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Parents plead guilty to death of 5-year-old daughter who weighed 17.5 pounds
59+ min ago (302+ words) BALTIMORE (Gray News) - Parents pleaded guilty to the death of their 5-year-old daughter, who weighed just 17.5 pounds, and the abuse of their 6-year-old son. Bernice Byrd and Gerald Byrd pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree child abuse resulting in death and…...
‘This is a gut punch’: Mom, 5 children, including infant killed in house fire, officials say
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (158+ words) CLARKSVILLE, Ohio. (WXIX/Gray News) - An Ohio mother and her five children were killed in a house fire, according to officials. The house caught fire around 6:40 a.m. Tuesday. Firefighters found five children, including an infant, and their mother dead inside the…...
State Department says it’s preparing military and charter flights for Americans who want to leave the Middle East
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (243+ words) State Department says it's preparing military and charter flights for Americans who want to leave the Middle East'WSMV "The State Department is actively securing military aircraft and charter flights for American citizens who wish to leave the Middle East," said…...
Knight Yourself: Experience HBO Max’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms at Verizon
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (222+ words) Knight Yourself: Experience HBO Max's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms at Verizon'WSMV NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - See Westeros like never before, with the newest Game of Thrones series. Watch the HBO Original Series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms on…...
Political candidate arrested days before primary election, records show
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (192+ words) FOUR OAKS, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) - A political candidate in North Carolina has been arrested and is facing charges related to a hit-and-run. According to an arrest warrant, 55-year-old Chad Minson Stewart "unlawfully and willfully did fail to immediately stop" after…...
‘Heartache’: Middle Tennessee restaurant devastated after fire ‘rapidly escalated’
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (187+ words) CHAPEL HILL, Tenn. (WSMV) - Smoke was seen pouring out of a Chapel Hill restaurant Monday after a fire "rapidly escalated," according to the local officials. The Chapel Hill Police Department reported its officers helped the Chapel Hill Fire Department as…...
Intoxicated man arrested for stealing construction equipment in Lebanon, police say
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (103+ words) LEBANON, Tenn. (WSMV) - Lebanon Police say they arrested a man under the influence over the weekend after catching him stealing construction equipment. Police say the 31-year-old Antioch man, whom they did not identify, was "loading the supplies into his truck…...
Vol Loop, Hendersonville Tunnel, Mountain Mile Loop: 3 Tennessee cities among finalists for The Boring Company’s Tunnel Vision Challenge
2+ hour, 47+ min ago (241+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - What do the cities of Hendersonville, Gatlinburg and Knoxville all have in common? They're among the 16 finalists for The Boring Company's (TBC) Tunnel Vision Challenge. The premise of the challenge is for TBC to make it easier…...
Tennessee senator’s Tesla investment raises questions as oversight bill advances
3+ hour, 13+ min ago (803+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson recently purchased stock in Tesla while simultaneously advancing legislation that could benefit the company if Nashville's Music City Loop project is successful, WSMV4 has learned. Last week, Johnson, a Franklin Republican, introduced…...
‘New day for the community’: Waverly breaks ground on affordable homes, more than four years after deadly flood
3+ hour, 30+ min ago (469+ words) WAVERLY, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Waverly Housing Authority broke ground Tuesday on 62 new affordable homes, more than four years after a historic flood killed 20 people and destroyed the city's public housing developments. The new project is built on a hill outside…...