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The Mt. Juliet Police Department announced Thursday that they recovered a gun stolen during a Smyrna gun store burglary in May. In a post to X, the department said that they recovered the stolen firearm after stopping a Chrysler 300 for illegally parking in a handicapped parking spot. After discovering that the weapon was stolen from a Smyrna gun store in May, the 26-year-old Nashville man was arrested and booked […]

A Fort Campbell soldier was killed in a crash with a semi-truck while riding a motorcycle in Clarksville Monday just after noon at the intersection of Wilma Rudolph Boulevard and Holiday Drive. Clarksville police reported 22-year-old Mikylo Parker was pronounced dead at the scene. He was stationed at Fort Campbell. Anyone with information is asked to contact Clarksville Police. Concerns have grown about an old drug in a new package, […]

The Midstate will be installing two new baby boxes this week. Safe Haven Baby Boxes allow parents in a crisis to surrender infants safely and anonymously. The state's 11th box will be on Medical Center Boulevard in Murfreesboro. Organizers installed it today. Tennessee's 12th box will be in Tullahoma and will be installed tomorrow. According to the organization, 52 infants have been safely surrendered to Safe Haven boxes since 2017. […]

The Mt. Juliet Police Department announced the arrest of a teen wanted for violent crimes out of Rutherford County Monday night. 18-year-old Santos Velasquez, 18, of Nashville, was apprehended following what police called “a dangerous incident” that started with an attempted traffic stop on Interstate 40. At roughly 5 p.m., Velasquez sideswiped a truck and trailer, causing his vehicle to crash into the grass median near mile marker 227. As […]