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SMYRNA, Tenn. (WSMV) - Five people, including a police officer, were reportedly bitten by two dogs in the Town of Smyrna on Monday, according to police. The Smyrna Police Department reports that officers responded to the area of Sam Ridley Parkway to reports of two aggressive dogs that had bitten multiple people at...

MITCHELL COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Mitchell County Emergency Management reports part of a highway is closed due to a wildfire on Monday. Officials said crews were alerted of a fire near the NC-Tennessee state line before 4:45 p.m. NC-197 at the intersection of Poplar Creek Rd all the way...

The Spine Bookshop named Rutherford County Library System Director Luanne James as a "First Amendment Hero," a March 23 news release announced. The recognition from the Smyrna business owned by Lindsay Schultz follows a recent decision by James to retain access to LGBTQIA books for teens and younger children, while...

Tennessee is preparing to carry out a rare execution of a woman even as a series of legal challenges tests nearly every part of the state’s death penalty machinery. At the center is Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, whose scheduled lethal injection would be the first execution of a woman...

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — 2 young adults are facing charges for impaired driving and drag racing after a Tennessee State Trooper clocked them going more than 100 mph down I-24 Monday night, an affidavit says. The affidavit says a THP trooper was on patrol traveling east on I-24 when...

COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. — A snack made right here in our area is part of a growing national shift away from artificial food dyes. McKee Foods, the Collegedale-based company behind Little Debbie snacks, says it has already removed Red Dye No. 3 from its products and plans to phase out additional synthetic colors in the...

On April 1 at 10 a.m., the Tennessee Highway Safety Office and Tennessee Highway Patrol will kick off 'Operation Hands Free', a statewide effort to enforce Tennessee’s Hands-Free Law during National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Press events and enforcement bus tours will take place in Nashville, Memphis,...

Tennessee’s food scene goes way beyond hot chicken and barbecue. Tucked away in strip malls, quiet neighborhoods, and small towns across the state are incredible restaurants that locals treasure but visitors rarely hear about. These hidden gems serve everything from authentic Laotian dishes to old-fashioned Southern...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Lt. Governor Randy McNally has appointed Kelly G. Rollins of Murfreesboro to serve on the Tennessee State Board of Education, the governing body responsible for establishing policy and long-term educational standards for Tennessee’s K–12 public education system. Rollins will represent...

Tennessee Health Board Disciplinary Actions: Middle Tennessee Practitioners — January 2026. The Tennessee Department of Health released its monthly disciplinary action report covering actions taken by health-related licensing boards in January 2026. The following Middle Tennessee practitioners were among those cited....