Smith County Emergency Services responded to multiple flood-related calls yesterday. EMA Director Sonny Carter said most of the flooding took place in the southern areas of Smith County. “Over on the southern end of the county, the Hickman area of Smith County and the Lancaster area, we had brief road closings due to high water,” Carter said. “We also had ... Read More »
A Cookeville man faces multiple charges after an altercation involving a prohibited weapon. Authorities arrested Alan Short, 29, for aggravated assault and possession of a prohibited weapon on Saturday. Short attempted to use his Chevrolet pickup as a weapon by hitting another vehicle. The victims had to swerve in order to avoid a collision. In the intended victim’s vehicle was an ... Read More »
A northbound HWY 111 wreck near Algood injured one person yesterday evening. James Smith, 82, was traveling west on Old Highway 42 in a Ford F250. Smith came to the intersection of HWY 111 and attempted to cross the northbound lane to travel south. A Chrysler Town and Country driven by Jenny Whitson, 48, was traveling northbound in the second lane. ... Read More »
Monterey City Police added an additional theft charge onto a South Carolina man yesterday. Officials initially arrested Nickolas Donaldson of Chester, SC, 35, for the possession of methamphetamine and public intoxication on September 8. At the time of arrest, Donaldson was in possession of a 2012 Nissan Versa. Records show a woman reported the Nissan Versa as stolen out of ... Read More »
As the first month of the fall semester comes to a close, Vol State reports an abundance of new Tennessee Reconnect students. Eric Melcher is the Coordinator of Public Relations and Marketing at Vol State. “When we originally started we were hoping for about 800 new students to be enrolled. And we have wound up with more than a thousand,” ... Read More »
A Cookeville motorist faces a DUI charge after crashing through the Aqua Pools sign Wednesday. Putnam County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a to a crash on Burgess School Rd where they identified the motorist as Tracy Mullins, 56. According to arrest warrants, Mullins was unsteady on his feet, had slurred speech, red watery eyes and the odor of an intoxicating ... Read More »
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Jackson County woman for tampering with evidence after she swallowed a pill during a traffic stop Monday. Tracy Michelle Fields Rodgers, 46 of Granville, also faces simple possession, methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia charges. According to arrest warrants, deputies found one-and-a-half hydrocodone pills, along with a baggie with a small amount of a crystal substance believed ... Read More »
A crash on I-40 eastbound led to arrest of a Murfreesboro man for drug possession Monday night. David Dylan Bell, 19, faces charges of driving under the influence and manufacture, deliver, sell or possess methamphetamine. He was released from the Putnam County Jail Tuesday morning. According to arrest warrants, authorities responded to a crash on I-40 around mile marker 301. ... Read More »
Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office received reports of an alleged abduction yesterday around 1:26 pm at South Elementary. Families had gathered at South Elementary for a Jr. Jets and Jr. Panthers football game. A press release states that conflicting reports from minors said they saw a man grab a child and run into the wooded area behind the school. Officials suspended the ... Read More »
Baxter police officer Ryan Bean was injured during an arrest this morning. Police Chief Danny Holmes said Bean responded to a call about a man begging for money at the Speedway around 1:00 am this morning. Bean reportedly started to question the man at the gas pumps. After running the license plate of the man’s vehicle, Bean found out it ... Read More »
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