Michael Ralph Daignaul, age 64, appeared in Cumberland County Criminal Court on August 4, 2026 and pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder in the overdose death of Christopher Ray Hale. Daignaul was sentenced to serve 15 years in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Corrections at 100%. According to Thirteenth Jud...

Joseph Alexander Farris pleaded guilty to Aggravated Child Abuse in White County on Friday, August 7, 2026 and has been sentenced to serve 22 years in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Corrections at 100%. According to Thirteenth Judicial District Attorney General Bryant C. Dunaway, Farris is accused of physi...

The Monterey Police Department is proud to announce that the Department has been awarded the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association Trilogy Award. The FBI-LEEDA Agency Trilogy Award is given when the entire Command Staff has completed all three (3) Leadership Courses. (Photo courtesy Monterey PD)

An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller's Office, working in conjunction with the Smithville City Police Department, has resulted in the indictment of Megan Mosley, the former treasurer of the DeKalb County Band Boosters, which supported the high school's Fighting Tiger Marching Band. Investigators determined tha...