A 2-year-old is in stable condition after being shot in a North Nashville apartment; police say the child found an unsecured pistol. Metro Youth Services detectives are investigating.

Dyersburg’s April jobless rate was 3.5% as state data show 89 of 95 Tennessee counties under 5% unemployment. The statewide, seasonally adjusted rate held at 3.6%.

A 26-year-old Nashville woman faces aggravated child neglect charges after her 6‑year‑old fell from a two‑story window and was hospitalized.

After 40 years on Highway 100, McNeil’s Fresh Produce will close this Saturday. Owners David and Tabatha McNeil said rising costs, taxes and fuel made the stand unsustainable.

An early-morning house fire on Old Russellville Pike in Hamblen County killed one person on Friday. Sheriff's investigators are on scene and the cause remains under review.

State Rep. Monty Fritts told a TV interviewer he would ban Islam, block mosque calls to prayer and outlaw same‑sex marriage — comments that raise immediate constitutional questions.

Scattered storms will move into Nashville Friday afternoon, bringing heavy downpours and localized flooding. Expect delays during the commute.

A former Hendersonville substitute was booked into Sumner County Jail after a grand-jury indictment alleges sexual contact with a student and marijuana-related counts. Bond was set at $50,000.

A driver who fled officers in La Vergne was arrested after a stop; police say a handgun and illegal narcotics were found and the suspect faces multiple charges.

Clinton County deputies say a Tennessee man wanted in a Pickett County shooting is at large after his pickup was found locally; authorities warn he’s armed and dangerous.

Two men were indicted after investigators say they sold 94 cattle without permission, costing a Franklin County ranch more than $114,000.

After parents flagged funding-split Pre-K rooms at Inglewood Elementary, MNPS says it will braid Pre-K funds to mix students and end classroom separation. The change affects multiple schools and early learning centers.

Councilmember Rollin Horton filed a zoning rewrite to define data‑center types and bar campus‑scale facilities over 500,000 square feet, adding rules on cooling, noise and generators.