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TROOPERS: ROAD RAGE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN INJURY VEHICLE CRASH
The Tennessee Highway Patrol and emergency medical services responded to a vehicle accident in Pickett County. The accident report indicates a Mitsubishi Outlander operated by
MCGUFFIE ARRESTED ON 27 COUNTS OF CHILD SEX CRIMES
Special agents assigned to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force have arrested and charged an Athens, Tennessee man in
FORMER WHITE COUNTY TEACHER INDICTED FOR CHILD RAPE
District Attorney General Bryant C. Dunaway says former White County Middle School teacher Austin Damon Allen has been indicted for child sex crimes. A White
LAWMAKER IN TENNESSEE PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR CONVICTED CHILD RAPISTS
Tennessee House Majority Leader William Lamberth has proposed legislation that would make convicted child rapists eligible for the death penalty. House Bill 1663 proposes changing
NUDE MAN ARRESTED AFTER ‘CANNONBALL’ PLUNGE INTO AQUARIUM AT BASS PRO SHOP
A man crashed his car outside a Bass Pro Shop in Leeds, Alabama, stripped, and plunged into a giant aquarium inside the store. The incident
FIVE TEENAGERS INJURED AFTER VEHICLE LANDS ON HOUSE AFTER STRIKING UTILITY POLE
Law enforcement says five teenagers were injured after a vehicle they were in crashed into a house in Pulaski, Tennessee. The report states the driver
DEVELOPING NEWS – VEHICLE COLLIDES WITH BUSINESS BUILDING IN WARTBURG
DEVELOPING NEWS (as of 1:40 p.m. eastern Friday, January 5, 2024) A vehicle has collided with a business building on Main Street at Old Mill
PROPOSED BILL IN TENNESSEE WOULD BAN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DOGS FROM RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES
Tennessee lawmakers will consider a bill prohibiting emotional support animals (ESAs) from indoor restaurants and other food service establishments. The bill was filed Wednesday by
FIRE DESTROYS HOME ON COUNTY ROAD 616
Firefighters in McMinn County responded to a house blaze on New Year’s Day on County Road 616 in Athens. A granddaughter of the owner of
PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY VEHICLE ON CLARKRANGE HIGHWAY
The Tennessee Highway Patrol and medics recently responded to the 1200 block of Clarkrange Highway in Putnam County after a vehicle hit a pedestrian. The
DROUGHT CONDITIONS PERSIST IN THE AREA
Much of Tennessee remains in a drought to some degree. Nashville finished 2023 with 39 inches of rain for the year. It’s the first time
THREE TEENAGERS INJURED IN THREE VEHICLE CRASH ON I-40
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says three teens were injured in a three-vehicle crash Thursday on I-40 in Putnam County. The report released yesterday states a
TROOPERS: ROAD RAGE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN INJURY VEHICLE CRASH
The Tennessee Highway Patrol and emergency medical services responded to a vehicle accident in Pickett County. The accident report indicates a Mitsubishi Outlander operated by Kasie Racquel Lee and ...
MCGUFFIE ARRESTED ON 27 COUNTS OF CHILD SEX CRIMES
Special agents assigned to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force have arrested and charged an Athens, Tennessee man in connection to an ongoing chi ...
FORMER WHITE COUNTY TEACHER INDICTED FOR CHILD RAPE
District Attorney General Bryant C. Dunaway says former White County Middle School teacher Austin Damon Allen has been indicted for child sex crimes. A White County Grand Jury yesterday found probabl ...
LAWMAKER IN TENNESSEE PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR CONVICTED CHILD RAPISTS
Tennessee House Majority Leader William Lamberth has proposed legislation that would make convicted child rapists eligible for the death penalty. House Bill 1663 proposes changing the existing senten ...
NUDE MAN ARRESTED AFTER ‘CANNONBALL’ PLUNGE INTO AQUARIUM AT BASS PRO SHOP
A man crashed his car outside a Bass Pro Shop in Leeds, Alabama, stripped, and plunged into a giant aquarium inside the store. The incident happened in front of shocked shoppers in the town just outs ...
FIVE TEENAGERS INJURED AFTER VEHICLE LANDS ON HOUSE AFTER STRIKING UTILITY POLE
Law enforcement says five teenagers were injured after a vehicle they were in crashed into a house in Pulaski, Tennessee. The report states the driver was going at a high speed and lost control of th ...
DEVELOPING NEWS – VEHICLE COLLIDES WITH BUSINESS BUILDING IN WARTBURG
DEVELOPING NEWS (as of 1:40 p.m. eastern Friday, January 5, 2024) A vehicle has collided with a business building on Main Street at Old Mill Road in downtown Wartburg. Main Street is temporarily clo ...
PROPOSED BILL IN TENNESSEE WOULD BAN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DOGS FROM RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES
Tennessee lawmakers will consider a bill prohibiting emotional support animals (ESAs) from indoor restaurants and other food service establishments. The bill was filed Wednesday by State Representati ...
FIRE DESTROYS HOME ON COUNTY ROAD 616
Firefighters in McMinn County responded to a house blaze on New Year’s Day on County Road 616 in Athens. A granddaughter of the owner of the home told authorities she was in her bedroom and looked at ...
PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY VEHICLE ON CLARKRANGE HIGHWAY
The Tennessee Highway Patrol and medics recently responded to the 1200 block of Clarkrange Highway in Putnam County after a vehicle hit a pedestrian. The accident report states a 2004 Jeep Wrangler w ...
DROUGHT CONDITIONS PERSIST IN THE AREA
Much of Tennessee remains in a drought to some degree. Nashville finished 2023 with 39 inches of rain for the year. It's the first time since 2007 that the city failed to reach 40 inches. The normal y ...
THREE TEENAGERS INJURED IN THREE VEHICLE CRASH ON I-40
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says three teens were injured in a three-vehicle crash Thursday on I-40 in Putnam County. The report released yesterday states a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado driven by 22-yea ...
