UPDATED: Motorcyclist Identified in Fatal Murfreesboro Crash
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – WGNS has a tragic update regarding the motorcycle crash that occurred on Thursday night, April 10, in Murfreesboro. Investigators with the Murfreesboro Police Department’s Fatal Accident Crash Team (FACT) have confirmed the identity of the motorcyclist as 24-year-old Blake Raucci, a resident of...
Tennessee Attorney General files lawsuit to dissolve National Foundation for Transplants after investigation into...
Tennessee – Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today that his office has filed a lawsuit in Davidson County Chancery Court seeking the judicial dissolution of the National Foundation for Transplants, Inc., a Memphis-based nonprofit organization that raised funds for organ transplant patients. The...
Real ID delay in Tennessee: Printing problems may affect when applicants get theirs
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — If you applied in time for the deadline to have a Real I.D. from the state of Tennessee, there's a chance your new physical I.D. won't get there in time. That's due to a printing problem that delayed production. 'The State of Tennessee's printing facility faced...
The controversial anti-poverty solution coming to public schools
Public schools in America are becoming testing grounds for a tenuous theory: that poverty can be avoided by making three choices in the right order. Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill this month requiring schools to teach students this so-called success sequence: that if you graduate from high school, get a full-time...
Tennessee physician sentenced for $41M fraud scheme
An Ashland City, Tenn.-based physician was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a $41 million healthcare fraud scheme, according to an April 14 news release from the Justice Department. What happened?. Between June 2016 and April 2019, John Manning, MD, signed orders and prescriptions that led...
Nashville man charged with kidnap, rape of teens gets bond reduced
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A man charged with raping two teen girls at gunpoint in Nashville will have a better chance of awaiting his trial at home. A Davidson County Judge reduced the man's bond, outraging victim rights advocates. Advocated for victims of sexual assault told FOX 17 News...
ICE transfers surge in Davidson County as enforcement ramps up
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Immigration enforcement is on the rise in Davidson County, with new data showing a sharp increase in the number of detainees transferred to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody despite the county no longer being part of a formal ICE partnership. In March, 56...
Restaurants in Tennessee mark tax day 2025 with freebies and deals
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — This year on tax day, restaurants in Middle Tennessee and across the nation are offering deals to help ease filing stress. USA Today compiled a list of participating locations:. Krispy Kreme is offering a dozen Original Glazed doughnuts for the price of sales tax when...
New vendor laws could eliminate jobs for hundreds of Tennesseans who are blind
A Tennessee business owner, who is blind, is sounding the alarm over a bill that could potentially cause his company, and dozens of others, to go out of business.
TN House votes to pass bill requiring coverage for treatment of PANDAS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - On Monday afternoon, the Tennessee House voted almost unanimously to approve the bill, HB0411/SB1426, requiring TennCare to cover a treatment, known as IVIG, for patients with PANDAS or PANS. PANDAS is an autoimmune disease that takes root in the brain after repeated infections like strep...