COOKEVILLE DETECTIVES UNCOVER MURDER-FOR-HIRE PLOT
Cookeville, TN – While conducting a parallel investigation, detectives with the Cookeville Police Department discovered a murder-for-hire plot targeting a local resident of Cookeville. As a result of ...
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION ON BIG CREEK ROAD IN MADISONVILLE
From Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones: In the early morning hours of Friday, November 21, 2025, at approximately 12:30 a.m., the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the 800 block ...
TENNESSEE PARENTS SUE TO BLOCK $1 BILLION PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAM
A group of Tennessee parents and taxpayers has filed a lawsuit in Davidson County Chancery Court challenging the state’s newly enacted universal private school voucher program, the Tennessee Education ...
BLACK BEAR BECOMES STRANDED ON ROOF OF A GATLINBURG ATTRACTION
In Gatlinburg, Tennessee, a 375-pound black bear became stranded on the roof of Ripley’s Motion Blaster sometime between midnight and 2 a.m. on Friday. The Gatlinburg Police Department received re ...
RAPE INVESTIGATION IN PUTNAM COUNTY LEADS TO ARREST IN ARKANSAS
From Putnam County Sheriff's Office: On August 24th, 2024, Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Detectives were notified that an adult male had climbed into a 13-year-old female’s bedroom window and alle ...
CHATTANOOGA DRIVEWAY HEIST REVEALED TO BE A SCAM
A bizarre incident in which a realtor’s vacant listing had its entire driveway removed and hauled away has been revealed as an elaborate scam. Paige Batten, the listing agent, initially believed worke ...
MCNAIRY COUNTY SHERIFF HOSPITALIZED AFTER LOG TRUCK COLLISION
McNairy County Sheriff Guy Buck was injured in a head-on collision with a log truck on Highway 57 early this morning. The crash occurred in foggy conditions, though specific circumstances have not ...
COOKEVILLE POLICE LOOKING FOR MISSING TEEN: ALICE KRISTI GAW
The Cookeville Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating 15-year-old Alice Kristi Gaw. Description: • White female, 5’3”, approximately 179 lbs • Light blue hair, blue ey ...
C.N.S. COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND AWARD $140,000 TO 12 EAST TENNESSEE NONPROFITS
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – Twelve East Tennessee nonprofits recently received a total of $140,000 from the Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) Community Investment Fund during a ceremony at Y-12 National Secu ...
ETHAN HOWARD INDICTED IN WHITE COUNTY ON CHARGES RELATED TO FENTANYL
From the White County Sheriff's Office: On November 12th, 2025, the White County Grand Jury returned a sealed indictment charging Mr. Ethan Howard with Sale and Delivery of Schedule II Drugs (Fenta ...
TENNESSEE JOINS SETTLEMENT TO STOP GREYSTAR’S RENT-INFLATING REALPAGE SCHEME
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced that the state has joined a bipartisan, multistate settlement with Greystar Management Services, LLC, the nation’s largest property management co ...
WHITE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARREST GEORGIA FUGITIVE RONDELL FORD
From the White County Sheriff's Office: On 11/18/2025, White County deputies conducted a coordinated investigation into a wanted male out of Georgia, identified as Rondell Ford (07/13/1968), who ha ...
