Murfreesboro TN

As Rutherford County’s population grows, the county commission faces some tough decisions, including whether to build new schools and where.

A Tennessee man was sentenced to over 4 years in prison for destroying evidence related to an officer involved shooting death. 33 year old Joshua Rogers was found to have aided Patric Ferguson, a Memphis police officer, with the kidnapping and fatal shooting of a man in 2021. Rogers assisted...

BAXTER, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Department of Homeland Security reports that a Chinese national with a commercial driver’s license, who allegedly entered the U.S. illegally, is accused of causing a deadly crash in Tennessee. DHS reports that 54-year-old Huang Yisong rear-ended a tractor-trailer on Interstate 40, causing a...

Real estate fraud is on the rise in Tennessee, and lawmakers are weighing options aimed at stopping it. That includes an optional pilot program that would require an ID before filing real estate documents by mail and in person. One of the cases was a complex fraud scheme to try to steal Graceland. Federal officials...

TENNESSEE — Several school systems in East Tennessee announced closures and delayed starts for Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, as power outages and related issues continued following overnight storms. In Sullivan County, Rock Springs Elementary School and Sullivan Heights Middle School were closed Friday due to a power outage...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Special agents and task force officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Louisville Field Division have seized 170,617 fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and 177.76 kilograms of fentanyl powder since Jan. 1, 2025. The Louisville Field Office covers the states of Kentucky, Tennessee and...

The crash happened on Interstate 24 the day after Thanksgiving.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WZTV) — A 17-year-old girl is missing out of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Zarriyah Douglas was last seen on Dec. 6 around 11:45 p.m. at an apartment complex on S. Rutherford Boulevard. She was wearing a blue sweatshirt and pants. Her phone was discovered in Lebanon by local police...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee is one of three states that is offering up its full voter registration lists to the US Department of Justice as part of a national investigation. On Thursday, the DOJ announced federal lawsuits against three states — Georgia, Illinois and Wisconsin — as well as...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Tennessee lawmaker has introduced a bill to implement a tracking system for “early warning signs” displayed by students in schools. Sen. Bill Powers, R-Clarksville, introduced the bill in mid-December to implement a computer-based system used by teachers and staff to collect data on “early...