Authorities say they are looking for a minimum-security trustee who walked away from a work detail in Robertson County. Officials said 37-year-old Jonathon Wayne Ferrell left his detail at the county landfill on West County Farm Road yesterday. Ferrell is serving a sentence for probation violation and domestic assault and was scheduled to be released next month. Anyone with information on Ferrell’s whereabouts is asked to contact the police immediately.
The Mid-State is preparing for snow. The National Weather Service said yesterday an inch of snow is expected southwest of Nashville, while up to four inches is expected northeast of the city tomorrow. More is possible in the Upper Cumberland area. Forecasters say the bitter cold will follow the snow on Friday morning.
Several Tennessee counties are doing away with vehicle emissions testing this year. Nashville’s Metro Council agreed last night to stop its program next month. Other counties doing away with their testing include Hamilton, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson. Those programs will end on January 14th.
Murder charges are being filed against a suspect accused of killing a Nashville area man in 2017. Officials announced yesterday that 25-year-old Victor A. Walls was arrested in Gallatin for drug possession and resisting arrest. Walls is also wanted for the murder of 21-year-old Terry Sherrell during a robbery in November 2017. Walls is expected to be arraigned in Nashville later this month.
Clarksville police have arrested a woman they say shot and killed a man Monday night. Officers were called to a welfare check on Ladd Drive where they found the 38-year-old dead from a gunshot wound. Thirty-two-year-old Theary Lim was in the home and was charged with criminal homicide. Police are still investigating, but say it was a domestic-related killing.
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Robertson County, we’re also dealing with a rise in flu cases. The CDC has listed Tennessee in the “high” category for flu activity. There’s also an increase in flu hospitalizations. Dr. William Schaffner with Vanderbilt University Medical Center says Middle Tennessee is seeing a big hit of the flu and it won’t likely peak until February. He’s continuing to urge people to get the flu shot, adding that it is safe to do so at the same time you get the COVID-19 vaccine.
