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Between the World War II-era journal, dog tag, pictures, and Purple Heart, a couple has found a box of treasures in a dumpster. Now, they're trying to get the box back home.

MONTEREY — Special agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, working alongside the Cookeville Police Department and Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, have obtained indictments charging a Monterey man accused of possessing and sharing child sexual abuse material. In April, after receiving information from the Cookeville Police Department’s Internet...

An Australian company has set up shop in Wilson County, charged with the idea of Tennessee becoming an established hub for EV.

The man at the center of a Blue Alert in Tennessee was out on bond at the time of the shooting.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – History was made when Watertown High School’s baseball team won the Class 2A state title. This is the school’s first team title win in any sport. Head coach Mark Pirvus joins Nickelle Smith by phone in the News 2 studio to discuss the historic win.

W.D. “Dixie” Blazier, 70, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022 surrounded by his family at St. Thomas Hospital Midtown in Nashville, TN. Dixie was born on April 22, 1952, a son of the late Betty (Ward) and Willard Dee Blazier, Sr. On December 4, 1988, he married Jean...

WATERTOWN - Former Sunbright High basketball coach Kevon Honeycutt has been hired as the new boys basketball coach at Watertown High School. Honeycutt takes over for Matt Bradshaw who resigned earlier this year after 13 seasons at WHS to head up the boys basketball program at Stewarts Creek High in Rutherford County.

A new downtown bookstore on Cookeville’s Spring Street hopes to serve a community and literary hub. Plenty On Spring Co-Owner Lisa Uhrik said that her company Franklin Fixtures makes bookshelves for bookstores across the country. She said that local bookstores have been flourishing recently despite the pandemic, and they wanted to bring something to the heart of downtown Cookeville, her hometown.

Sydnee Steverson will soon celebrate her sixth anniversary at Cedars Preparatory Academy in Lebanon. Steverson previously served as the school’s Extended Care Director and this upcoming year will step back into the classroom as the third-grade teacher. “The most rewarding part of my job is the connections I am...

It wasn’t the Great White Whale, but it was a whale of a great white carp. Victor Siwik was using a treble hook to snag paddlefish in Reelfoot Lake when he latched onto a four-foot, 41-pound Bighead Carp. While not a record – the state and world-record Bighead Carp,...

Mr. Luis Bernabe Garcia, age 39 of Riddleton, died Monday, June 27. He is survived by: wife, Mayra Nolasco Castro; 2 children, Luis Bernabe Nolasco, Kelly Bernabe Nolasco all of Oaxaco, Mexico. Mr. Garcia is at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Visitation at Sanderson will be on Friday,...

Mrs. Katherine Wilkerson Bennett, age 70, of Gordonsville, TN, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Mrs. Bennett was born June 14, 1952 in Brush Creek, TN, a daughter of the late Daniel James Wilkerson and Novella Jewel Winfree Wilkerson. She married Donnie Chester Bennett on September 1, 1973 and he preceded her in death on September 14, 2017. She was also preceded in death by Sister; Tammy Wilkerson and Uncles; J.D. Vantrease.

WCTE PBS Broadcasts and Streams the 51st Annual Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree on Friday, July 1 and Saturday, July 2. Cookeville, Tenn. - WCTE PBS will air both nights of the 51st Annual Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree on Friday, July 1, from 7-11 p.m., and Saturday, July 2, from 5-11 p.m. The event on Saturday will air live statewide on Tennessee PBS stations.

Its show time in Smithville as the Fiddlers Jamboree and Crafts Festival returns to town with thousands expected to flock to the acclaimed festival. Each day, Friday and Saturday, July 1 & 2 begins at 9am with over 35 music and dance categories, streets full of hand-made crafts, and food booths galore.