On Thursday, the Lincoln County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-1 to approve a site plan by Brown-Forman Corporation and Jack Daniels to allow them to continue to build and operate barrel houses. Just two days earlier, a Lincoln County judge put a temporary halt to adding barrels of Jack Daniels whiskey to any of its …
On Thursday, the state House expelled two Democratic lawmakers, Justin Jones, D-Nashville, and Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, for breaking House rules and leading a gun-reform protest from the chamber’s floor. Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, survived expulsion by one vote from the Tennessee General Assembly. Area representatives voting to oust Jones and Pearson were Rep. Rush Bricken, R-Tullahoma, Rep. …
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Legal Aid Society, Tennessee’s largest nonprofit law firm, today announced that former U.S. Track and Field Championship silver medalist Charles Clark will be the speaker at its annual Breakfast of Champions fundraising event, scheduled at City Winery in Nashville at 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 5, with a 7:30 a.m. preshow. Breakfast of Champions is the official kickoff event …
A judge’s son accused of murdering a man in Nashville and then shooting a Shelbyville woman in the face has accepted a plea deal. Sam Rich agreed on Friday to a plea deal of 99 years for the murder of Will Warner after he was previously sentenced to 59 years for shooting Gracie Perryman in …
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Leaders of the Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP made their way to the Coffee County Justice Center on Friday, demanding for the release of five Black children taken from their parents. The children went into the Department of Children’s Services custody in mid-February after a misdemeanor traffic stop in Coffee County by the Tennessee …
A bill filed in the Tennessee General Assembly would classify fentanyl and its derivatives as chemical warfare agents like tear gas, nerve agents, and blister agents. Tullahoma Republican Sen. Janice Bowling filed the senate bill this legislative session. Under present law, it is a Class B felony for anyone to possess, develop, manufacture, produce, transfer, acquire, …
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On Monday, Bianca Clayborne and Deonte Williams from Georgia were in Coffee County, TN court. The couple was traveling on Interstate 24 in February with their five children when the Tennessee Highway Patrol pulled them over for having windows that were allegedly too darkly tinted and using the left lane without actively passing. Later, after …
Five children were taken away from a couple from Georgia after a traffic stop in February in Coffee County by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The children were put in state custody after their parents were charged with misdemeanor drug charges. According to the affidavit retrieved by WKRN-TV, Bianca Clayborne and Deonte Williams were traveling on …
Others have joined a lawsuit against the Lincoln County government seeking relief from the whiskey fungus that has gathered at their home and business. Judge J.B. Cox ruled in February that Jack Daniels and parent company Brown-Forman Corp. has not followed the required processes to build and expand a barrelhouse operation on the site and ordered a work stoppage …
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A Winchester man has been arrested and charged with theft and TennCare fraud. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in July 2022; agents began investigating a report of fraudulent billing of the TennCare CHOICES program. Throughout the investigation, agents determined Robert Brown, who served as a caregiver for and resided with a CHOICES recipient, defrauded …
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