A Gibson County judge denied a new-trial motion for Frederick Yates, keeping his convictions and lengthy sentence for the 2021 Milan double homicide intact. The decision leaves appeals as the likely next step.

The Tennessee Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower-court order that would have let reporters see more of executions, restoring the previous viewing rules as appeals continue. The decision comes ahead of a May 21 execution date.

Two armed suspects assaulted an armored‑truck guard and stole cash from an Ascend Federal ATM on W. Clark Blvd.; Murfreesboro detectives are investigating.

The Wilson County Sheriff’s Office named Patrick Sean LaForest in its “Wanted Wednesday” alert, saying he faces multiple warrants including theft, burglary and drug charges.

Williamson County Schools placed Independence High on a shelter‑in‑place Wednesday after a threatening phone call targeted a student. Officers screened cars during dismissal.

A victims' attorney says state and federal reports show "very egregious errors" at the AES McEwen plant; TOSHA proposed more than $3.1M in penalties.

A worker was pronounced dead after being pinned between a forklift and an excavator on the 3000 block of Ambrose Avenue in East Nashville. Investigators remained on scene Wednesday morning.

A 2,000-gallon tanker of tack oil caught fire on Kraft Street in Clarksville on April 7; crews extinguished the blaze and the road reopened the same day.

An early‑morning collision between two tractor‑trailers on I‑65 North left one driver dead and closed the highway near the Vietnam Veterans Parkway split.

A man who jumped from Victory Memorial Bridge into thick brush along the Cumberland River was rescued by Nashville firefighters and then arrested after a trespassing call.

A Nashville mother says pocket dials warned her before her son was found shot inside an Antioch apartment. Police arrested a 23-year-old and charged him with homicide.

Marshall County deputies are asking for tips after a woman was struck March 28 on Hollow Tree Lane at Cayce Road; the driver fled and the victim was hospitalized.

Local advocates will hand out more than 500 flyers next Saturday in North Nashville to renew interest in the unsolved killing of 74‑year‑old Harriet Edwards.