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UPDATE on Vine Street Murder Case in Murfreesboro - Hearing Rescheduled for June

Mar 07, 2025 at 10:14 am by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN - UPDATE: On March 9, 2024, Murfreesboro Police responded to a home on East Vine Street, where they found Davion Gates lying unresponsive in the driveway. The.... Read More

From Arrest to Sentencing: The Murder of a Christiana Man Gunned Down by a Neighbor

Feb 13, 2025 at 06:51 am by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - UPDATE: A Christiana man accused of killing his neighbor will be imprisoned in Tennessee until he turns 73. His sentencing follows an incident on July.... Read More

Upcoming Hearing for Juan Charco in Connection with Devon Loritts' Death

Feb 11, 2025 at 01:59 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN - WGNS has learned that a suspect accused of gunning down a man in a dispute over a vehicle is scheduled to appear in a Rutherford County Circuit Courtroom ne.... Read More

Appeal Filed by Father Convicted of Killing His Autistic Son in Tennessee

Jan 06, 2025 at 09:04 pm by WGNS News

  Joseph Ray Daniels, a 35-year-old man sentenced to life in prison for the tragic killing of his five-year-old autistic son, Joseph Clyde Daniels III, has filed an appe.... Read More

Appeal Dismissed: Christiana Murder Convictions Upheld

Dec 16, 2024 at 06:50 pm by WGNS Radio News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - Last week, the Tennessee Supreme Court denied Vernice Darlene Farrar's appeal to revisit her case after being convicted of the kidnapping and first-deg.... Read More

Fatal Shooting in Beechgrove: Investigation Leads to Arrest of Phillip Lee Meadows

Jul 25, 2024 at 11:37 pm by WGNS News

COFFEE COUNTY, TN - A death investigation is underway after a man was found dead in Beechgrove on Wednesday (July 24, 2024). Thomas Anthony Randolph reportedly had a confronta.... Read More

Another Arrest Made in 2022 Shelbyville Murder Case - Now 3 Face Charges

Jun 24, 2024 at 10:55 am by WGNS News

BEDFORD COUNTY, TN - An arrest has been made in connection to a 2022 murder that occurred in Shelbyville, Tennessee. U.S. Marshals assisted the Shelbyville Police Department.... Read More

Metro Police Arrest Man Under Probation in Rutherford County for 19-Year-Old’s Murder

May 31, 2024 at 10:00 am by WGNS News

  NASHVILLE, TN - Detectives with the Metro Police Specialized Investigations Division known as TITANS, have arrested 27-year-old Nakelvious Featherston, formerly of LaV.... Read More

UPDATE: Victims, Suspects Identified in LaVergne Double Homicide

May 29, 2024 at 05:55 pm by WGNS News

  LA VERGNE, TN - The La Vergne Police Department has identified the victims and suspects involved in a double homicide that occurred on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The tragi.... Read More
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Victim in a Saturday Homicide has been Identified - Suspect Arrested

Mar 11, 2024 at 12:53 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – A convicted felon has been arrested by homicide detectives with the Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division after he w.... Read More

UPDATE: Man Accused of Murdering his Neighbor in Christiana Scheduled for Hearing in Rutherford County Courts on May 1st

Mar 21, 2023 at 11:00 am by WGNS News

Christiana, TN - UPDATE: A Christiana man charged with the murder of his neighbor is scheduled to appear in court for a criminal hearing on May 1, 2023.  55-Year-old.... Read More

UPDATE: Christiana Man Charged with Murder Has Case Bound Over to Grand Jury

Feb 08, 2023 at 03:23 pm by WGNS

A Christiana man charged with the murder of his neighbor has his case bound over to the Rutherford County Grand Jury.54-Year-old Jeffery Hayden Burris of Panther Creek Road is.... 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

Services for a Robertson County Sheriff's Deputy who was Reportedly Murdered by Smyrna Man, were held this past Saturday

Feb 01, 2022 at 07:45 am by WGNS

The Robertson County Sheriff’s Deputy who was reportedly murdered by a suspect who was captured in Rutherford County has been laid to rest.You may recall hearing about t.... Read More

UPDATE: Smyrna Man Arrested and Charged With Murdering Robertson County Deputy

Jan 25, 2022 at 07:30 am by WGNS

(SMYRNA, TN)  Special agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have arrested and charged a Smyrna man in connection to the death of a deputy from the Robertson C.... Read More