NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder recognize the service and sacrifice of U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class William Franklin (Frank) Cavin of Hancock County, who was killed in the Battle of Tarawa on November 20, 1943. He was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division on Betio Island and was among 1,000 Marines and Sailors killed during the World War II battle with the Japanese. He was 18 years old.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder recognize the service and sacrifice of U.S. Navy Seaman 2nd Class William Campbell of Elizabethton. Campbell was serving on the USS Oklahoma at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 when it was attacked by multiple torpedoes which caused the battleship to sink and resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen to include Campbell. He was 20 years old.

An Obion County woman is charged with TennCare fraud in connection with selling prescription drugs she obtained using TennCare benefits.

A Madison County woman charged with TennCare fraud must repay the state for benefits received through the state’s healthcare insurance program.

A Macon County woman charged with falsely reporting her income in order to enroll in TennCare must now repay the state for healthcare insurance benefits she received during the time she was on the program.

A Meigs County woman is now facing her sixth round of TennCare fraud charges.

A Mississippi woman is charged with TennCare fraud for falsely reporting her residence in order to obtain benefits from Tennessee’s taxpayer-funded program.

A Knox County man is charged for the third time with doctor shopping for prescriptions, using TennCare state healthcare insurance benefits as payment.

A Knox County woman is charged in Jefferson County with doctor shopping for prescription drugs, using TennCare as payment for the pills.

The National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) today honored a veteran state budget official with a prestigious national award. Charles Brown, budget coordinator for revenue and taxes, received NASBO’s George A. Bell Award in a ceremony at the William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower. The award recognizes state budget personnel for outstanding contributions and service to public budgeting and management in state government.

Tennessee revenues were more than the budgeted estimates for the first month of the state’s fiscal year.

A Jefferson County man is charged in both Greene and Hamblen Counties with TennCare fraud involving doctor shopping, or using TennCare to go to multiple doctors in a short time period to obtain prescriptions for controlled substances.

A Maury County woman is charged in Davidson County for a second round of charges involving doctor shopping, a crime involving fraudulent efforts to obtain controlled substances through TennCare benefits.

An Overton County woman is charged with TennCare fraud in connection with the sale of prescription drugs paid for by the state’s healthcare insurance program.

A Dyer County woman is charged with TennCare fraud involving doctor shopping, or using the state’s healthcare insurance program to go to multiple providers to obtain controlled substances.