Hurricane Helene landed as a Category 4 hurricane at 10:10 p.m. (CT) in the Big Bend area of Florida. It is expected to bring catastrophic storm surges and life-threatening winds to that area before moving to Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. Heavy rain and gusty winds will be here through Saturday morning, but the storm will continue to impact us through the weekend as it stalls out over us. A […]
Students have only been in school for a few months, and Tennessee has already seen hundreds of school threats, most of them hoaxes. Threats not only send parents into a panic but also cost valuable time and money. The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security has investigated more than 320 school threats this year. The Department said that 125 threats occurred in just one week. So far this year, […]
Sumner County Schools have finished installing vape detectors in all 11 of their middle schools. Director of Schools Scott Langford says the technology will work as a “powerful deterrent” to what’s become a habit nationwide for youth. The detectors will be located in every school bathroom. Officials said they would work like smoke detectors, except when smoke is picked up, they wouldn’t make a noise. Instead, specific school personnel—like School […]
The Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed reports of a biplane that went down in water. Authorities later confirmed that one person, the pilot, died because of the Monday afternoon crash. Area responders reported seeing smoke but could not confirm that the smoke had come from a plane crash. The FAA added that only the pilot was aboard the aircraft. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will investigate the crash. […]
Police in Middle Tennessee are looking for a driver they say "intentionally swerved" into the path of first responders at the scene of an accident. Gallatin police say the driver is a Black female who allegedly ran a red light at the scene of the accident where someone was hurt, then "intentionally swerved into the path of responding fire rescue vehicles, endangering their crew." Authorities say she was driving a […]
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has confirmed human remains were found at a Lebanon home where authorities said they were searching for a missing person last week. The search was related to the disappearance of 23-year-old Blanca Guadalupe Berrios Orellana, who was last seen at her Antioch apartment in August. However, authorities have not confirmed the identity of the remains. Orellana was reported missing by her mother on Aug. 21. […]
The Portland City Police Department arrested four teenagers after a dangerous high-speed chase, finding them in possession of drugs and a loaded AR-style rifle. Police got a hit from a license plate reader on a Nissan with a missing juvenile who was reportedly with possibly armed and dangerous people. When Portland police tried to stop the vehicle, it took off on Highway 52, driving at a high speed, on the […]
A pedestrian has been hospitalized after being struck by a Tennessee Highway Patrol cruiser in Springfield Sunday night. Bystanders called 911 just after the incident occurred near a train bridge just past Central Avenue, where the area is known to be “shadowy and dimly lit.” Robertson County EMS reports the pedestrian was taken to Skyline Medical Center in very critical condition. The trooper involved has been reassigned to administrative duties […]
Authorities in Montgomery County are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 80-year-old woman. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said 80-year-old Retta Bluedorn was last seen at a home in the 2500 block of Highway 48 around 9 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15. She is believed to be traveling in a blue 2007 Ford Explorer. It remains unclear which direction she is headed. According to the sheriff’s office, […]
