News for Warren County, Tennnessee
Several Tennessee counties have been designated as D-3 or under extreme drought conditions on the latest USDA drought monitor. Producers are eligible for drought assistance payments from USDA FSA. Producers in Franklin, Grundy, Warren Counties should contact their local FSA offices for information on receiving assistance. Producers will need to provide data on the number …
Ninety-three of Tennessee’s 95 counties recorded unemployment rates below 5% in September, while statewide unemployment inched up for the month, according to the latest data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Moore and Sevier counties had the state’s lowest unemployment rates for September at 2.6%. Bedford County went up from 3.5% in August …
Motlow-McMinnville recently held the groundbreaking ceremony for its Automation and Robotics Training Center Expansion. This new facility will seat students in the upcoming Electric Vehicle Technology (EVT) program that begins in the fall of 2024. Motlow President Dr. Michael Torrence began the ceremony by introducing the guest speakers and welcoming everyone to the event. He …
By the fall of 2024, Motlow-McMinnville will have an additional building to house its first cohort of students for the new Electric Vehicle Program. The groundbreaking ceremony will take place soon, and Motlow is happy to host a group of leaders working to advance Middle Tennessee’s cyber and electric vehicle interests. An electric vehicle is …
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Motlow State Community College is one of six institutions selected for a $4,000,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant goes toward the Resource Collaborative for Immersive Technologies (RECITE), a collaboration between academic institutions and NSF grantees. This project is designed to promote the research, development, and usage of extended reality (XR) technology …
Multiple lives have been claimed in traffic crashes this year; a 24 year-old male was killed in a Saturday accident on Hwy 41A between Tullahoma and Estill Springs. Two others were injured. (We will have more details when the THP releases the information.) The number of fatal crashes so far this year has amounted to at …
Saturday’s Fatal Crash on Hwy 41A is One of Over 1,000 in Tennessee this year Read More »
Investigator Holden Baker with the Warren County Sheriff’s Department is asking for information regarding a camper that was stolen from 383 McCollum Bend Road. The camper is a 24′, creme color, bumper-hitch, 2005 Keystone Zepplin 281. It is believed that the camper may have been taken by a person driving a gray Dodge truck with …
Motlow State Community College recently hosted the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) at the Moore County Campus for their quarterly meeting. Motlow partnered with the Shelbyville, McMinnville, and Murfreesboro Colleges of Applied Technology (TCATs) in hosting the board meeting. Actions at the September 2023 meeting included approval of Motlow’s Associate of Applied Science degree in Distilled Spirits at …
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More than 645,000 people have died from opioid-related overdoses between 1999 and 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Provisional data shows just under 80,000 people died in 2022 alone. Opioid prescriptions have decreased dramatically over the past decade as physicians and public health officials learned about the dangers of OxyContin and other opioids prescribed for pain …
Ninety-three of Tennessee’s 95 counties recorded lower unemployment rates in August 2023, according to new data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). Moore County had Tennessee’s lowest unemployment rate in August. At 2.4%, its statistic dropped 0.3 of a percentage point from July’s rate of 2.7%. Bedford County fell from 3.8% to …
