entered a residential area and almost struck two people in their vehicles. He’s later accused of nearly hitting a Manchester Police car head-on. “He posed a danger as soon as he left the...

An investigation by Special Agents with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in a former Tullahoma caregiver being charged with stealing from individuals she was paid to care for. In November 2014, TBI Special Agents and investigators with Adult Protective Services began investigating Robin West Qualls. At that time, Qualls was employed by Centerstone as an on-site residential coordinator in Tullahoma. Two dependent vulnerable adults who lived at the residence relied on Qualls to manage their daily finances, including personal checking accounts. During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information that...

Late last week Manchester Police was called to the scene of a possible break-in of a home at 275 Fredonia Road. Officers were given a description of a male subject and a female. Officer Jamie Norris states in the arrest warrant that the subject was on the property without permission and admitted to officers that he was on the property. The warrant states that witnesses saw the man in his vehicle on the property and the female exiting the residence with a large TV under a sheet in her arms. Officers located the television on 480 Skinner Flat Road....

Last week we told you that Carol Michelle ‘Keri’ Roper will spend 30 years behind bars after she pled guilty to 2nd degree murder. The 23 year-old woman was accused in the 2014 death of her newborn child. She will serve her time at 100 percent, meaning she will not be eligible for parole. On Friday her husband Blaine Roper, who was set to go on trial Aug. 8 for the same murder pleaded guilty as well. Blaine Roper accepted a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. On Oct. 31, 2014, the Moore County Grand...

Britain’s vote to leave the European Union could impact Americans in a variety of ways; one of them could be lower gas prices. The price for crude oil, which is globally traded on the stock market, declined by nearly $2.50 the day after the vote. Since two-thirds of the price of gasoline is influenced by oil prices, this reduces the likelihood of gas prices rising in the near future. “Gas prices were already falling before the vote, but reductions in the price of oil should allow that trend to continue,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club...