Category Archives: Local News

 The Blount County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a teenage girl who died while trying to tie a rope swing around a tree. 

Hooters made a financial contribution to the Scouts. A manager also said they sent over three girls to volunteer every day of the camp.

The spacecraft will study Jupiter’s auroras and gather information to help scientists better understand its atmosphere and how it was formed.

Thick, toxic algae closes beaches in Florida and prompts a state of emergency in four coastal counties.

All of the events below occurred on the same day of the month, July 4. 

Shepherdsville police recovered the car Taira Litsey was originally driving not far from the site of the initial stop. 

It was a rough start to the holiday weekend in Central. Authorities there reported two separate and unrelated acts of vandalism on Thursday night.

Shanynthia Gardner, the woman charged with stabbing and killing her four young children, has a history of going missing.

According to Ridgeland Police Lieutenant Brian Myers, the toddler was left unattended inside a car while the grandmother went inside to shop at the Lowe’s Home Improvement on County Line Road.