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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, […]

Wilson County school officials and law enforcement have investigated about half a dozen false school threats since Wednesday morning, one of which led to the arrest of a local teenage girl.  Authorities determined the Wednesday morning Snapchat threat — which reportedly came from Knox County and was not directed towards Mt. Juliet Middle — was non-credible.  Then, on Wednesday night, a new threat surfaced on TikTok implying it would happen […]