Two children were flown to hospitals in a wreck that involved a school bus near a Franklin County school on Thursday morning. A car carrying a mother and three children, twin boys age 5, and an 11-year-old, and the school bus wrecked around 7:15 a.m. near North Lake Elementary School on Old Tullahoma Road (Highway 130). The 11-year-old was flown to Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga while one of the 5-year-olds was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The mother and her other 5-year-old boy were taken to the hospital in Winchester. Officials said one of the children was...

Almost 300,000 Tennesseans would have access to health coverage if Governor Bill Haslam’s Insure Tennessee plan is implemented – but not everyone is happy with the Republican governor’s support for expanding coverage. Last week, the state Attorney General determined the plan must have the approval of the General Assembly. The setback doesn’t sit well with Michelle Johnson, executive director of the Tennessee Justice Center. She says the governor’s Insure Tennessee plan represents a bipartisan effort to help the state’s working poor. “He worked very hard to make a plan that was unique to Tennessee, to bring down the billions...

A Cannon County woman is charged for the third time with doctor shopping for prescription drugs, using TennCare benefits as payment. The Office of Inspector General (OIG), with the assistance of the Cannon County Sheriff’s Office, have announced the arrest of Taylor R. Cantrell, 24, of Readyville. She is charged in a Cannon County indictment with using TennCare to visit multiple physicians in a short period of time in order to obtain controlled substances, with TennCare paying for either the clinical visit or the prescriptions. Cantrell was arrested in May after she was indicted by a Coffee County Grand...

Tennessee’s community and technical colleges are encouraging high school seniors to sign up for the governor’s free tuition program this Saturday. Called Scholarship Saturday, the colleges are opening their doors for area seniors to sign up for Tennessee Promise and fill out their college applications. Tennessee Promise offers eligible high school seniors free tuition to a two-year community or technical college. Out of 58,000 applicants, 15,800 students have enrolled in the program this year. On Saturday, students may visit their local community colleges to get help and use the colleges’ computers to register online. Motlow College’s Smyrna Center will...

The jury in the Michael Curtis murder trial started deliberations on Monday afternoon. After a long day the jury announced it was deadlocked on Tuesday, but the judge sent them back into deliberations to try and reach a verdict. The jury came back a few minutes later with a conviction of voluntary manslaughter. Curtis of Tullahoma was accused of the brutal killing of Kayla Qualls Nov. 26, 2012 at his residence on General Street in Tullahoma and then placing her body in her SUV and driving it to an area on Spring Creek Road in Franklin County. Two men...

The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an alleged incident between four football players and a female equipment manager in the field house during the afternoon hours of September 11. Sheriff Clint Shrum stated the alleged incident occurred after the 3:00 pm pre-game meal. Shrum said his office is investigating whether or not inappropriate touching may have occurred and if explicit images had been transmitted. The Sheriff also stated that rumors of rape are completely unfounded and not supported by any of the evidence in this case thus far. The findings in this case will be turned over the...

A burglary occurred at Lee’s Pharmacy in Sevierville Monday afternoon that later resulted in a multiple-vehicle crash. Suspect Robert F. Nunley, II, 43, of Tracy City, fled the scene in a black Land Rover that police had identified as a vehicle possibly leaving the scene after the burglary. Nunley led police on a chase in which the suspect “jumped curbs” and attempted to drive on a sidewalk before rear-ending a stopped car at a traffic light. The crash caused a chain reaction, damaging two other vehicles. The Land Rover and one police car were also damaged. Police discovered that...