LYLES, Tenn. (WSMV) - The East Hickman Volunteer Fire Department was called out to a home last week after it was struck by lightning. It happened Wednesday at a house on Pinewood Road, the department shared in a Facebook post over the weekend. “Units arrived and began an investigation,” EHVFD sai...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A woman is facing multiple charges after reportedly mistreating her puppy and assaulting officers during her arrest over the weekend in Nashville.According to arrest affidavits, people called 911 to report that a woman was mistreating her dog on Nelson Merry Street, acro...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WSMV) - Kentucky’s Russell Coleman has joined a group of attorneys general across the nation calling for a federal crackdown on robocalls and texts. Coleman announced that Kentucky joined a 48-state coalition pushing for stricter regulations from the Federal Communications Commiss...
President Donald Trump said Monday that the Strait of Hormuz is open and will remain open, as he ordered the U.S. military to reinstate a blockade on Iranian ships and ports."We are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only stopping Irans ships or customers from entering o...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Middle Tennessee teenager died during a cliff-jumping accident in Nashville over the weekend, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department.Police said that officers and crews with the Nashville Fire Department responded to the Bellevue Quarry at about 6 p.m. Sund...
Sean Brock opened Joyland in 2020 along with an Alabama restaurant group that is now facing lawsuits
Police said Monday they are investigating the death of South Africa World Cup soccer player Jayden Adams, after his body was discovered this weekend at a property in the city of Cape Town.The 25-year-old Adams died two weeks after helping South Africa reach the knockout stage of a World Cup for t...
A person was killed Monday in an ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine, according to the states speaker of the house just days after a federal agent fatally shot a Mexican immigrant during a traffic stop in Houston, sparking mass protests and demands for transparency and accountability.A per...
LYLES, Tenn. (WSMV) - The East Hickman Volunteer Fire Department was called out to a home last week after it was struck by lightning. It happened Wednesday at a house on Pinewood Road, the department shared in a Facebook post over the weekend. “Units arrived and began an investigation,” EHVFD sai...
Dozens of people working at an Ebola treatment center in northeast Congo went on strike Monday over unpaid salaries and bonuses.The striking staff at Rwampara General Hospital in Ituri province includes epidemiologists, case investigators, drivers and gravediggers who say they have not been paid ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee ranked last among all 50 states for “quality of life” in CNBC’s annual America’s Top States for Business study for 2026.The business news channel said this year’s study had an increased emphasis on “quality of life,” saying this year’s methodology has this cate...
The commute around Nashville is expected to improve as the city works to make red lights shorter and signal timing better.
Officers with Clarksville Police Department are currently responding to a crash at Riverside Driver and North 2nd Street.
The American Red Cross is calling for urgent blood donations after the nation's blood supply reportedly dropped nearly 25% in June.
ALASKA (Aging Untold) — Mingo Graham woke up from a coma at Stanford University not knowing what had happened. A motorcycle crash at 110 mph into a pole broke bones in his neck, leaving him paralyzed below the waist and physically frozen in a twisted position. “I don’t know what happened. I woke ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - A man is accused of shooting his neighbor eight times while returning a PlayStation he stole from the neighbor, according to police. Tyzerrian Castle, 24, was arrested Thursday for the August 2025 shooting. During the meetup to return the stolen PlayStation, a ...
Metro's effort to acquire property slated for a proposed data center near Nashville Zoo.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The suspect wanted for allegedly shooting a man in Hermitage in April was arrested last week and is now facing charges.According to an arrest affidavit, officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department responded to the Thornton’s gas station on Lebanon Pike in Hermita...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The American Red Cross is urgently pleading for Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky residents to help pull the region out of an “emergency blood shortage.” “Blood donors are urgently needed to give now to help ensure patients receive lifesaving medical care without de...
Sam Neill, a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged velociraptors in Jurassic Park and played Holly Hunters husband in The Piano, has died. He was 78.In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Aging Untold) — Karen Jenkins discovered a lump in her breast on her own — not through a mammogram. The diagnosis that followed was a shock. “It was pretty scary,” Jenkins said. Rather than letting fear take hold, Jenkins turned to her paintbrush and began transforming a forgot...
A recent study by financial network CNBC determined Tennessee has the worst quality of life in the country.
A woman faces multiple charges after she was accused of abusing a puppy at a Nashville dog park and assaulting police officers during her arrest.
South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham died over the weekend from heart complications, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are returning to Capitol Hill Monday to mourn his passing and vow to pass legislation in his honor.IN CASE YOU MISSED IT | Lindsey Graham, influential GOP senator...
COLUMBIA, Tenn. (WSMV) - A bridge in Columbia will be shut down after issues were identified with its structure. The City of Columbia said on Wednesday that the Mt. Olivet Bridge will close on July 13 “due to structural concerns.” The bridge is scheduled to undergo a Tennessee Department of Trans...
Mayor Freddie O’Connell said the city is continuing to challenge a new Tennessee law that changes the makeup of the Nashville Airport Authority Board.
An all-star team of local chefs will help raise funds for The Nashville Food Project on July 16
Opinion: From racism to hypocrisy and crushing cookies, Blackburn's race to be governor is paved with unpleasantness and cruelty
Rain chances continue Monday as showers and storms develop later in the day.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee ranked last among all 50 states for “quality of life” in CNBC’s annual America’s Top States for Business study for 2026.The business news channel said this year’s study had an increased emphasis on “quality of life,” saying this year’s methodology has this cate...
Metro Nashville Emergency Communications confimred that one person was declared dead at Bellevue Quarry on Sunday evening.
Detectives are investigating an apparent drowning that occurred Sunday evening in a Bellevue lake.
GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. (WWNY/Gray News) - A New York woman is accused of slapping a man in front of her at the McDonald’s drive-thru for taking too long to get his food.Gouverneur Police charged 39-year-old Constance Cota with second-degree harassment.Police say Cota was a passenger in a vehicle waitin...
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for a 74-year-old man from Harrison.The TBI says that Gary Keck was last see Sunday near Thatch
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WBAY/Gray News) - An 18-year-old Wisconsin man says he’s grateful to be alive and to still have both of his legs after a freak farm accident left him seriously injured.Mason Kramer says he loves doing hands-on work at his Sheboygan farm, but he suffered life-threatening injuries ...
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC/Gray News) - An Iowa father was arrested after police say he intentionally threw his 7-month-old baby into a metal doorframe, leaving the infant in critical condition.Laserdrick Dashaun Fowler was arrested last Sunday. He is charged with felony child endangerment resulting i...
MESA, Ariz. (AZFamily/Gray News) - Prosecutors say an Arizona man allegedly stabbed his wife 24 times because he wanted to make her stop talking.Nathaniel Gotham, 32, made his first court appearance Sunday. He faces a charge of attempted murder.Mesa Police responded to an apartment Saturday and f...
Nashville mayor says plan to use eminent domain to acquire proposed data center property is driven by need for municipal space tied to BNA expansion.
The purpose of the annual campaign is to increase speed enforcement on major highways and other high-risk roads.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) confirmed two cases of measles in Middle Tennessee Saturday, marking the state’s first confirmed cases of the year.The Metro Nashville Public Health Department confirmed the first case in Nashville on Friday.According to the TDH, ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV/Gray News) - A man was arrested after attempting to grab a 7-year-old girl away from her mother at a popular waterfront park in Oregon, the Portland Police Bureau said.Shortly before 7 p.m. July 11, multiple 911 callers reported incidents of a naked man running around the par...
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