Local News It’s getting overcrowded in there: Tennessee’s prison population is growing faster than in most states. A new report from the U.S. Department of Justice found from the end of 2021-2022, Tennessee saw a nearly 8% increase in incarcerated people with 1,740 more individuals in state prisons. The only states with a higher percent increase were Colorado, Montana, and Mississippi. According to the most recent felon population data from […]
Local News A woman wanted on felony warrants was arrested after leading numerous police cars in a chase that began in Hendersonville and ended in Nashville on Monday. The chase started on State Route-386/Vietnam Veterans Boulevard Monday afternoon as officers attempted to stop the suspect, Melissa Leann White, but she refused. Spike strips were deployed twice in an attempt to disable the vehicle. The pursuit continued at speeds between 10-30 […]
Local News At least one person is dead following a multi-vehicle crash that temporarily blocked off Interstate 65 North in Robertson County. Tennessee Highway Patrol confirmed there was one fatality from the crash, which troopers are currently investigating. No additional details have been released about the incident. Two Nashville teens face burglary charges after they were discovered by Mt. Juliet Police in a Goodwill parking lot with allegedly stolen items. […]
Local News As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, an estimated 2,500 more births happened in Tennessee in the first six months of 2023. Using provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) natality data for the first half of 2023, the IZA Institute of Labor Economics found there was a 2.3% average increase in births in states where abortion was not restricted. In Tennessee, […]
Local News There’s a warning about an item that may be on your child’s Christmas list. It is called a Flipper Zero, and at least one Tennessee school has already had an issue with it. Wilson County Schools confirmed that a student brought one to Lebanon High last month and used it to shut off some cell phones in the classroom. Flipper Zeros recently got popular on TikTok for pranks […]
Local News Three suspects accused of “brutally attacking and stabbing” a man outside a hardware store in Murfreesboro were taken into custody Tuesday following a pursuit in Clarksville. Automatic license plate reader technology reportedly helped Murfreesboro Police track the three suspects to a location in Montgomery County. Officials said the suspects tried to evade Clarksville Police, leading officers on a pursuit Tuesday afternoon. However, authorities were able to take two […]
Local News Ashland City police struggled to subdue a man who broke out the back of a police car window on the way to jail. 27-year-old Zachary Hodskins was taking a rideshare to a rehab center, Police say Hodskins was inebriated and unpredictable, and the rideshare driver let him out in a neighborhood near Caldwell Road where he allegedly started banging on windows of homes. On the way to the […]
Local News Authorities in various Middle Tennessee counties say the recent iOS 17 iPhone update includes a new feature called NameDrop. Officials said the feature allows users to easily share their contact information with another iPhone or Apple Watch by holding the devices a few centimeters apart. According to Apple, after the devices connect, you can choose to share your info and/or receive the other person’s. You can also cancel […]
