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We Will Never Forget!

Sep 11, 2022 at 09:56 am by WGNS

(Deason, TN) "WE WILL NEVER FORGET" was the unifying slogan born from September 11, 2001 when an attack on America started with two aircraft hitting the World Trade Center, al.... Read More

Fire & Rescue and Sheriff's Office Arrest Man for Multiple Charges Following Labor Day Domestic Disturbance Call

Sep 06, 2022 at 04:30 pm by WGNS

Rutherford County, TN -- Rutherford County Fire Rescue's (RCFR) Fire Marshal's Office and the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office (RCSO) arrested Kenneth Gibbs, 42, of Rutherfo.... Read More

UPDATE: Arrest Made in Wednesday Shooting on Molloy Lane in Murfreesboro

Sep 02, 2022 at 07:39 am by WGNS

UPDATE: Arrest made in Wednesday’s Molloy Lane Shooting MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Murfreesboro Police Officers responded to 1501 Molloy Lane in reference to a shootin.... Read More

One man shot in Molloy Lane parking lot, off the New Salem Highway in Murfreesboro

Aug 31, 2022 at 11:24 am by WGNS

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Murfreesboro Police Officers responded to 1501 Molloy Lane in reference to reports of a shooting at 4:13 am, Wednesday, August 31. According to Pu.... Read More

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UPDATE: Downed Utility Poles and Power Lines After Excavator Vs. Pole Incident Occurred

Aug 26, 2022 at 03:53 pm by WGNS

UPDATED: (Murfreesboro, TN) During the mid-morning hours on Friday, a track hoe in the area of Highway 99 near the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office struck a powerline..... Read More

UPDATE: Threat To Coffee County Schools Posted On Twitter - Suspect Located in Neighboring County

Aug 22, 2022 at 02:30 pm by WGNS

UPDATED at 2:30 PM on MONDAY: (COFFEE COUNTY) In neighboring Coffee County, the Sheriff’s Department reports they have identified the suspect who is accused of posting a.... Read More

UPDATE: Jury Trial Scheduled for 2-Suspects in the 2020 Murder of a 45-Year-Old Murfreesboro Resident, U.S. Veteran

Aug 19, 2022 at 07:32 am by WGNS

(MURFREESBORO) WGNS has an update on a July 26, 2020 murder that occurred at a home on Asbury Lane in Murfreesboro. The case involves the death of 45-year-old Erick Bixl.... Read More

16-Year-Old Injured in Monday Afternoon Shooting on Baker Road in Blackman Area

Jul 11, 2022 at 05:57 pm by WGNS

A juvenile was injured in a shooting around 12:45 on Monday afternoon. The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office reports the 16-year-old boy suffered the wounds as a result of.... Read More

Middle Tennesseans being warned of a scam

Jul 07, 2022 at 08:23 pm by WGNS

Middle Tennesseans are being warned about an ongoing scam where at least three victims (two men/one woman) were each falsely told that they had warrants for their arrest and.... Read More

Fatal Shooting on Panther Creek Road under investigation

Jul 06, 2022 at 05:20 pm by WGNS

One person is being detained after a fatal shooting Wednesday on Panther Creek Road, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s supervisor said. Deputies responded to the shooting c.... Read More

The District Attorney’s Show on WGNS - Court Updates, Cold Cases, Missing Persons and More

Jul 01, 2022 at 08:49 am by Producer

Today, we learned about upcoming court cases with Rutherford County District Attorney Jennings Jones. Assistant District Attorney Trevor Lynch talked to listeners about differ.... Read More

Pay Raise for Rutherford County Sheriff's Office and ALL Rutherford County Employees APPROVED

Jun 29, 2022 at 11:41 am by WGNS

Rutherford County has approved their 2022-2023 budget, without impacting taxpayers… That was County Mayor Bill Ketron, who also noted the budget includes a historic pay.... Read More

UPDATE: Body of Deceased Rockvale Man Pulled From Lake Identified

Jun 20, 2022 at 04:55 pm by WGNS

(SMYRNA, TN) The man who drowned on J. Percy Priest Lake this past Sunday (June 19, 2022) has been identified as 62-year-old Billy Stanford Capps of Rockvale. The acci.... Read More

Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office: About $250,000 worth of drugs seized

Apr 20, 2022 at 03:59 pm by WGNS

Seven pounds of heroin, two pounds of suspected fentanyl and about eight pounds of methamphetamine worth $250,000 were seized after multiple search warrants were served Monday.... Read More

Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office helps orchestrate mock fatality accident for high school students

Apr 12, 2022 at 04:50 pm by WGNS

Watching a mock crash scenario unfold where a Smyrna High School student pretended he died and other students acted out being hurt from a DUI prom night crash “made it r.... Read More

53-Year-old man reported as "MISSING" in Rutherford County

Mar 23, 2022 at 06:05 pm by WGNS

A man from the Smyrna area is missing, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office. 53-Year-old Bobby Andre Campbell of Weakley Lane was reported missing on Tu.... Read More

Rutherford County woman threatened to be jailed over jury duty in SCAM phone call

Mar 10, 2022 at 01:42 pm by WGNS

WGNS has another update to a scam troubling local residents. In this case, the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office advises potential victims to “Beware of a jury duty s.... Read More

Follow-Up: 15.532 Pounds of Methamphetamine off the streets, Thanks to Rutherford County Sheriff Deputies

Mar 08, 2022 at 03:00 pm by WGNS

Follow-Up – Rutherford County, Tenn. - Patrol deputies recovered $46,000 worth of methamphetamine in a recent arrest that started with a traffic stop.More than 15.5 poun.... Read More