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A Robertson County woman was found guilty of multiple charges, including first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse. The charges stem from a 2023 homicide involving a 5-year-old Cheatham County boy. On July 23, 2023, Turner Simpkins was found dead in his Chapmansboro home. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office, and the Tennessee Highway Patrol investigated the incident. The TBI called a homicide a Cheatham County grand […]

A Fort Campbell soldier accused of selling U.S. military secrets to China pled guilty Tuesday. U.S. Army Sgt. Korbein Schultz says he is guilty of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense articles without a license, conspiracy to export defense articles without a license, and bribery of a public official. Schultz’s sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 23. He faces a maximum penalty of […]

A Gallatin woman has been charged in connection with an explosion at her home earlier this summer. The explosion happened at a duplex off Chaffin Court near Airport Road on Friday, June 14th. The TBI says 48-year-old Jessica Stadelbauer was found responsible for the explosion that rocked the Gallatin neighborhood. Stadelbauer was charged with aggravated arson, vandalism over $250,000, and child abuse/neglect. Her bond was set at $100,000. After nearly […]

A man is dead following a two-vehicle collision on EB Interstate 40 in Cheatham County early Sunday morning. A 2023 Kia SPT was reported traveling east on I-40 at a high rate of speed and swerved to avoid a collision. However, the vehicle struck the left side of a 2022 Ford F250. The Kia then reportedly overcorrected, ran off the right side of the road, and hit a rock wall. […]