The state veterinarian’s office is investigating an outbreak of Equine Piroplasmosis (EP) in a group of racing Quarter Horses in Middle Tennessee. Twenty-two horses have tested positive for EP in five locations within Bedford, Rutherford and Williamson Counties. The horses are all under quarantine and being treated. EP is a blood parasite that affects equines. The disease ... (click for more)

A report on the 2018-19 Tennessee’s big game hunting seasons will be among the agenda items for the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission at its May 23-24 meeting. It will be held at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s Ray Bell Region II Building. Thursday’s committee meetings will begin at 1 p.m. The regular commission meeting starts at 9 a.m., Friday. The public is ... (click for more)

A motorist who felt he got "cut off" by a vehicle entering I-24 in Brainerd wound up getting in a road rage brawl with the other motorist near the Fourth Avenue Exit on Friday. It also resulted in the arrest of Joseph C. Koehler, 42, of 619 Texas Ave., Signal Mountain. He was charged with assault. The other driver, Alexander Martin Nicolou, 32, of 3501 Angela Lane, was not ... (click for more)

Billy Hawk, who was given a new trial after being convicted of a murder that happened 35 years ago, is deciding which lawyer to use this time around. In an appearance before Criminal Court Judge Don Poole on Monday, he was with attorneys Frank Lannom and Melanie Bean of Lebanon, Tn. However, attorney Lannom said they had not yet been retained. Judge Poole gave Hawk until June ... (click for more)

These shootings continue and something has to be done to try and stop them whether they are domestic, robbery or gang related. We obviously can not remove these handguns from every man, woman and child. I suggest that merchants that sell handguns raise the minimum age to 21 years for the purchase of handgun ammunition only. This 21 age requirement would not include ammunition ... (click for more)

Sometime this afternoon, the Republican members of the Tennessee Legislature will join a growing chorus of those convinced it is time for Glen Casada, the group’s Speaker of the House, to step down. They will cite several tawdry emails between Casada’s former Chief of Staff and himself as the reason but that’s not entirely true. Casada will step down in great shame because he has ... (click for more)