Flooding, severe weather threat for Middle Tennessee continues through the weekend
FOX 17 News has issued a Code Red Weather Alert for the threat of flooding and damaging winds across Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky.
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FOX 17 News has issued a Code Red Weather Alert for the threat of flooding and damaging winds across Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky.
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HOHENWALD, Tenn. (WSMV) — An Asian elephant captured as a calf in Thailand, who spent three decades in Texas zoos before retiring to a Tennessee sanctuary, died July 6 following a progression of advanced osteoarthritis.Sissy arrived at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee in 2000, where caretakers...

MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WSMV) - The search for a driver who crashed into a pond in Mt. Juliet early Friday morning is over.The Mt. Juliet Police Department reported that the male suspect was located in the woods close to where he crashed into a pond on Providence Trail and Providence Parkway.The crash...

China successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket after a launch on Friday in a breakthrough for the country's space program, state media said.The first stage of a Long March-10B rocket separated from the second stage after liftoff and returned to a platform in the sea, the official Xinhu...

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Brentwood Police Department are looking for a missing elderly man on Friday.Brentwood Police learned that 85-year-old James Walker was missing, and on Friday morning, the TBI escalated that report to a Silver Alert. Walker re...

STANTON, Tenn. (WMC) - Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced Friday that flags at the State Capitol will be lowered in honor of a Tennessee Department of Transportation worker killed while working.TDOT employee Cathy Sims was killed Wednesday when a CSX train struck her commercial vehicle at a ra...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued a Silver Alert for an 85-year-old man missing out of Brentwood, Tennessee.

President Trump said Friday that he will not sign a bipartisan housing bill aimed at tackling the countrys affordability crisis by encouraging more housing supply.The president previously threatened not to sign the bill unless lawmakers also pass the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of...

ADAMS, Tenn. (WSMV) - Rescue teams reportedly pulled a pair of kayakers and their dog from a river under nightfall in Adams, Tennessee, on Thursday.According to a report from Smokey Barn News, the Adams Fire Department was alerted to stranded kayakers and a dog on the Red River around 9 p.m. Adam...

Plans for a data center are moving forward in Lawrenceburg, at least for now. The site plans passed through the city planning commission unanimously.Signaling, this project has gained momentum despite community push back. A petition asking city leaders for moratorium now has more than 7,000 signa...

James Walker was last seen Thursday near Wheatfield Circle in Brentwood.
FOX 17 News has issued a Code Red Weather Alert for the threat of flooding and damaging winds across Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky.

American forces struck 90 targets across Iran, and Tehran fired back at U.S. allies in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, pushing a fragile ceasefire to the brink of collapse. At least 14 people have been killed in Iran.President Donald Trump warned the situation will worsen if Iran continues attacking s...

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Goodlettsville Police are searching for a man considered armed and dangerous after an early-morning chase left two officers injured.

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GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Goodlettsville Police Department is looking for a potentially “armed and dangerous” man after he violently fled a traffic stop overnight.Goodlettsville PD reported that the town’s license plate readers pinged on a stolen black Jaguar XF around 12:30 a.m. on Frid...

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Authorities are searching for a man who Goodlettsville police reported fled from police officers early Friday morning.

Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87.Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living facility in the Dallas and Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine, Texas, Grapevine City Councilwoman Duff O'Dell said Thursday. O'Dell, who descr...

The Weather Alert continues through Sunday as rounds of rain and storms could cause flash flooding. While heavy rain is the primary concern, there could be a few isolated severe storms.

MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WSMV) - A search is underway for a driver who crashed into a pond in Mt. Juliet early Friday morning.The Mt. Juliet Police Department reported that a suspect crashed into the pond at the intersection of Providence Trail and Providence Parkway around 1:30 a.m.The driver then exi...

Three of four lanes are blocked on Interstate 40 Westbound for your commute early Friday morning.

Mt. Juliet police reported police activity in the Providence Trail and Providence Parkway area just before 2 a.m.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Clarksville Police Department is investigating a crash involving a pedestrian early Friday morning.Clarksville Police officers responded to Tiny Town Road near Needmore Road around 3:30 a.m. on Friday to investigate a crash. They arrived to discover that a driver h...

The crash happened on Tiny Town Road near Needmore Road around 3:30 a.m.

Clarksville Police say that a pedestrian was hit early Friday on Tiny Town Road.

Nearly a dozen Metro police patrol vehicles responded to the 500 block of Thompson Lane near the railway tunnel bridge around 8:30 p.m.

LODI, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - A group of friends broke down a door and ran into a burning Wisconsin home to help a family trapped inside.Lodi Fire officials were dispatched to a home on Rodney Drive around 10:45 p.m. on July 4. The home caught fire from what the department described as heavy use ...

An inmate inside a Tennessee prison allegedly helped direct a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy using contraband cellphones, leading to federal charges against 11 people.

After hours of debate, the Clarksville City Council has officially finalized its budget.

Serious storms passed through much of the Mid-State Wednesday night. In parts of Wilson County, heavy rain brought major flooding.Angela Seats' photography studio was washed out, and she lost both AC in her home and several pieces of work equipment."I sat at the top of the driveway and just looke...

The housing market in Dickson remains vibrant, with home sales increasing over the past year even as prices have cooled from the highs of the pandemic.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Josef Newgarden will try to become a back-to-back winner at the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix. But, he will have to do it while not being fully healthy.The Hendersonville native and two-time IndyCar champion remains in a walking boot as he recovers from a crash...

All three remaining members of the federal body tasked with administering elections have been fired or resigned, Scripps News has learned.Scripps News confirmed on Thursday that Democratic commissioners Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland were fired, while Republican Christy McCormick resigned her ...

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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT/Gray News) - Nebraska officials say they have confiscated dozens of animals, including a zebra, from a Nebraska home on Thursday. According to Steve Glandt with the Nebraska Humane Society, charges are pending after about 60 animals were found to be living in deplorable conditio...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - More than 20 people were charged in connection to months of drug investigations in Putnam County, according to the sheriff’s office.The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said its Narcotics Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Tenne...
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