Motlow State to Co-Host FAFSA Clinic at DCHS

July 10, 2024
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tnAchieves, in partnership with the Tennessee Higher Education Commission/Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (THEC/TSAC), is providing 60+ Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) clinics in counties throughout the state. These events are open to the public and are designed to provide students and families with an opportunity to complete the 2024-2025 FAFSA prior to the August 1, 2024, TN Promise deadline.

Motlow State Community College will Co-Host an FAFSA Clinic at DCHS on July 23 from 1-6 p.m.

Students and families should complete the 2024-2025 FAFSA at FAFSA.gov as soon as possible. Filing the FAFSA is not only a requirement for the TN Promise scholarship, but it is the primary application for all state and federal financial aid, including the Hope Scholarship, the Federal Pell Grant, and the Tennessee Student Assistance Award. Visit tnAchieves.org/FAFSA or CollegeForTN.org/FAFSA for helpful resources.

Below is a schedule of the upcoming FAFSA filing events co-hosted by tnAchieves and Motlow State. For questions, please email tnAchieves@tnAchieves.org and follow @tnAchieves on social media outlets for future updates.

Events in Motlow’s Service Area

Coffee County: Motlow State Community College (Main Campus) on 7/15/2024 from 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Dekalb County: Dekalb County High School on 7/23/2024 from 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Franklin County: TCAT Shelbyville (Franklin County Campus) on 7/22/2024 from 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Rutherford County: Motlow State Community College (Smyrna Campus) on 7/17/2024 from 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Rutherford County: Technology Engagement Center on 7/20/2024 from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Rutherford County: Motlow State Community College (Smyrna Campus) on 7/29/2024 from 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

White County: Motlow State Community College (Sparta Campus) on 7/29/2024 from 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Launched in 2009 as a public/private partnership, tnAchieves is on a mission to enhance post-secondary opportunities and outcomes for all Tennessee students. To learn more about tnAchieves and to get involved in helping Tennessee students thrive, visit our website at tnAchieves.org.

For questions and additional information, please contact Ben Sterling, tnAchieves Vice President of Content and Public Relations at ben@tnAchieves.org.

Tennessee’s Community Colleges is a system of 13 colleges offering a high-quality, affordable, convenient, and personal education to prepare students to achieve their educational and career goals in two years or less. The system offers associate degree and certificate programs, workforce development programs, and transfer pathways to four-year degrees. For more information, please visit us online at tbr.edu or visit Motlow at motlow.edu.

July 9, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

Jackson Hollow of Franklin repeated as champion of the square-dancing competition sponsored by DTC Communications at the 53rd annual Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree and Crafts Festival Saturday night. Jackson Hollow also won the title in 2023.

Tennessee Dance Alliance of Mount Juliet took second place, and third place went to Smithville Select of Smithville.

View videos below of the Saturday night finals in the square-dancing event featuring these three-square dance teams.

July 8, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

Two men including a former DeKalb County Solid Waste Department truck driver accused of stealing and selling for personal gain scrap metal collected at the county’s convenience sites and transfer station were named in a sealed indictment returned by the grand jury last week.

50-year-old Johnny Moore Eschman of Church Road, Lancaster and 46-year-old Derek Russell Fann of Gunter Hollow Road, Woodbury were indicted on charges of theft of property over $2,500 and Eschman for official misconduct. Bond for Eschman is $50,000 and $25,000 for Fann. They were arrested on July 2.

Eschman, who worked for DeKalb County, and Fann, an employee for Capital Waste, a company contracted to operate the county’s transfer station will be arraigned in DeKalb County Criminal Court on July 23.

Counts 1 & 3 of the indictment allege that between the dates of September 1, 2022 and May 15, 2024 Eschman did unlawfully and knowingly, while acting as a public servant, commit an offense with intent to obtain a benefit by theft and did obtain or exercise control over property, including but not limited to scrap materials valued at over $2,500 belonging to DeKalb County with intent to deprive the owner thereof and without the owner’s effective consent.

Count 2 of the indictment alleges that between the dates of November 29, 2023 and May 15, 2024 Fann did unlawfully and knowingly obtain or exercise control over property, including but not limited to scrap materials valued at over $2,500 belonging to DeKalb County with intent to deprive the owner thereof and without the owner’s effective consent.

County Mayor Matt Adcock, in a prepared statement, said Eschman has been terminated and Fann no longer works at the solid waste transfer station

“There was a report that a DeKalb County Solid Waste Employee and an employee of Capital Waste had been stealing metal materials from the County convenience sites and Transfer Station. The District Attorney’s Office was notified of the possible violation. During the investigation the District Attorney’s Office found reasonable suspicion of the accounts that were reported. One of the men was an employee of DeKalb County Solid Waste and the other was an employee of Capital Waste, which is the company that DeKalb County contracts with to operate the Transfer Station,” said County Mayor Adcock.

“Capital Waste is responsible for the waste that is collected and removed from the Transfer Station to another landfill outside of DeKalb County. The DeKalb County Government is responsible for collecting the trash in the county and bringing it to the Transfer Station. The DeKalb County employee was a truck driver for the Solid Waste Department. The Capital Waste employee was a loader operator that loaded trash into a shipping trailer,” County Mayor Adcock explained

“After the investigation was completed, the DeKalb County employee was questioned on the accounts that had been made against him. The employee confessed that he did indeed steal the metal for personal gain. After thoroughly reviewing evidence in the investigation and the confession of the employee himself, the employee was immediately terminated. The Capital Waste employee no longer works at the DeKalb County Transfer Station. DeKalb County does recycle metal for profit to offset the cost of the operation. DeKalb County profited $82,885 from the sale of recyclable metal in 2023, our last audited number. As you can see this is a significant area of funding for the County Government,” said County Mayor Adcock.

“The DeKalb County Government holds a high standard of expectation and accountability. Theft is something that is not now nor ever will be tolerated in or by DeKalb County. We must be good stewards of the county’s money and assets,” Adcock concluded.

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