Families of missing Tennesseans urged lawmakers to create a TBI cold‑case division that would centralize unsolved cases and require local agencies to hand over files after 10 years.

Demolition has begun at 407 Great Circle Road as Oldacre McDonald starts the three-phase Mainstead MetroCenter, a project expected to bring roughly 750 apartments and new street-level retail.

Nearly 200 pounds of drugs, 10 firearms and more than $700,000 in cash were seized during search warrants across three Middle Tennessee counties.

Mild and mostly clear this morning with highs near 86°F and gusty south winds. Showers and thunderstorms are most likely Saturday; the severe threat looks low.

Nashville recorded just 1.50 inches of rain in March, leaving the midstate more than five inches below normal and pushing parts of Middle Tennessee into drought.

A 21-year-old was charged Wednesday in the armed robbery of a Murfreesboro Pike smoke shop. The arrest comes amid a string of vape- and smoke-shop crimes police have been investigating.

Warm, gusty weather arrives Tuesday with afternoon highs in the low 80s. Showers and storms increase Wednesday through the weekend.

Rutherford County’s library board voted to fire director Luanne James after she refused orders to relocate juvenile titles — the dispute has drawn legal and public pushback.

A man was shot at Greenwood Cemetery West on Elm Hill Pike Sunday evening; police say his injuries are serious but he is expected to survive.

Metro Nashville police are investigating a shooting on Qualynn Drive after two people were taken from a home for treatment. Officials say the shooting may not have been intentional.

Nashville’s Main Library will reopen Monday, March 30, after a June parking‑garage fire forced a nine‑month closure. Staff and restoration crews cleaned hundreds of thousands of books and most public areas will reopen.

A Tennessee Comptroller report found Bearden High JROTC funds were routed into an instructors‑controlled account, exposing gaps in recordkeeping and internal controls.

Surveillance images and police details show thieves rammed a car into Smoke and Brew early Thursday and stole cash and thousands in merchandise.