Local News A Portland family is recovering after a fire broke out in their home yesterday afternoon. Crews responded to the blaze in the one-hundred block of Demase Street after a caller reported four people were trapped inside. Emergency officials say two teens jumped from a second floor window to escape the flames, and their parents were rescued by firefighters. The father of the family was flown to Vanderbilt Medical […]
Local News A missing Cheatham County woman may have been spotted in California. Police say Nikki Alcaraz was spotted at a Walmart store in the city of Redding on Saturday. A photo appears to show Alcaraz at an eco ATM selling her phone. Her family has not heard from her for weeks. She left Tennessee to visit family on the west coast with her boyfriend, Tyler Stratton. Anyone with information […]
Local News Today is Memorial Day and because of the holiday, federal, state and county offices are closed. Post Offices are closed and there will be no regular mail delivery. Memorial Day honors these who died in active military services. Traditionally it was observed on May 30 but now officially observed on the last Monday in May. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is reminding people about safety on the water […]
Local News Thousands of Tennesseans will be hitting the road this weekend for the Memorial Day holiday. According to Triple-A, the state average for a gallon of gas last year was four-dollars-23-cents. This year, it's expected to be three-dollars-12-cents. Triple-A also says more people are planning to travel longer distances than in years prior. The busiest day for road trips, however, is expected to be today. Tennesseans are advised to […]
Local News A 13-year-old is dead after a fatal hit-and-run near Goodlettsville. Police say it happened last Friday night around 10:30 p.m. on Springfield Highway. That's where two cars collided after investigators say one ran a stop sign, leaving two people with serious injuries. It was yesterday announced that Gabriel Barrera Junior did not survive his injuries. A driver in a 2014 Nissan Murano fled the scene. Anyone with information […]
Local News Dads and other parent figures in Wilson County are pitching in to help keep kids safe in school. David Kempton began organizing an effort called the Hallway Hero Project at West Elementary a few weeks ago. A group of volunteers, made up of mostly students' parents and grandparents, walk the halls each day, making sure doors are locked and keeping an eye on lunch periods and recess. School […]
