One teenager is dead, and another is in custody following a Saturday evening shooting in Hermitage. 16-year-old Zepplenin Phillips was reportedly found on the ground near his home with three gunshot wounds to the neck and chest and was brought to Vanderbilt by neighbors. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. 18-year-old Raphael Jobehdari has been arrested. He was identified as a suspect after detectives learned Phillips communicated with him […]
Ashland City authorities arrested two young parents who were found passed out in their vehicle with drugs and an infant in the backseat Sunday. Ashland City Police Department (ACPD) responded to a welfare check at the Circle K gas station on Main Street after people reported a car had been at the pumps for 90 minutes. Police discovered 21-year-old Brooke Osborne reportedly slumped over in the driver’s seat while her […]
At least two people in Cheatham County are believed to have died due to heat exhaustion in two days. A student at Sycamore High School was one of the reported deaths. According to the school, the student – who has not been identified – was a cross-country runner. Meanwhile, a farmer working in a tobacco farm was the other reported death. Cheatham County first responders are awaiting the autopsy reports […]
Lebanon police shut down Aviation Way “for an extended period” yesterday. They confirmed that an off-duty officer was killed in a single-vehicle accident. Police say Brendan Myers a three-year member of the Lebanon Police Department was killed in the crash. The Wilson County ethics committee has dismissed an unusual complaint filed against a teacher of the year. The committee said if they were to follow through with proceedings, they would […]
On Monday night, the Lebanon Police Department investigated what they called “a domestic situation” that closed part of a bypass. Police posted to Facebook that officers were on the scene of “a domestic situation” just after 10 p.m. on West Baddour at Fairview Avenue. The department added that they would provide updates when possible. No other immediate details were released. A Gallatin City Council candidate is being questioned on her […]
Members of the Montgomery County community are working together to raise money for a Clarksville first responder and his family after their home was destroyed in a fire Saturday night. According to the Clarksville Firefighters Foundation, Bryan Birkes — a firefighter with Clarksville Fire Rescue who also volunteers with Montgomery County Fire Service at Station 15 in Palmyra — came in from trimming some trees, parked his UTV in the […]
Clarksville Police responded to a head-on crash involving a motorcycle Thursday evening. Authorities said that the crash happened at 6:35 p.m. on Peachers Mill Road at Allen Griffey Road and that the roadway was temporarily shut down. It has since been reopened. Investigators with the Fatal Accident Crash Team responded and are looking into the crash. The motorcyclist has been flown to Nashville by Life Flight helicopter and is listed […]
In an unusual public hearing, a Wilson County teacher of the year will go before an ethics committee after a complaint was filed against her by a newly elected school board member. According to the complaint, the teacher posted online about an interaction between that school board member and another teacher during a parent-teacher conference. Per the complaint, she claimed online that the school board member was yelling at the […]
Police in Hendersonville remind residents about the importance of securing their valuables, even when working out inside a fitness center. This warning comes after a series of auto thefts, one directly related to keys stolen from the Planet Fitness club in the city. On Sunday, someone pretending to be a club member who lost his keys managed to get into an unsecured locker at the facility. Inside the locker, he […]
