Guard Unit Returns from Southern Border Mission
NOVEMBER 28, 2025 – Nearly 50 Guardsmen with the 168th Military Police Battalion recently completed a yearlong deployment to the U.S. southern border. For the past 12 months, these Tennessee National Guardsmen were headquartered at the U.S. Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector near Edinburg, Texas, where they...
Controversial Case: Man from Tennessee, Alleging to be Jesus, Faces Murder Charges for Setting...
tampafp.com - 11/24/2025 09:01:35 PM. A shocking incident recently took place in Tennessee, where a man named Christopher Medula was charged with murder after allegedly setting a woman, Angela Palacio, on fire. Medula claimed to be "Jesus" and referred to the victim as the "devil." The victim succumbed to her...
Ten minor quakes measured in Missouri, Tennessee since last week
Magnitude 1.4 - near East Prairie, Missouri. MAP: tremors of 1.5 or greater in the past six month - red and orange indicate they occurred in the past week. (USGS)
Jane Doe found 18 years ago in Tennessee identified as Connecticut woman
The DNA Doe Project identified the woman as 40-year-old Mary Alice Maloney.
‘We think it matters’ Protesters urge Black Friday shoppers to support local businesses
On Black Friday, some East Tennesseans, including Army veteran and Harriman native Joe Wheeler, asked Knoxvillians to keep their money in the community.
Some states now require public schools to teach kids about gun safety
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — This school year, students in elementary, middle and high schools in some states will get a new lesson on safety: what to do if they find a firearm. Arkansas, Tennessee and Utah are the first states to enact laws that require public schools to teach children as young as 5 the basics of gun safety...
Tennessee business supports Logan’s Law
VERSAILLES, Ky. (WKYT) - A Tennessee T-shirt business owner is now making shirts to help the Tipton family with funding for Logan’s Law. The law would send someone found guilty by reason of insanity to a mental health facility. Addie Leach started her business Addie’s Tees in July 2025...
Dying East TN inmate asks Gov. Lee to let him spend his final months...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee inmate serving decades for a murder his lawyer says he didn't commit is making an end-of-life appeal to spend his final days outside prison walls. Gerald D. Thomas, 72, was convicted by a Loudon County jury in 2008 in the strangulation-shooting of Adwinna Hughes....
An Unforgettable Thanksgiving with Tennessee’s Angry Grandmother
My father and mother were born in the 1920’s, grew up during the Depression and World War II, and November and December were not very different for them than the other 10 months of the year. Thanksgiving and Christmas days were quiet and simple. But not for their children:...
Two extricated safely following violent interstate crash in Murfreesboro on Thanksgiving
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WSMV) - Two people had to cut out of their vehicle following a serious crash on the interstate in Murfreesboro on Thanksgiving night. The Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue Department sent crews to I-24 East near the I-840 interchange for a crash involving two vehicles on Thursday night. Firefighters and...

















