by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Feb 14, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
A Middle Tennessee man was charged in a million dollar investment scheme aimed to defraud unsuspecting investors, the Department of Justice said in a recent press release. The Hendersonville man who also lived in Gallatin – known as Gregory Michael Vogel...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Feb 6, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) announced 39 indictments after undercover officers followed a violent drug trafficking organization with ties to at least three states for almost two years. The investigation began in March 2020 and focused on...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Feb 6, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) announced 39 indictments after undercover officers followed a violent drug trafficking organization with ties to at least three states for almost two years. The investigation began in March 2020 and focused on...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 30, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) is warning Tennesseans of identity theft ahead of Identity Theft Awareness Week. Starting Monday, the week will include events to help spread awareness on the various forms of online theft, and how to...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 29, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Electrolux company is hosting a job fair in Springfield, Tennessee on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to a statement emailed to The Tennessee Star. The company listed multiple incentives for joining the appliance maker, including starting pay up...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 29, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced two men previously convicted of felonies entered guilty pleas for crimes involving the illegal possession of firearms they were not allowed to have due to their previous convictions....
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 28, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Tennessee Department of Education announced the approval of all 147 school districts on their required ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) plans. Through ESSER, the schools have more than $3.5 billion through federal COVID-19 relief...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 27, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) announced construction would begin Wednesday to repair a section of SR 155/Briley Parkway at mile marker 14 near Gallatin Pike. Alternating lane closures will be conducted while the work takes place from 9 a.m....
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 27, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
A man from Memphis, Tennessee was sentenced to 8 years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Tennessee announced on Tuesday. Kristopher Harris was sentenced to a total of 8 years plus one month to be served in a federal...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 27, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) announced this week the appointment of law enforcement veteran William “Chip” Kain to serve in a dual role as the new executive director of the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy (TLETA) and as...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 26, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
A Minor Hill, Tennessee man was will serve 35 years in federal prison for “crimes related to the production of child pornography, ” the US Attorney’s Office for Middle Tennessee announced on Tuesday. Joshua Marc Hendon and his wife Lori Hendon...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 25, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Vanderbilt University Medical Center are actively recruiting children from 5-17 years old in order to study possible allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer (Pfizer-BioNTech) and Moderna. “It’s important to study children, too,” said...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 25, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) announced Monday that $122 million in taxpayer money will be used to fund “Family First Community Grants.” The grants are available to “public and private organizations dedicated to helping...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 24, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Metro Nashville Schools must pay a former student $75,000, Judge Aleta A. Trauger ordered recently. The court’s decision stems from a 2017 lawsuit filed by the mother of a then-15 year old girl, referred to as “S.C.,” who was allegedly raped...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 24, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Department of Justice announced last week that Mark Daniel Allen, a former Tennessee clinic owner, was sentenced to 14 years in prison “followed by three years of supervised release” for the illegal distribution of opioids. According to court...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 24, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
A man from Smyrna, Tennessee was charged with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud, the US Attorney’s office for Middle Tennessee said in a Friday statement. Shawn Palmer, who is the sole owner of Palmers Transportation, Inc. applied for and received a...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 23, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
State Representative Bud Hulsey (R-Kingsport) introduced a new resolution in the Tennessee General Assembly this week that said an Associated Press (AP) article on racism in the U.S. Military was untrue. The resolution claimed the authors of the article did not...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 21, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD), and 3M Company announced Thursday the consumers goods company will invest approximately $470 million to build more manufacturing operations in East Tennessee....
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 20, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Rutherford County Juvenile Court Judge Donna Scott Davenport announced this week she would not seek reelection in 2022. This follows backlash she received from a ProRepublica article on her court practices published in October 2021, and new legislation recently...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 20, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee is set to receive over $300 million for bridge improvements and repairs, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Friday. The allocation of taxpayer funding is a part of a $27 billion initiative dubbed the Bridge Replacement,...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 20, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
A woman from Sparta, Tennessee pled guilty to “Concealment of Material Support and Resources Intended to be Provided to a Foreign Terrorist Organization,” U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee announced in a Tuesday...
