Cheatham County, TN

Tennessee State

Murfreesboro, TN

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a fatal crash that involved a car and a semi-truck on Thursday evening. Carlos Hernandez, 23, made an attempt to pass a driver in a passing zone on Manchester Pike near Murfreesboro, according to THP’s preliminary report. Hernandez was unable to complete the pass and hit a semi-truck head-on.

Man hits semi-truck head-on, dies while trying to pass vehicle

Nashville, TN

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Metro Nashville Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead at a gas station on Thursday night. According to MNPD, officers responded to a shooting just after 10 p.m. at the Citgo station on Clarksville Pike where they found a man in his 20s dead on the floor of Jerry’s Discount Tobacco and Beer.

Deadly shooting at northwest Nashville gas station

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - When severe weather strikes, being properly prepared can mean the difference between life and death. Damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph and flooding downpours are expected to hit Middle Tennessee anywhere from 8 p.m. tonight to 2 a.m. early Saturday morning. For the full forecast, visit the First Alert Weather page.

How to prepare, stay safe in a power outage

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WSMV) - A semi-truck hauling Pillsbury products overturned, closing part of a road in Murfreesboro on Thursday. The truck reportedly overcorrected while attempting a curve and spilled its contents into a ditch, according to the Murfreesboro Police Department. The truck landed just before a railroad crossing on Butler Drive.

Overturned semi spills Pillsbury products near railroad crossing

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A man is in custody after Metro Nashville Police say he attacked three different men in three different places. One was a jogger who was attacked at an East Nashville park over the weekend. MNPD says 30-year-old Khadree Renfro is charged with three counts of attempted...

East Nashville jogger recounts incident with alleged serial pipe-attacker

Clarksville, TN

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - More than two and a half years after the Tennessee Department of Transportation got approval for a road project that would bypass downtown Clarksville, the project is still on pause. The holdup? There is no funding for it. WSMV 4 learned this is just one of hundreds of projects in line.

700+ approved TDOT projects await funding

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Severe storms hit Middle Tennessee overnight, leaving behind damage in its passing. Fallen trees have been reported throughout the area. A tree blocked the road in Belle Meade at Harding Pike at around midnight on Saturday and a fallen tree on Haynes Street took down power lines.

Trees down, outages reported following Friday’s severe storms

Rutherford County, TN

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Authorities say a Rutherford County Adult Detention Center inmate who allegedly walked away from a work detail Friday afternoon is back in custody. Inmate Matthew Kennamer, 41 of Murfreesboro, was working on lawn care and was last seen about 1:15 p.m. at the detention center grounds at 940 New Salem Highway in Murfreesboro, according to Rutherford County officials. As of 4:45 p.m. Friday, officials said he was back in custody.

Escaped Rutherford Co. inmate back in custody

A student was found dead inside a dorm room at Tennessee State University on Thursday afternoon. A motorcyclist was flown to a Nashville hospital after a crash Thursday night on Fort Campbell Boulevard in Clarksville. 80-year-old steam engine to return to the rails. Updated: 5 hours ago. |. Work continues...

Troopers investigating fatal crash in Rutherford County

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A tree fell onto a home in a transitional housing community in North Nashville late Friday night. Several people were inside Chip’s Place, a sober living space for men, when the tree fell around 11 p.m., according to a worker at the community. Severe storms and strong wind gusts overnight are likely to blame for the accident.

Tree falls on transitional living home in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Metro Nashville Police arrested a man who was allegedly involved in four unprovoked and random beatings over the last week. MNPD announced late Thursday night that 30-year-old Khadree Renfro was apprehended by Violent Crimes detectives as he exited a silver Hyundai SUV on Pennock Avenue. Police believe Renfro’s latest attack occurred Wednesday night at a laundromat on Dickerson Pike.

VIDEO: Suspect in multiple random attacks arrested in Nashville

A student was found dead inside a dorm room at Tennessee State University on Thursday afternoon. A motorcyclist was flown to a Nashville hospital after a crash Thursday night on Fort Campbell Boulevard in Clarksville. Former Nashville personal trainer accused of stealing nude photos sentenced. Updated: 6 hours ago. |

80-year-old steam engine to return to the rails

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A man police say shot his ex-girlfriend and her mother Friday evening inside a home in The Nations died by suicide after being confronted by a Metro Nashville Police sergeant, the police department said in a news release. Police said the suspect, 54-year-old Jeffrey Carlson, fatally...

Shooting suspect dies by suicide after police confrontation in The Nations, police say

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Metro Police are searching for the driver of a car neighbors said hit a group of children before speeding off Sunday night. Neighbors said some watched as a driver hit a group of children while they were crossing the street on 12th Avenue South, but many are more shocked by how late the young children were outside. It’s an area many said they see children walking around daily.

Metro Police search for driver who struck 5 kids in Edgehill neighborhood

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Middle school parents were notified to retrieve their students after a brief fire alarm evacuation during the rain left them soaked. According to a message sent out to parents from Kirkwood Middle School, smoke from a mechanical system triggered the fire alarm and all students were evacuated until the fire department could arrive and investigate. Students had to stand out in the rain until fire crews cleared the school of any danger.

Clarksville school dismisses after fire alarm leaves students in the rain

Church remembers woman killed in hit-and-run

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Metro Nashville Police arrested a man on Wednesday for nearly striking two officers with a stolen car last month. According to the arrest report, two MNPD officers approached a black Yukon parked at a gas station on John A. Merrit Boulevard just before 3 a.m. on Feb. 21. An analysis of the Yukon’s license plate showed it was stolen during a previous robbery.

Man nearly hits officers with car to avoid arrest, police say

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Nashville police are warning the public to be on the lookout for a man allegedly involved in four unprovoked and random beatings over the last week. The man is described by police as a Black man in his late 20s to early 30s and about 5 feet 7 inches tall. Police said the man’s latest attack happened Wednesday night at a laundry mat at 1506 Dickerson Pike.

VIDEO: Suspected serial attacker beats Nashville laundry mat patron

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - More than 100,000 people in Middle Tennessee lost power earlier this month during the last windstorm. Power companies are expecting the lights to go out again Friday night if winds top 60 miles per hour. As of 11 p.m., about 4,500 customers are without power. Those...

Power crews on standby ahead of strong storms

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A steam locomotive that used to sit in Centennial Park will be back on the rails. Locomotive No. 576 was moved out of the park in 2019. Currently, it sits outside a warehouse near Interstate 40. It looks like a skeleton of a steam engine, but...

Restoration project continues for former Centennial Park steam engine

A student was found dead inside a dorm room at Tennessee State University on Thursday afternoon. A motorcyclist was flown to a Nashville hospital after a crash Thursday night on Fort Campbell Boulevard in Clarksville. 80-year-old steam engine to return to the rails. Updated: 9 hours ago. |. Work continues...

Arrest made in random attacks around Nashville

Springfield, TN

SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (WSMV) - Springfield police charged a man with attempted criminal homicide for shooting a man who was behind the wheel of a van Tuesday night. It caused the victim to drive off the road and into a yard. Investigators identified the suspect as Billy Ray Barrow, who surrendered...

Springfield shooting suspect charged after man shot multiple times

Florida State

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The National Transportation Safety Board has determined the cause of a 2021 plane crash that killed Gwen Shamblin Lara and other Remnant Fellowship Church members. The NTSB has determined the pilot’s loss of airplane control during climb due to spatial disorientation caused the plane to crash,...

NTSB determines cause of crash that killed Gwen Shamblin, Brentwood church members

Decertification recommended for former Memphis, La Vergne officers

A student was found dead inside a dorm room at Tennessee State University on Thursday afternoon. A motorcyclist was flown to a Nashville hospital after a crash Thursday night on Fort Campbell Boulevard in Clarksville.

Latest in Belle Meade Plaza plans

NewsBreak

Car takes out two power poles in Cheatham County

BELL TOWN, Tenn. (WSMV) - Kingston Springs Fire reported a crash involving a vehicle and two electric poles in a rural area off Highway 70 on...

Car takes out two power poles in Cheatham County

Comments / 0