Residents of Giles, Maury and Williamson Counties are ordered to repay the state in TennCare fraud cases brought by the Office of Inspector General (OIG).

Three people in Lake County are charged with TennCare fraud in a round-up involving 18 people charged in total.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and First Lady Crissy Haslam today joined Tennessee Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder and Major General Terry “Max” Haston from the Tennessee Military Department to recognize five veteran state employees and more than 470,000 Tennessee veterans of all ages and eras. The Governor’s Veterans Day event was held on the second floor of the State Capitol in downtown Nashville.

A Macon County man is charged with TennCare fraud for “hiding” a family member’s assets to avoid paying for the member’s nursing home care and allowing taxpayer funds to pay for the care.

A Putnam County man and woman are charged in an attempt to sell prescription drugs acquired through TennCare healthcare insurance.

A Carroll County woman is charged in nearby Benton County with doctor shopping for prescription drugs, using TennCare healthcare insurance benefits as payment for the pills.

A Weakley County woman is charged with TennCare fraud in connection with selling prescription drugs she obtained using TennCare healthcare insurance benefits.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder recognize the service and sacrifice of U.S. Army Air Force Second Lieutenant Martin O’Callaghan, Jr. of Memphis, who was killed during a mission as a P-38 Lightning aircraft pilot in World War II in Maribor, Yugoslavia now known as Slovenia. He was serving with the 96th Fighter Squadron, 82nd Fighter Group when his plane was struck by anti-aircraft fire which caused him to crash in occupied territory on February 15, 1945. He was 22 years old.

A Coffee County man is charged with using another person’s identity in order to obtain controlled prescription drugs.

Season’s First Young Sportsman Deer Hunt Oct. 27-28

October TFWC Meeting Changed to One Day

Tennessee revenues exceeded budgeted estimates for September, which is the second month of the state’s fiscal year.

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.