Driver drowns after crashing into Bellevue pond

  by Heather - February 11th, 2008 - 2:15 pm| BREAKING | no comments

Authorities have recovered a body from a manmade pond in Bellevue after witnesses reported seeing a car drive into it.

The body is believed to be the car’s driver.

An eyewitness reported seeing the car swerve and drive into the pond, located at Devon Valley Road at Old Hickory Boulevard, just before 11:30 a.m. Monday.

The witness said someone was seen on top of the vehicle and then disappeared.

Divers located and cleared the vehicle.

The body was found a short time later.

Watch News 2 at 4 p.m. for complete coverage of this story.

Titans’ game will delay ABC programming

  by Heather - November 19th, 2007 - 11:06 am| Programming, WKRN | 44 comments

The Titans’ game will be broadcast live on News 2 Monday night, delaying regularly scheduled programming on ABC

The following will air Tuesday morning:
12:35 a.m. –Dancing with the Stars
2:05 a.m. – Samantha Who
2:35 a.m. – The Bachelor

Coverage of the game on News 2 will begin on with a special edition of “Titans on 2 with Jeff Fisher” at 7 p.m. 

The game will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Watch News 2 at 10 p.m., after the game, for complete highlights.

UPDATE 11-20-07 6:01am - Nashville viewers can still vote online by clicking here. Voting closes Tuesday at 11a.m. CT. You can also watch Dancing with the Stars online right here (click the ABC SHOWS play button on the right) or on WKRN.com typically 3 hours after the show airs on the Pacific coast.
 

Bruised Child Shows up at Columbia school, Mom arrested, charged

  by Heather - November 1st, 2007 - 10:52 am| Crime | no comments

The mother of a 12-year-old girl has been arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse after her severely bruised daughter showed up at a Columbia elementary school.

Police in Columbia, Maury County, said the child felt the school was a safe place and had run there to get away from her mother.

Once at the school, the child reported being beaten by her mother, said police.

She had severe bruising.

After an investigation by the Columbia Police Department and the Department of Children’s Services, the 40-year-old mother was arrested.

Watch News 2 at 4 p.m. for complete coverage of this story.

Save dogs on Doggie Death Row!

  by Heather - October 16th, 2007 - 2:05 pm| Animals | one comment

Want to save a dog that is about to be euthanized?

There is a new online effort to save dogs in shelters nationwide that are set to be euthanized.

The Web site, DogsinDanger.com, has been up for three weeks now and has already found new homes for dozens of dogs previously on “doggie death row.”

Each dog on the site is listed with the date they are scheduled to be euthanized by one of 120 shelters.

There is a countdown clock showing the days, or hours until the animal is put down.

Shelters post information about each dog directly, with daily updates and information on how each shelter can be contacted.

Want more information? Visit www.dogsindanger.com.

Mother, Son Murdered in Macon Co., Man arrested

  by Heather - October 16th, 2007 - 1:39 pm| Crime | no comments

Authorities in Macon County have arrested a man they believe is responsible for killing a woman and her son.

The victims, whose names have not yet been released, died Tuesday morning at Macon County General Hospital in Lafayette after being shot.

Police arrested 45-year-old Ricky Netherton in connection with the murders.

Watch News at 5 p.m. for a compete report.

3 Charged in UM Football Player’s Slaying

  by Heather - October 8th, 2007 - 2:40 pm| Campus, Crime | no comments

Police in Memphis charged three men Monday in the fatal campus shooting of a University of Memphis football player.

Taylor Bradford, 21, of Nashville, was gunned down outside a university apartment complex on the night of September 30.

All three men were charged with murder in the perpetration of attempted aggravated robbery.

Click HERE for more infomation and updates.

- 10-06-07 - Friends, Family Remember Slain Memphis Football Player
- 10-04-07 - Memphis Police Want to Question 2 Students in Campus Shooting
- 10-03-07 - Investigation Continues In University Of Memphis Killing
- 10-02-07 - Suspects Still At Large In Football Player Murder

Store Clerk shot, killed, Suspect sought

  by Heather - September 28th, 2007 - 12:18 pm| Crime | no comments

The Bordeaux community is mourning Friday after a store clerk was shot and killed in cold blood.

Gene Kim, owner of the Shop-N-Save Market on County Hospital Road, was reading his Korean bible while minding his store when he was shot and killed at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

Metro Police are now searching for his killer.

The suspect is described as a black male, six foot one inch tall, weighting approximately180 pounds.

Click HERE for more details.

UPDATE 10-01-07 6:12a.m.  - Saturday afternoon 19 year old Joshua Bond turned himself in to police. The 19 year old has been charged with criminal homicide for Thursday’s night’s shooting death of a Bordeaux convenience store owner.

 - 09-28-07 - Store Clerk Murdered, Community Mourns
 - 09-28-07 - Friends, Family Remember Slain Store Owner
 - 09-28-07 - Police: Robbery Not Motive In Market Murder, Gunman Sought
 - 09-29-07 - Man Arrested In Store Clerk Murder
 - 09-29-07 - Church Members Mourn Loss Of Shop-N-Save Store Owner

MTSU freshman attacked, Fellow student suspected

  by Heather - September 26th, 2007 - 12:06 pm| Campus, Crime | no comments

A Middle Tennessee State University freshman is in critical condition after she was injured in an apparent overnight attack in a dorm room.

The 18-year-old student was found unconscious in the dorm room of the suspect, a male MTSU freshman.

Click HERE for more details.

UPDATE 6:02p.m. - Victim’s MySpace

Police: Escaped Inmate Caught In Clarksville

  by Heather - September 25th, 2007 - 1:41 pm| Crime | no comments

The murder suspect who escaped from the Robertson County Jail early Monday morning has been arrested in Clarksville.

Joe Baker, 19, was being held on first-degree murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping charges when he escaped from the Springfield detention facility.

He was located Tuesday afternoon by officers with the Clarksville Police Department and taken into custody without incident.

Click HERE for more details, as they become available.

Mid-State Drug Bust!

  by Heather - September 20th, 2007 - 2:18 pm| Crime, Investigation | 2 comments

Over 300 officers from more than 60 different law enforcement agencies brought down a multi-million dollar drug operation in Middle Tennessee Thursday.

Of the 31 individuals indicted, 24 were arrested in Wilson, Rutherford and Williamson counties Thursday morning.

“Today we’re here to announce that we have completely dismantled this drug trafficking organization as it relates to Nashville, Tennessee,” DEA Special Agent Harry Sommers stated in a press conference.  “The organization has been responsible for the importation, the transportation  and the distribution of hundreds of kilos of cocaine and hundreds of pounds of marijuana, much of which was distributed right here in Middle Tennessee,”

Officials said the organization was importing drugs directly from Mexico into Middle Tennessee.