Tag Archives: Tennessee

In Tennessee, autopsies revealed that a 1-year-old toddler died of starvation in his car seat in a home where his mother died of a heroin overdose, and his 3-year-old sister, who was discovered alive, had struggled for days to feed her sibling. Tiffany Spears, 32, and her infant boy, Nicholas …

A 17-year-old was shot and killed by Knoxville, Tennessee police after a woman called the police on him. Regina Perkins, the mother of Anthony Thompson’s girlfriend Alexus Page, has since apologized for calling the police that day. Thompson was killed on April 12 in an Austin-East Magnet High School bathroom …

A Tennessee man was released on bond after he assaulted his estranged wife. When he was let free, he killed his wife and her mother before taking his own life. On Monday, police were called to 1400 Whispering Oaks Drive in the StoneBridge subdivision of Lebanon, a Nashville suburb, after …

A male student who opened fire on police officers at a Tennessee high school was killed when they returned fire. The incident unfolded around 3:15 p.m. on Monday when the Knoxville Police Department received a call about a possibly armed individual at Austin-East Magnet High School. When police arrived, they …

Bill Lee, governor of Tennessee, has signed a transgender sports bill that requires students to prove their sex listed at birth if they want to play in middle and high school sports. The bill, which was signed on Friday, states “a student’s gender for purposes of participation in a public …

A sister and brother duo are now behind bars after Tennessee police charged them in the 2019 death of their disabled mother. According to PEOPLE, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said that a Washington County grand jury indicted Michael Murray, 40, and his sister, Karen Murray, 45, on first-degree murder …

Chick-Fil-A is selling 16-ounce bottles of Chick-Fil-A sauce and Polynesian Sauce at grocery stores across the nation. The bottles of sauce are available at Walmart, Publix, HEB, Winn-Dixie, Food Lion, and Harris Teeter in Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. The money …

Footage surfaced of a shootout between a Tennessee woman and a Metro Nashville Police Officer that transpired in a parking lot on Friday. Officer Josh Baker pulled over Nika N. Holbert, 31, when he noticed the Chevy Camaro she was driving was registered to was wanted on six warrants, MNPD spokesman Don Aaron said in …

A Tennessee mother suffering from depression and her young son are dead after she jumped from a highway overpass while holding the boy in her arms. The Madison County Sheriff’s Department has identified the young mother as 26-year-old Tonisha Lashay Barker. The family identified the toddler as 21-month-old Jonathan Jones. …

The girlfriend of Anthony Warner, the Nashville Christmas bomber, warned police last year that her boyfriend was making bombs in his R.V., according to the New York Times. An attorney for his unidentified girlfriend told the Metro Nashville Police that Warner “frequently talks about the military and bomb-making.” In 2019, …

A 7-year-old Tennessee boy named Eli jumped through his little sister’s window to rescue her heroically. CNN reports that earlier this month, a fire broke out at Chris and Nicole Davidson’s home. The couple could get their 2-year-old son Elijah and Eli, who they have been fostering, to safety, but 22-month-old …

According to reports, A Tennessee nurse who received the coronavirus vaccine fainted after saying she was feeling dizzy. On Thursday, Nurse manager Tiffany Dover received the Pfizer-BioNTech jab at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga. Dover said, “All of my staff, you know, we are excited to get the vaccine. We are …

Tragedy has struck a Middle Tennessee family after a Clarksville mother was killed in a car crash hours after leaving her murdered son’s funeral. Nashville detectives are still looking for answers after 36-year-old JaJuan Clark was found with severe gunshot wounds on Oct. 10 along Hickory Hollow Parkway near the Global …

This is just foul, literally. A woman’s body was found in a Nashville, Tennessee apartment and it’s believed she’s been dead for over two years. The woman has been identified as Laronda Jolly, 56; she shared the apartment with her four adult children—who are all intellectually disabled. According to WKRN …

Today city officials announced that Mayor Lonnie Norman of Manchester, Tenn. has died from the coronavirus. In a Facebook post they wrote, “With a deep sense of sadness and loss, we announce the passing of Mayor Lonnie Norman after being hospitalized for COVID-19 on October 1, 2020.” They added, “Mayor …

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R) signed a bill into law last week, increasing the punishment for certain kinds of protests. The GOP controlled state General Assembly passed the bill during a three-day special legislative session, and it was signed without an announcement, according to The Hill. The new law makes …

A Tennessee state senator has been charged with finessing $600,000 in federal funds to pay for her wedding and fund her lavish lifestyle. According to the NY Post, Senator Katrina Robinson allegedly stole money that was intended for the Healthcare Institute, a company that she directed. For four years, from …

One Tennessee father pulled out all the stops to make sure his daughter got the college graduation she deserved while in quarantine. College senior Gabrielle Pierce was upset that after four years, she wouldn’t get to walk across the stage to graduate from Xavier University in Louisiana due to the …

Halloween is right around the corner, and while you may enjoy a little trick or treating, are you brave enough to go through the world’s scariest haunted house to get a $20,000 prize? McKamey Manor is located in  Summertown, Tennessee and is so extreme that participants must be 18 and …

A shocking, yet not so shocking video has surfaced of a politician in Tennessee making a homophobic comment while talking about presidential candidates, all while claiming white men in this country have very few rights. “We’ve Got A Queer Running For President,” Sevier County Commissioner Warren Hurst says, in reference …