An 18-year-old pizza delivery driver in Tennessee is lucky to be alive after he was shot at multiple times after he accidentally parked in the wrong driveway while making a delivery. It happened Monday night in Ashland City. Caiden Wheeler, who was in his Dominoes uniform and had a pizza delivery bag, had just gotten...

Two Murfreesboro men face a decade or more behind bars after they allegedly shipped meth overseas in boxes of cake mix and the parcels were identified as a "Birthday Gift." According to the Department of Justice, an investigation launched in July 2019 by Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Postal In...

A Cumberland County Sheriff's Deputy has recovered a Jeep reported stolen from Bledsoe County. According to reports, on Friday (04/26/2024) Deputy Logan Frady was patrolling in the 900 block of Turkey Blind Road when he observed a cooper colored Jeep Wrangler matching the description of a stolen vehicle out of Bledso...

A missing and endangered person out of Georgetown, Kentucky was found safe in Cumberland County late Saturday night. Shortly after 11pm, Deputy Logan Frady was dispatched to the area of Highway 70 North for a suspicious driver. While attempting to locate the vehicle, Deputy Frady was almost hit head on by a silver Me...

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office has been notified by the Tennessee Sheriffs' Association of a phone scam currently going on in their name. While it is a renewal period for the association and you may have received a mailing, TSA will NEVER call to solicit funds. If you receive a call here are a couple things to do: ...

TBI special agents are investigating the circumstances of a fatal officer-involved shooting Saturday morning in Knoxville. The incident occurred at approximately 7:40 a.m. at a home in the 4700 block of Santala Drive, where two officers from the Knoxville Police Department responded to a report of a domestic disturbanc...

A section of I-40 in Cumberland County was heavily congested for several hours Saturday after a large tree fell across both westbound lanes and caused a crash at the 330 mile marker. It happened around 4:45 pm. According to the THP, a Ford Bronco and a semi-truck were slowing to stop for the tree when the tractor-trai...

Statewide WMA regulations were changed during the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission's April meeting to now prohibit the placement of salt products, minerals, and other consumable products on WMAs. Dogs must also be restrained on WMAs unless hunting or training. Additional WMA specific regulations were made and wi...

The Great Smoky Mountains synchronous firefly lottery will open this Friday, April 26, 2024 at 9am Central time and closes on Monday, April 29 at 10:59pm. You can enter at www.recreation.gov. Lottery winners will be announced by Monday, May 6. Lottery applications are $1 and successful applicants will automatically ...

Governor Bill Lee's statewide school voucher bill has died for the year after Tennessee lawmakers could not agree on certain stipulations of the $144 million proposal. The bill was controversial from the start with opponents fearing it would take away from public school funding. Parents of private school students said ...

This week ( Monday, April 22), the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) is kicking off "Slow Down Tennessee," a week-long campaign to help increase awareness and reduce speeding across Tennessee roadways. During this campaign, the THSO is offering yard signs free for public citizens to pick up at designated...

A Michigan couple has been indicted by a Fentress County grand jury on child abuse charges. Jason and Jessica Klimp were arrested in Fentress County in February after their 12-year-old adopted daughter became unresponsive and was taken to a hospital where it was discovered she was severely malnourished. The girl's bio...

The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission has approved the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's proposals for two new wildlife refuges including Catoosa Ridge Refuge, a 1,750 acre property adjacent to Catoosa Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Cumberland County, and Holly Fork Creek, a 125-acre property in Henry Count...

Employees at Chattanooga's Volkswagen plant voted late Friday to join the United Auto Workers union. According to the National Labor Relations Board, workers voted 2,628 to 985 for union representation. The total number of eligible voters was 4,326.

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is conducting utility work on Sparta Highway/State Route 1 in Pleasant Hill in both directions from East Main to Arthur Seagraves Road. Work will continue through June 15, 2024 with intermittent stoppages as well as shoulder and lane closures. There will also be intermittent ...

A driver has been charged with DUI after crashing into a guardrail on I-40 Sunday (4/14/24) morning in Cumberland County. It happened around 9:40am at the eastbound 316 mile marker. According to the THP, 27-year-old Jordan Cimminger, of South Carolina, was driving a 2012 Hyundai Sonata and failed to maintain the pro...

Emergency and VEC crews were dispatched to the 1400 block of Brown Creek Drive Wednesday (4/17/24) night to a report of a power line glowing red and smoking. The call went out shortly before 6pm. VEC at 6:22pm reported 56 customers without electricity and advised that a crew has been assigned to the area to restore po...

A bill that will change the way judges in Tennessee set bail is headed to the governor's desk. House Bill 1719, "As introduced, removes the defendant's financial condition as a consideration for the magistrate in determining the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant at trial...

Tennessee's statewide unemployment rate dropped for the second consecutive month in March. The seasonally adjusted rate for the month came in at 3.2%, 0.1 of a percentage point lower than February's rate of 3.3%. Across the nation, seasonally adjusted unemployment dropped by 0.1 of a percentage point in March, from 3.9...

Tennessee tax revenues exceeded budgeted estimates in March. Overall March revenues totaled $1.67 billion, which is $55.1 million, or 3.42 percent more than the state received in March of 2023 and $17.6 million more than the budgeted estimate for the month. Year-to-date revenues, August through March, are $420 million ...