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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — On Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board issued its final report related to the investigation of a deadly 2024 plane crash near Interstate 40. The report was released one year and one day after the crash. Ultimately, the NTSB found the pilot failed "to ensure the proper placement of the fuel selector during the approach and landing." That meant the CF-BWH Piper PA-28 did not have […]

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Sumner County high school student helped save a man’s life. In February, 18-year-old Katelyn Williams was finishing her lifeguard shift at the YMCA. It was a slow evening at a job she had considered quitting when suddenly, there was a life-defining moment: a man had collapsed inside the men’s locker room. Williams, a senior at Liberty Creek High School, sprung into action without hesitation and […]

Retired professional basketball player Darrius Oldham detailed his early career at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and beyond during an exclusive sit-down interview with The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy on Wednesday. Oldham, a Lebanon, Tennessee native, attended and played basketball at Wilson Central High School, where he once held the all-time scoring record. He then attended the University of Tennessee at Martin.

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee House of Representatives on March 3 passed a bill creating four new state natural areas and expanding six existing ones. Two of the new ones are located in Rutherford County. The first one is located in the Rocky Hill Road Glades, home to limestone cedar glade habitatand the state-endangered Running Glade Clover. According to University of Tennessee Horticulturist Justin Stefanski, this is the […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Metro Public Health Department has issued a SPIKE Alert related to an increase in overdoses over the last three days across Nashville. Dr. Ann Melville-Chester, Division Director of Behavioral Health and Wellness with the MPHD, said at least 75 overdoses happened within the last four days in Nashville. RELATED: Metro Health Dept. reports spike in overdoses across Nashville "If we have one overdose, we have […]

BELLE MEADE, Tenn. (WKRN) -- Two wanted men were taken into custody last week thanks to alert Belle Meade officers and a crime-fighting network that surrounds that city. According to the Belle Meade Police Department, the city has 21 license plate recognition (LPR) locations. In fact, there's no way in or out of Belle Meade without being detected by an LPR camera. That network of crime-fighting cameras paid dividends on […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee tattoo artists could soon be trained to recognize and report human trafficking, making Tennessee the first state to require such training for tattoo professionals. The "Ink of Hope" act, prompted by a survey showing 47% of survivors had forced branding tattoos, would mandate a one-hour training for tattoo artists and shop owners. "You are helping people with painful parts of their life, [and] super happy […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A bill that would make impersonating a rideshare or taxi driver a Class B misdemeanor is progressing through the legislature this session. The proposed legislation came from Uber, Lyft, and those in the taxi industry in Nashville due to a growing concern over imposter drivers. Metro Councilmember Jacob Kupin told News 2, in January, one man claimed to have mistakenly gotten into a fake taxi and […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Metro Nashville Police Department found a vehicle involved with a hit-and-run crash that left a doctor seriously injured. FEBRUARY 2024: MNPD searching for alleged hit-and-run driver after pedestrian critically injured In a post to X, the MNPD said they recovered a red Jeep Liberty involved with the Feb. 22 crash on 8th Avenue South. Dr. Joshua Taylor with TriStar Stonecrest was crossing the street near […]