A child who was missing from Winchester has been found safe, according to the TBI. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said 7-year-old Philip Whitten was taken by his non-custodial father, Philip Roberts, from a home in Winchester around noon on Tuesday. Roberts has a criminal history and was wanted by Winchester police for custodial interference. Roberts is now in police custody. Winchester Police Chief Dennis Young said the child was found in the Skinner Flat Road area in Manchester just after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. Roberts was arrested in a mutual aid effort with the Manchester Police Department after suspect...

A Tullahoma woman and a 17-year-old were arrested Nov. 15 after they allegedly broke into a residence on South Roosevelt Street. Tullahoma Police Officer Tommy Elliott responded to a residence at 100 Roosevelt where police had a report of a burglary in progress. A witness reported to 911 operators that there were two white males and a white female in a green Ford truck at the residence. When the officer arrived he found the truck parked in front of the residence with Brook Elaine Crosslin, 19, and the 17-year-old sitting in the truck. Crosslin told Elliott that she drove...

Few details are being released to protect the innocent, but according to Decherd Police Chief Ross Peterson, on Sunday the attempted sexual assault of a child was halted by alert patrons of a city establishment. Peterson issued a statement to say that a man, identified as William Morgan Long, 74, arrived at the establishment and took a 6-year-old child into an empty room alone at the facility. Police say Long allegedly then attempted to sexually assault the child before a patron intervened. Decherd Police were called and took Long into custody. He was then taken to Franklin County Jail...

On Monday, the contracting office at Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) awarded the Test Operations and Sustainment contract; this contract will ensure AEDC remains the nation’s ground test and evaluation facility of choice… today and tomorrow. National Aerospace Solutions, LLC (NAS), Reston VA, a joint venture between Bechtel National, Inc., Sierra Lobo, Inc., and GP Strategies Corp., was awarded a cost-plus-award-fee contract valued at $1.5 billion. NAS will perform work supporting unique test operations and sustainment of the over $11 billion worth of infrastructure at the world’s largest and most complex flight simulation test and evaluation complex. The period...

A Tullahoma man was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center after being injured in a single car accident on East Carroll Street Friday night. According to a police report by Tullahoma Police Officer Michael Wilder, a witness said that Friday afternoon around 4:45 p.m. Timothy Ferrell of North Washington Street was traveling along East Carroll Street when he began to accelerate and went off of the roadway. The 1994 Nissan Altima struck a hill and then slid sideways and struck trees. The vehicle then rolled and came to rest on a tree. According to members of the Tullahoma Fire...

Gas prices should slip lower this week after the price of oil hit its lowest settlement since August. Gasoline prices nationwide are averaging $2.17, after slipping 5 cents last week. Motorists are now saving an average of $11 for a full tank of gas. The price of oil closed the week at $40.74 on the NYMEX. The current price of gasoline in Tennessee is $1.98 – 4 cents lower than a week ago, 3.5 cents lower than last month, and 70 cents lower than this time last year. The low price per gallon in Manchester is $1.78 and in...

Gov. Bill Haslam says he is asking the federal government to suspend placement of Syrian refugees in Tennessee. In a statement released to media, Haslam acknowledges that the federal government has the authority to place refugees but says “they have said in the past they would be open to cooperating with receiving states.” Haslam says he wants to suspend placement of Syrian refugees in Tennessee “until states can become more of a partner in the vetting process.” Haslam also says he is asking the U.S. Department of State for the status of any Syrian refugees currently slated to come...