Local News Members of the Temple Baptist Church in Lebanon are still in shock after a vandal caused an estimated $25,000 worth of damage inside their church on Coles Ferry Pike. The Lebanon Police Department says the intruder smashed windows, turned over furniture, and even burned the carpets. The pastor’s wife discovered the break-in when she opened the door and immediately noticed something was wrong. In the public space next […]
Local News The Department of Homeland Security unveiled new security guidelines for churches, synagogues, and mosques in the U.S. over this holiday season. Agape Tactical trains faith-based groups on how to take down a threat. The Franklin-based company has shared its security tactics with more than 300 churches across the U.S. FBI Director Christopher Wray warned this week that hate crime investigations have spiked 60% since the war in the […]
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 […]
