Larry Aubrey Price… Photo from the TBI sex offender registry.

A Tullahoma man is being held in the Coffee County Jail under a $500,000 bond after he allegedly kidnapped two children.
46 year old Larry Aubrey Price of Old Tullahoma Hwy was arrested Sunday on the kidnapping charge.
In warrants obtained by Manchester Police Capt. Victor Jones, the custodial caregiver of the children allowed Price to take the two children to the store. When Price returned from the store the children were not with him and he refused to tell police where the children were. The family that called police told them where Price lives. Police say they children were later found safe playing at a trailer park on the Old Tullahoma Hwy.
Price is a registered sex offender.
Price is scheduled to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court on Oct. 6.

Registration of Tennessee high school seniors in the state’s “Tennessee Promise” program stands at nearly 23-thousand. That from numbers released by the Tennessee Board of Regents late last week.
There is a November 1st deadline to apply for the Tennessee Promise scholarship. Dr. MaryLou Apple, president of Motlow College, says it’s a unique scholarship available beginning with this year’s high school seniors.
Apple says college hopefuls can get more information from several application and information sessions at Motlow College campuses. The event at the Smyrna campus will be held Saturday, October 18th at 10am. There is one Tuesday at the Fayetteville teaching center.
Tennessee Promise is part of Governor Haslam’s “Drive to 55″ initiative that calls for the number of Tennesseans who have college degrees or technology certificates to reach 55-percent by the year 2025.
Tennessee Promise will allow high school graduates to attend two-year state community colleges or colleges of applied technology for free. The funding comes from Tennessee Lottery funds. (WGNS)

County unemployment rates for August show the rate decreased in 83 counties, increased in six counties, and remained the same in six counties.
Coffee County was unchanged in August staying at 7.0 percent.
Grundy County went from 9.7 to 8.7 percent. Cannon County went from 7.3 to 6.5 percent.
Bedford County went down from 7.9% in July to 7.2 in August.
Franklin County dropped from 7.5 to 6.4.
In Moore County they also went down from 7.2 to 6.2%.
Warren County’s unemployment rate for August was 7.8 percent, which is a drop of 1.1 percent from the July rate of 8.9 percent.
Lincoln County had the state’s lowest unemployment rate at 5.3 percent. Scott County had the highest at 13.9 percent.

In less than six weeks, Tennessee voters will decide on a controversial abortion amendment.
Known as “Amendment #1,” a “yes” vote would alter the state constitution and allow state lawmakers to enact tighter restrictions on abortions in Tennessee.
A “no” vote would maintain the status quo.
Voters will be faced with the decision in the State General Election on November 4.
The restrictions would include licensure for abortion facilities, inspections of those facilities, and a 48-hour waiting period for women seeking an abortion.
If the amendment passes, basic abortion rights would still be protected under the United States Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade.
The full amendment, requiring a “yes” or “no” vote, will appear on the November 4 ballot as follows:
“Shall Article I, of the Constitution of Tennessee be amended by adding the following language as a new, appropriately designated section: Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion. The people retain the right through their elected state representatives and state senators to enact, amend, or repeal statutes regarding abortion, including, but not limited to, circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest or when necessary to save the life of the mother.”

Tennessee is asking a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling that TennCare must provide applicants with a fair hearing if it cannot process their requests on time.
States that participate in the Medicaid program are required to determine eligibility within 45 days in most cases. If the state does not meet that deadline, the applicants are entitled to a hearing.
TennCare applicants filed suit earlier this year complaining that their applications had been pending for months and the state had refused to provide hearings.
The state has blamed all delays on the federal government. But in a Sept. 2 ruling, U.S. District Judge Todd Campbell said Tennessee cannot pass off its responsibilities.
Attorneys for the state filed a notice of appeal to the 6th U.S. Circuit on Friday.