Hickory Falls to Close After 21 Years in Smyrna; Owners Announce Retirement
SMYRNA, Tenn. (WGNS) – After more than two decades as a community staple, Hickory Falls Restaurant in Smyrna announced it will close at the end of December as its founders prepare to retire. In an open letter posted to Facebook, owners Peter Kehayes, Mark Robbins and Paul Kehayes shared...
Tennessee among states with worst rates for older drivers involved in fatal crashes, new...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A new report has found that older driver fatalities account for 19% of the country’s fatal crashes. Among the states with the most amount of fatal crashes with older drivers is Tennessee, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The report states that Tennessee...
Arctic Blast to Freeze Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee With Hard Freeze on December...
ALABAMA — A dangerous Arctic cold front is set to plunge deep into the Southeast United States on December 14, delivering subfreezing temperatures to Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. Forecasters say the system could cause one of the most intense early-winter cold snaps in years for the region, with...
Towing Company Operator Arrested in Chattanooga
The owner of a Chattanooga towing company faces charges for allegedly running a criminal operation across Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky. Police state that Benjamin Duvall, owner of Choo Choo Towing, sold vehicles he did not own. Reports began after cars vanished from driveways and parking lots, later appearing for...
Maryville father pushes back against school vouchers, files lawsuit against state
Dustin Park is the father of a high school freshman with Down syndrome who attends school in Blount County, park says the public school system in East Tennessee has made it all possible.
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...

















