Thirteenth Judicial District Attorney General Bryant C. Dunaway reports that his office is declining prosecution in the December 2025 shooting death of an MTSU professor. In the early morning hours of December 4th, 41-year-old Ashleigh McKinzie flagged down a truck on Smithville Highway in DeKalb County. The driver, 2...

Vanderbilt students were ordered to shelter in place late Thursday night (4/2/2026) due to a shooting nearby at Centennial Park in Nashville. A 40-year-old man was shot during an altercation with another man and taken to a hospital where he is expected to recover.

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office notified media Friday morning (4/3/2026) that missing person 30-year-old Mathew Tyler Whitehead has been found deceased. Mr. Whitehead was reportedly last seen on the evening of Tuesday, March 31st. The Sheriff's Office did not immediately state the manner of death or where Mr. Whit...

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office reported Thursday afternoon (4/3/2026) that 54-year-old Mark Allen Cobb has been found safe. Mr. Cobb had been missing since the evening of March 29th (2026) when he left his Earl Jones Road residence on foot.