Tennessee Highway Patrol and local agencies will hold a sobriety checkpoint in Smyrna this weekend to honor a teen killed on I‑24 and to look for impaired drivers.

A $30M state reallocation from promised Memphis crime funds has nonprofits scrambling to protect prevention programs and recent safety gains.

Court paperwork and surveillance show a man opened fire on a car in the James A. Cayce Homes on April 14; he was later charged with multiple felonies and held on $125,000 bond.

Two armed men entered a Spring Hill home early Monday; police say no one was hurt and detectives are asking neighbors to check doorbell cameras. Investigators are reviewing footage from 1:30–2:45 a.m.

A Highway 55 stop in McMinnville led to charges after officers say they found two loaded Glocks, a 50‑round drum magazine and suspected drugs. The driver is in custody with bond set at $30,000.

A 67-year-old motorcyclist died Monday after a collision at Clinton Highway and Tillery Drive in Knoxville; KPD says the rider allegedly ran a red light.

Murfreesboro police say license‑plate readers and public‑safety cameras helped track and arrest two people accused of robbing a vape and CBD shop at gunpoint. Bond amounts and court dates have been set.

A 23-year-old is jailed after an SUV allegedly struck a 63-year-old bystander while fleeing U.S. Marshals on Dickerson Pike.

Jeff’s Bagel Run cut the ribbon in Nolensville Friday, opening its first Tennessee shop with scratch-made bagels and morning hours.

A deadly crash on I-65 southbound at Old Hickory Boulevard has closed all southbound lanes as troopers investigate. Expect major delays in the area.

Don Schlitz, the songwriter behind Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler,” has died at 73 after a sudden illness. The Grand Ole Opry will honor him this weekend; services are pending.

An armed robbery at the Charlotte Pike Cracker Barrel closed the restaurant Thursday while MNPD investigated and searched a vehicle believed linked to the case.

Permit filings show Southwest is planning a roughly $53 million lounge in BNA’s central mezzanine as the carrier expands into airport clubs.