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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 […]

Nashville authorities said they’re pursuing strong leads to identify the people responsible for Saturday’s shooting near Tennessee State University that killed one and injured nine others. Metro Police say there was an exchange of gunfire between two groups near the intersection of Jefferson Street and 27th Avenue North. Authorities said the shell casings found on Jefferson Street indicate the suspects were shooting at each other from opposite sides of the […]

One of Hendersonville’s aldermen has worked to slow down speeding drivers in the city. A new speed limit ordinance called “Safe Neighborhoods” would only impact residential neighborhoods. There is a default speed limit where no signs are posted: 30 miles per hour. Hendersonville’s mayor and board of alderman approved the first reading of an ordinance to drop the default speed limit to 25 miles per hour. Those same leaders are […]