
FRANKLIN MAN GETS 15 YEARS FOR SETTING FIRE TO COLUMBIA KROGER
COLUMBIA, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Middle Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to setting fire to a Kroger store two years ago. Columbia Fire & Rescue says 55-year-old Jeffrey Mealer, of Franklin, accepted ...

VERIZON WIRELESS TO PAY OVER $1 MILLION TO SETTLE FCC INVESTIGATION INTO 911 OUTAGE IN SIX STATES
Company Agrees to Pay $1,050,000 Penalty and Implement a Compliance Plan -- WASHINGTON, June 25, 2024—The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau today announced a settlement to reso ...

TN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SEX TRAFFICKING
A Memphis man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor and sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. According to court documents, from December 2021 through Marc ...

FORMER CHATTANOOGA POLICE CHIEF INDICTED
CHATTANOOGA – The former police chief of the Chattanooga Police Department faces a set of felony and misdemeanor criminal charges following an investigation by special agents of the Tennessee Bureau o ...

NWS: SATURDAY HEAT INDEX PREDICTED TO BE BRUTAL
Saturday is going to be brutal with afternoon high temperatures in the low to mid-90s (with maybe a few upper 90s in certain areas) across Middle Tennessee west of the Cumberland Plateau. Humidity is ...

CORRECTION: TVA HAS NOT DECIDED ON POWER RATE INCREASES FOR THIS YEAR
In a correction to yesterday’s story on power rate increases, Scott Brooks from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) clarified that no decisions have been made yet regarding power rate hikes for this ...

AAA: TN GAS PRICES FALL THREE CENTS
NASHVILLE, Tenn., (June 24, 2024) — Tennessee gas prices moved slightly less expensive over last week, falling three cents on average. The Tennessee Gas Price average is now $3.00 which is 20 cents le ...

CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING OPERATION NETS SEVEN ARRESTS IN MONROE COUNTY
On Thursday, June 20th and Friday, June 21st, members of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office Violent Crime Task Force, Sweetwater Police Department, Vonore Police Department, and the Covenant Rescue Gr ...

UNEMPLOYMENT IN TENNESSEE DROPS TO A NEW RECORD LOW IN MAY
NASHVILLE – Tennessee marked a milestone in May when the statewide unemployment rate dropped to a historic low level and set a record, according to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (T ...

REWARD FOR MISSING GEORGIA GIRL JUMPS TO $50,000
Reward jumps to $50,000 for safe return of 12-year-old girl who vanished from Hall County home. HCSO and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are continuing to search for Maria Gomez-Perez and are ...

POLICE FIND NASHVILLE MAN LIVING IN THE CRAWLSPACE OF EX-GIRLFRIEND’S HOME
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Do you think you've got a horror story about your ex? Check this out. Police in Tennessee say a man who knew better lived for some time in the crawlspace of his ex-girlfriend's h ...

ANOTHER BOATING RELATED FATALITY ON TENNESSEE WATERS
A 17 year old has drowned in a lake near Chattanooga which marks the 9th boating related death of the year in Tennessee. Ryder Bigelow was boating with a group of friends when they decided to jump ...