The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released its 2013 “Crime on Campus” study. The annual report presents the nature, volume and extent of reported crime on the campuses and in the housing of Tennessee colleges and universities during calendar year 2013. Among the report’s findings:  *Overall, crime reported by Tennessee’s colleges and universities decreased by 11.6% from 2012 to 2013.  *While offenses in the “Larceny/Theft” category decreased, reports in Burglary and Robbery increased in the same time period.  *In contrast to a decrease in the previous year’s study, the overall category of “Sex Offenses –Forcible” increased...

A Warren County woman is charged with TennCare fraud in Rutherford County in a case involving prescription drugs. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced Monday the arrest of Amber L. Briggs, 28, of McMinnville. She is charged with two counts of fraudulently using TennCare to obtain controlled substances by doctor shopping.  An indictment accuses her of going to multiple physicians within a short period of time, receiving prescriptions for the same or similar controlled substances, with the clinical visits or the prescriptions being paid for with TennCare benefits.  Briggs turned herself in to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.TennCare fraud...

Just after 3pm on Friday afternoon Coffee County authorities responded to the downtown branch of Coffee County Bank for an apparent bank robbery. The bank was closed quickly as investigators arrived on the scene. According to information received from local police the male suspect handed a bank teller a note demanding money. The man was wearing some type of hoodie, dark glasses and gloves, no gun was shown. He left the bank in the vicinity of United Methodist Church. Manchester Police and Coffee County Sheriff’s department personnel began to search the area. A vehicle was spotted at the back...

A turkey hunter shot Thursday morning in Marion County has died, according to Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency spokesperson Dan Hicks. Hicks said the shooting happened just after 7 am off of Irondale Road near South Pittsburg. He said that Virgil McNeese, 46, shot Stanley “Ransey” Whitman, 41. McNeese is the police chief for the town of Monteagle. According to Hicks Whitman was flown to Erlanger Medical Center where he died on Friday. Both men are from Grundy County. Hicks said the two men were turkey hunting with their kids when the shooting occurred. Hicks said the incident is still...

One person was injured in a single vehicle crash on Hawkersmith Road in Tullahoma Friday afternoon around 1 p.m. According to Tennessee Highway Patrolman Sgt. Larry Fraley, Jason L. Skidmore, 48, of Hawkersmith Road lost control of his 1998 Acura and ran off the road and struck a bridge abutment. Tullahoma Firefighters had a difficult time getting him out as the car was hanging over the embankment. The firefighters were able to cut him out. He was transported to Harton Regional Hospital for treatment. Skidmore faces several...

Motlow College students and area citizens are invited to attend a Career Fair on Tuesday, Apr. 22, according to Tom Dillingham, director of career planning and extended services at Motlow. The fair will be held from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the courtyard between Simon Hall and the Forrester Student Center on the Moore County campus. In the event of inclement weather, the fair will be moved inside the Forrester Student Center. There is no pre-registration fee or fee of any kind required to attend the event. Job seekers are encouraged to dress for success and bring copies...

Get Fit! Tullahoma and Urgent Team are pleased to host the second Free Community Health Fair and Fitness Expo Saturday, April 5, from 9 am to noon at Northgate Mall. There will be fitness and nutrition tips, health screenings and more. Please join us and learn how you can move more, eat well, get fit and stay fit. There are over 30 booths singed up to participate, and the first fifty students to visit will get to play the newest Arcade games for free. “Get Fit! Tullahoma is about making a change you can live with,” said Urgent Team...