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Black Bear Sightings Increase--TWRA Says Fear Isn’t the Answer

Jun 12, 2026 at 05:09 pm by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN (WGNS) - Middle Tennessee isn’t imagining things — black bears are showing up in places where folks haven’t seen them in generations. A.... Read More

Fugitive With Multi‑County Warrants Captured After Mt. Juliet Traffic Stop

Jan 07, 2026 at 07:26 pm by WGNS News

MT. JULIET, TN (WGNS News) A routine Wednesday (1/7/2026) afternoon traffic stop in Mt. Juliet quickly escalated into a full search effort after the driver bolted from offic.... Read More

12-Year-Old Leaven Needs a Kidney Transplant - Hear the WGNS Interview

Oct 18, 2023 at 11:41 pm by WGNS News

  MURFREESBORO, TN - All too often we see someone who appears to be going through some type of struggle, but seldom do we know why – nor do we ask. For one Murfree.... Read More
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12-Year-Old Murfreesboro Student in Fight for his Life as Doctors Search for a New Kidney

Feb 27, 2023 at 07:28 am by WGNS News

Murfreesboro, TN - A young man in Murfreesboro is in need of the communities help… in the form of a kidney transplant. Leaven Wilson, a former Blackman Elementary Schoo.... Read More

10,054 Active COVID-19 Unemployment Claims in Rutherford County

Sep 03, 2020 at 10:45 am by WGNS

The COVID-19 Unemployment numbers are back up in the Volunteer State. Between August 22nd and August 29th, there were 12,035 new unemployment claims.Despite the increase of ne.... Read More

Rutherford County residents 3rd Highest Income in TENNESSEE

Jul 20, 2020 at 01:52 pm by WGNS

Residents in Rutherford County are among the highest earners in Tennessee according to a recent analysis by New York financial technology company SmartAsset. The study showed.... Read More

Unemployment Claims down by 3,400 in Tennessee

Jul 16, 2020 at 10:25 am by WGNS

The numbers for those filing unemployment in Tennessee continue to go up and down. According to the Labor and Workforce Development Department, at the close of this past week.... Read More

Missing Person Report filed in Murfreesboro

Jul 07, 2020 at 07:05 pm by WGNS

A 24 year old Murfreesboro man has been listed as a missing person. Jace Markwez Tyson (5’7”/155lbs) was last seen at his place of employment on Hixson Blvd. in Le.... Read More