Hometown Hero Bill Allen to Lead Murfreesboro Christmas Parade
MURFREESBORO, TN - Murfreesboro’s 2025 Christmas Parade will be led by a man whose life embodies service, resilience, and devotion to community. Bill Allen, a Navy veteran and D-Day survivor, has been named Grand Marshal of this year’s Murfreesboro Christmas Parade, set for Sunday, December 14 at 2 p.m. The theme, “A...
Tennessee law protects lethal drug seller identities. A judge will decide how broad that...
Tennessee is set to carry out its third lethal injection of the year, with the scheduled execution of Harold Wayne Nichols next week. Concerns about mismanagement and painful death are growing, especially after the last man to be executed groaned and said he was hurting as he died. Now, Nichols’...
Midwest – Earthquake Alert: M2.6 Quake Rattles Missouri–Kentucky–Tennessee–Arkansas Region Today
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Cooter, MO – Residents in Missouri’s Bootheel region may have felt a light jolt early Wednesday after a small earthquake was recorded just north of Cooter, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)....
Ex-Cop In Tennessee Handed 38-Year Sentence For On-Duty Murder And Cover-Up
A former Memphis police officer will spend nearly four decades in federal prison after admitting to kidnapping and executing a man while on patrol, then conspiring to dump the victim’s body in a river. Patric J. Ferguson, 34, was sentenced Tuesday to 38 years for a slew of offenses,...
Joint investigation leads to arrest of Tennessee man on meth trafficking charge
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky., (KBSI) — A Tennessee man was arrested Tuesday evening after a joint drug investigation by the McCracken County and Graves County sheriff’s offices. Detectives received information on Dec. 2 indicating that Steven Britt, 58, of South Fulton, Tenn., was traveling to McCracken County to deliver a...
Tennessee soldier killed in Korean War identified 7 decades later
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WVLT) - A Tennessee soldier who died during the Korean War has been accounted for decades after his body made it back to U.S. soil, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. The announcement came Wednesday. The agency said 18-year-old Army Cpl. George C. Hagie of Kingsport would...
Connecticut woman’s death in Tennessee remains a mystery 20 years after her body was...
The woman, who had been living in the Nashville area, had been shot in the head, police said.
Country’s first small modular reactor to be developed in East Tennessee, governor says
Sen. Marsha Blackburn said this will help play a critical role in shaping the country’s nuclear energy future.
Man wanted in Bowling Green theft case arrested in Tennessee
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A man wanted in connection with a reported theft case in Bowling Green has been apprehended in Tennessee. Police say 34-year-old Devon Woodson was arrested in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. The Mount Juliet Police Department confirmed a traffic stop occurred due to speeding on Old Lebanon...
Monday Night Crash Reminds Us to Slow Down on Dark Rainy Nights
MURFREESBORO, TN – It was just before 9:00 o’clock on a rainy, dark Monday night with the temp at chilling 37 degrees. The glare from headlights bounced off slick pavement at the intersection of Memorial Boulevard and Haynes Drive where two vehicles collided. Police officers arrived quickly, taking notes for the...
