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Officials at First National Bank of Manchester are warning customers to ignore a text message being sent to its customers – and some non-customers – that is an attempted scam.
The scam message will say First National Bank of Manchester Alert Contact 724-824-0095.
THIS IS A SCAM! The message is a scam and anyone receiving that text message should not contact the number. The bank already knows the information being solicited by the scam and would not ask for it.

The Tullahoma Police Department has concluded the investigation into the alleged Attempted Abduction reported on Saturday, October 15, 2016, at the old West Middle School on South Jackson St. As a result of the investigation, information was gained, and statements obtained, indicating the incident did not occur and was a fabrication.
In consultation with the District Attorney’s Office, Carmin Fults of Sewanee has been served a summons to appear in the Coffee County General Sessions Court on Thursday, November 3, 2016, alleging Filing a False Police report. In addition, the fourteen year old male has been served a Juvenile Petition to appear in the Coffee County Juvenile Court, also on November 3, 2016 for the Filing of a False Police Report.
The Tullahoma Police Department would like to thank the citizens and the various media outlets for their assistance in the investigation.

A Tullahoma teen has been charged with a murder that occurred Aug. 15, 2016 in Tullahoma.
Ariel Chambers Jr., 16, was arrested Thursday on charges of second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault resulting in a death. Tullahoma Police Detectives Johnny Gore and Tyler Hatfield charged the teen in the stabbing death of Carlos Joseph Harris Jr., 21, of Tullahoma.
According to Tullahoma Police, Harris was found with a stab wound to the upper chest at the Dossett Apartments.
Chambers was booked in at the Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Center awaiting further court proceedings.

A Tullahoma man reported to police that he was assaulted by six male juveniles while sitting at Frazier McEwen Park.
Micheal Eugene Perry of Chestnut Ridge Road reported on Oct. 17 to Officer Josh Leverette that he was sitting under the pavilion by the volleyball nets when six males approached him. He stated that one of the males struck him with a big limb on the right side of the face. He said that the others then began to kick him numerous times. He told the officer that after he was struck on the top of the head he lost consciousness.
Perry stated that after he regained consciousness he walked to Tennova—Harton Hospital where he received medical treatment. According to a police report, Perry complained of pain on the right side of his face around the eye socket area, right cheek and some teeth are possibly loose.
Perry said that he does not know who his attackers were.

The Tennessee state lawmakers who return to Nashville after the presidential election are expected to take up the issue of the 3-Star Health Plan put together by a task force earlier this year.
In addition to providing health coverage to people in the state currently ineligible for TennCare or those in the coverage gap, the plan also is structured to provide employment services.
Katie Alexander, field director for the Tennessee Justice Center, explains the need.
“Especially for folks who have mental health disability, two-thirds of the people with mental health disability who are not working want to be working,” she states. “But they’re having difficulty because they can’t get the medications they need. They need help getting trained for a job, finding a job.”
A group of conservative lawmakers developed the 3-Star Health Plan after Gov. Bill Haslam’s plan did not pass.
Under the proposed structure, the plan would be released in two phases. The first phase would cover military veterans in the state with an honorable discharge and people with a mental health or substance abuse disorder.
If the first phase is successful, the plan would seek to cover the 280,000 in the coverage gap, with the help of federal dollars.
Alexander says support for closing the gap between Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act extends across party lines.
“Over 70 percent of Tennesseans want to see something that closes the gap, so we think that this will be a pretty big issue in the upcoming legislative session,” she states.
According to the Tennessee Justice Center, more than half of the Tennesseans who fall in the gap are working – many in the service industry at restaurants, as maintenance workers and students.
It’s estimated a plan such as the 3-Star Plan could create approximately 15,000 jobs and prevent lay-offs in hospitals across the state.

A man who fled to Michigan to evade capture has been arrested and charged with TennCare fraud for selling prescription drugs paid for by the state’s healthcare insurance program.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has announced the arrest of Matthew Haycox, 46, formerly of McMinnville, after a joint investigation with the Warren County Sheriff’s Office. An indictment in Warren County accuses him of TennCare fraud and three counts of delivery of a Schedule II controlled substance. The indictment says Haycox used TennCare benefits to obtain the painkiller Morphine, which he sold to an undercover informant. He then fled to Michigan where he was incarcerated on unrelated charges. When he was released, he was brought back to Warren County where he was served with the four outstanding indictments.
As of July 1, 2016, TennCare fraud was changed to a Class D felony punishable by up to four years in prison.
The OIG, which is separate from TennCare, began full operation in February 2005 and has investigated cases leading to more than $3 million being repaid to TennCare, with a total estimated cost avoidance of more than $163.6 million for TennCare, according to latest figures. To date, 2,742 people have been charged with TennCare fraud.
Anyone can report suspected TennCare fraud by calling 1-800-433-3982 toll-free from anywhere in Tennessee, or visit the website and follow prompts that read “Report TennCare Fraud.”