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DeKalb County authorities have arrested a man who allegedly fired shots at his sister and assaulted his girlfriend. 33-year-old Nathan Joe Trapp is under a $10,000 bond at the county jail. Sheriff Patrick Ray said deputies responded to a Magness Road residence last week for a reported domestic dispute with shots fired. When they arrived on scene Trapp’s sister informed ... Read More »

The White County Sheriff’s Department announced an endangered child has been located. 17-year-old Sarah Key was found in Watertown Tuesday. Two White County deputies will escort her home. The TBI released an endangered child alert for Key over the weekend. Key’s family said she went to bed Thursday night, but was gone Friday morning. She was reportedly with a 30-year-old ... Read More »

Ransomware called Wannacry attacked banks, hospitals and businesses in dozens of countries last week. Eric Brown serves as assistant director of Tennessee Tech’s Cybersecurity Education Research and Outreach Center. He said ransomware is software that lets a hacker take over your computer system and hide your data. The only way to get it back is to pay the ransom, usually ... Read More »

Volunteer Energy Cooperative has scheduled a planned power outage for Cumberland County’s Fairfield Glade and Hebbertsburg areas. VEC Communications and Public Relations Coordinator Julie Jones said the outage will begin Friday night at 11:00 p.m.   “We are doing this because we have to install two poles at the junction of Peavine Road and Snead,” Jones said. “We can’t leave ... Read More »

Cumberland County has a new director for its’ Emergency Management Agency. Monday night the County Commission voted to appoint Rick Williams to the position. He’s replacing Keith Garrison who has announced his retirement. Williams previously headed up the White County EMA. Read More »

Algood will likely need a new police cruiser after an officer crashed in Smithville Monday evening. Algood City Administrator Keith Morrison said officer Christopher Ferguson did not suffer any injuries in the crash that occurred on Broad Street in front of Tractor Supply. “He was driving home from training in Murfreesboro when a car pulled out in front of him,” ... Read More »

An early spring has brought ticks out early. Putnam County Extension Agent Wayne Key said it’s easy for you or your pets to pick up ticks in your lawn or the woods. “Where they exist, where they like to be in cool grasses in the lawn, or woody areas, or along areas like tall grasses where it’s cool towards the ... Read More »

The White County Commission delayed its meeting until next week. A quorum of members were present at the regular meeting time Monday, enough to make a motion to recess the meeting until Monday, May 22. White County High School held its graduation exercises Monday evening, the recess gave commissioners the opportunity to attend the service. When it reconvenes next week, ... Read More »

The Tennessee Highway Patrol arrested a man Saturday after he led troopers on a high speed pursuit with a 2-year-old inside the vehicle. The chase began on Interstate-40 just after 10:00 a.m. near mile marker 273 in Putnam County. Authorities say 23-year-old Dontre Antonio Woodruff evaded troopers for 54 miles before crashing on Lebanon Pike in Nashville. Authorities say the ... Read More »

The trial for a man accused of killing a former Cumberland County resident began today. Caleb Cannon is charged in the 2014 death of 36-year-old Nikki Burgess. Burgess disappeared in Nashville and a former cellmate told investigators that Cannon confessed to killing Burgess and dumping her body in Knoxville. Her body has never been found. Police have previously stated that ... Read More »