Monday morning, September 9, Monroe Countians woke up to shocking news as the story of a murder/suicide from the night before hit close to home.
The six-year old child killed the night before in Hermitage Springs, Tennessee was Ty Dodson, the grandson of Teddy and Teresa Dodson of Tompkinsville.
Ty, his paternal grandmother and her husband were found dead at the couple’s Nashville home Saturday night, police said.
Police reports noted that Terry Majors, 64, apparently fatally shot his wife, Leigh Shea-Majors, 61, at a home on Dockside Drive, Hermitage. Majors also shot and killed his six-year old grandson before killing himself.
Another grandchild, a four-year old girl, was uninjured and ran to a neighbor’s home
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office, working in conjunction with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, has resulted in the indictment of Kellye Crabtree, a former accounts payable clerk in the Fentress County Fiance Department.
Investigators determined
The City of Monticello is hoping to grow its boundaries and annex four parcels of property into the city limits. The council met a week ago Monday evening and heard first reading of two ordinances that would annex property along Bypass 90 and East
An inmate of the Fentress County Jail is facing a multitude of charges after she assaulted a sheriff’s department officer and stole a sheriff’s department vehicle, which was later wrecked in Pickett County.
Stephanie Briggs, 32, of
The Traveling Kentucky Vietnam Wall, Inc. will be arriving in Burkesville at approximately 2 p.m. on Friday, September 13. The wall will then be open continuously Saturday morning, September 14 through Sunday evening, September 15 at The Pavilion at Dr. Shickel Veterans Memorial Park.
An investigation by Special Agents with the Human Trafficking Unit of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, detectives with the Cleveland Police Department, and investigators with the Bradley County Sheriff’s Department has resulted in the arrest of two Tennessee men, and two men from Georgia.
Pickett County High School was put on a soft lockdown Tuesday, September 3 after an alleged threat had been made by a student.
Pickett County Sheriff’s Deputies along with the Pickett County School Administration conducted an investigation
On Monday, August 19 at approximately 2 p.m., members of the Metcalfe County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to an address on A.H. Boston Road in reference to a domestic dispute. Prior to the arrival of law enforcement, an unidentified male fled the residence.
On Monday, August 19 at approximately 2 p.m., members of the Metcalfe County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to an address on A.H. Boston Road in reference to a domestic dispute. Prior to the arrival of law enforcement, an unidentified male fled the residence.
A new Activities Director has been hired for the Parks and Recreation Department, following a special meeting of the committee that was held on Tuesday, August 27 at the ASPIRE Center.
Members of the Parks and Recreation