Crime and Public Safety

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (372+ words) Four Democratic Tennessee state lawmakers sent a letter to the Department of Children’s Services demanding answers about safety and oversight in the state’s juvenile justice facilities. “The allegations that serious physical and sexual abuse, dangerous restraints, injuries, and other critical…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (426+ words) A Tennessee man is facing a felony charge after police say he intentionally drove a tractor-trailer into the front of an Aldi grocery store where he was supposed to make a delivery. At around 3 a.m. on Sept. 17, Kristofer Scruggs, 34, was charged…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (520+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A new report by the Violence Policy Center found Tennessee had the highest rate of women killed by men in 29 years. According to the Violence Policy Center, the rate of women killed by men in the Volunteer…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (520+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A new report by the Violence Policy Center found Tennessee had the highest rate of women killed by men in 29 years. According to the Violence Policy Center, the rate of women killed by men in the Volunteer…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (218+ words) MONTICELLO, Ky. (FOX 56) — A man in connection with a deadly shooting in Tennessee was arrested in Monticello, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. According to a news release from the U.S. Marshals Service, the Picket County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (101+ words) About 60 percent of people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or dementia will wander at least once during the course of their illness, Alzheimer's Tennessee CEO Janice Wade-Whitehead has said. That statistic underscores why cases like Walker's demand rapid public attention, since…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (158+ words) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — UT-Knoxville students got an emergency alert Friday morning as Knoxville police searched for a suspect in a stabbing near campus. Knoxville Police say the stabbing happened at World's Fair Park and involved two people who are believed to…...

4+ week, 5+ hour ago   (46+ words) Knoxville Fire crews responded to a house fire on Lawson Avenue around 12:20 this morning. They knocked it down by 12:30. Knoxville Fire crews responded to a house fire on Lawson Avenue around 12:20 this morning. They knocked it down by 12:30....

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (40+ words) The Knoxville Police Department announced Friday that a 13-year-old boy has been charged in the death of his younger brother. The Knoxville Police Department announced Friday that a 13-year-old boy has been charged in the death of his younger brother....