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Local News A Cheatham County woman is in jail charged with two counts of attempted first degree murder and aggravated arson. This after she allegedly tried to stab a woman with a shard of glass and set part of her porch on fire.  48-year-old Susan Binkley High allegedly went to a home on Pleasant Valley Road, broke a window and police say tried to stab a 19-year-old woman on the […]

Local News The average life expectancy for a man in Tennessee is 71 years, three years below the already declining national average.  A recently published Washington Post analysis of CDC data shows life expectancy has been going down . As of 2021, the latest publicly available data shows the average is about 76 years, which is the lowest it’s been in a quarter century.  The  decline is linked to overlapping […]

Local News John Drake Jr. is dead.  The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the man wanted for shooting two La Vergne police officers on Saturday, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  He reportedly stole a gold Chrysler 200 at gunpoint then got into the car and drove away.  Investigators say he crashed it, then ran into a shed behind a home in the 1400 block of 15th Avenue South.  […]

Local News At the end of the library board meeting in Sumner County on Wednesday, Oct. 18, Beverly Hyde officially decided to step down as a board member.  For the last several weeks, she and other board members have been discussing a change to the library system’s collection policy.  A portion of the policy details how they will protect children from harmful and sexually explicit material in the library, citing […]

Local News Officials warned the Spring Hill community late Sunday afternoon about an increased police presence due to a shooting investigation on Ruben Road.  Spring Hill Police say two houses — both of which were occupied — were hit with gunfire. However, there are no reports of injuries.  They also say there is no known danger to the public, but detectives are “actively following leads” at this time. Anglers are […]

Local News A man and woman in Sumner County are accused of abusing a child under eight years old and continuing the abuse for nearly a year and a half.  Investigators say Norbert D’Souza and Anette Rodrigues, 49, abused their now 7-year-old daughter between May 23, 2021 and October 2022.  They were indicted on Oct. 5 on nine charges described as “especially heinous, atrocious or cruel, or involved in the infliction […]