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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A new Tennessee law taking effect Jan. 1 will require tattoo artists across the state to complete training designed to help identify and safely report signs of human trafficking, expanding who may be able to recognize victims in everyday settings. The law, known as the...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The aviation unit with a Middle Tennessee sheriff’s office spotted an unusual aircraft during their Christmas Eve patrol. The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office posted a video of the aviation unit as it “crossed paths with Santa and his reindeer.”. “We just had a...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history strained food banks across Middle Tennessee as families, federal workers, and SNAP recipients struggled to put food on the table.

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A former contestant on “The Voice” is being held in an Oklahoma jail on charges connected to a fatal crash that occurred in Tennessee, according to police. The Goodlettsville Police Department reports that 38-year-old Kate Huddleston, better known as Kata Hay, was arrested in...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Elizabethton, TN – As drivers set New Year’s resolutions, law enforcement in Carter County is urging motorists to make road safety a top priority, warning that speeding continues to cause thousands of...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital welcomed the birth of the first baby born in Rutherford County at 8:00 a.m. on December 25. Baby Boy Meckley, weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces and measured 20 ¼ inches long. Hospital staff shared that the family is healthy, happy, and celebrating the arrival...

Police have charged three juveniles with shootings that killed three people and wounded another within three months in Rutherford County. The shootings happened Oct. 9 in Murfreesboro with the death 26 year old Kentrell London; Dec. 14 in La Vergne with the death of 23-year-old Andres Olea Perez ; and Dec. 20 in...

In a routine exercise of law enforcement, La Vergne Police Department's Officer Curtis Richard recently pulled over a driver for a registration discrepancy. The traffic stop escalated when the driver exhibited signs of nervousness and possible intoxication. Subsequently, K-9 Officer Jonathan McCall and his K-9...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Several Sheriff’s Offices across East Tennessee are receiving increased reports of phone scams. Loudon County Sheriff’s Office reported people receiving calls from someone identifying himself as “Lt. Johnson,” who claims he is over a special jail program related to overcrowding, and their...

At some point in our lives, we’ve all made statements we don’t mean . We probably all uttered the words “I’m going to kill you” to a sibling when we were kids. Or we might have announced our parents were “going to kill us” because of something bad we did . In most situations, those statements can’t be taken...