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    Longtime meteorologist Larry Vannozzi retires, reflects on whirlwind career

    From dust storms to tornadoes to hurricanes and blizzards, Larry Vannozzi has seen almost everything the atmosphere can throw at him.The one event that has eluded him? A big ice storm.Last month, Vannozzi retired as the meteorologist-in-charge of the National Weather Service’s Nashville office, but it’s clear that, to him, weather was more than a career.“I worked 36 years doing... READ MORE >

    Longtime meteorologist Larry Vannozzi retires, reflects on whirlwind career

    From dust storms to tornadoes to hurricanes and blizzards, Larry Vannozzi has seen almost everything the atmosphere can throw at him.The one event that has eluded him? A big ice storm.Last month, Vannozzi retired as the meteorologist-in-charge of the National Weather Service’s Nashville office, but it’s clear that, to him, weather was more than a career.“I worked 36 years doing... READ MORE >

    Former nurse RaDonda Vaught found guilty in fatal drug mix-up

    A jury on Friday found RaDonda Vaught guilty of gross neglect of an impaired adult and criminally negligent homicide for a medication mix-up in 2017 resulting in a woman’s death.She will be sentenced May 13. Vaught faces three to six years on the neglect conviction and one to two years on the homicide conviction.The jury was made up of six... READ MORE >

    Trial for ex-Vanderbilt nurse RaDonda Vaught, accused of fatal drug error, to start this month

    The trial for a former nurse accused of dispensing the wrong medicine that led to a patient’s death is set to start March 21.RaDonda Vaught, 38, of Bethpage is charged with reckless homicide and felony abuse of an impaired adult.In December 2017, Vaught was supposed to administer Versed as a sedative to Charlene Murphey, 75, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.Vaught... READ MORE >

    Dickson County Person of the Year 2021: District Attorney Ray Crouch

    District Attorney Ray Crouch spent almost all of May locked in a conference room of his Charlotte office preparing for the murder trial of Joseph Daniels.The conference room is lined with file cabinets. A white board charts the status of witnesses. Crouch watched hundreds of hours of video footage in the room to prepare for the Daniels case, joking that... READ MORE >

    Trial date set for woman in Sgt. Daniel Baker slaying

    The trial date for Erika Castro-Miles, charged with first-degree murder in the 2018 death of Dickson County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Daniel Baker, has been set for May 3, 2022.Steven Wiggins was convicted and sentenced to death earlier this year for shooting Baker and burning his body.Castro-Miles and Wiggins were together the night before the murder. Castro-Miles said Wiggins had slapped... READ MORE >

    Steven Wiggins receives additional sentence for Sgt. Daniel Baker murder

    Steven Wiggins was sentenced Monday evening for the non-capital components of his murder of Dickson County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Daniel Baker in May 2018.Last August, Wiggins received the death penalty for murdering Baker.On Monday, Judge David Wolfe sentenced Wiggins for eight additional charges including making a false report, abuse of a corpse, arson and theft of property.In total, he was... READ MORE >

    I ran in all 95 counties, and state’s beauty took my breath away

    An Eiffel Tower replica. The world’s largest porcelain teapot nightlight collection. The first full-size tunnel built in the United States. The National Bird Dog Museum.Did you know that all these hidden marvels can be found in the Volunteer State? Not to mention mountains, rivers, waterfalls, forests and historical sites you could spend your lifetime exploring.These are just some of the... READ MORE >

    Spencer Bristol Act only part of fallen officer’s legacy

    On Dec. 30, 2019, Hendersonville Master Patrol Officer Spencer Bristol was hit by a car while he was running across Interstate 65 to chase a fleeing suspect. He died from his injuries that night, leaving behind his wife, Lauren, and daughter Eloise, who was 3 at the time.The suspect he was chasing received only four years in prison, the maximum... READ MORE >

    New law makes causing death of officer while evading arrest a felony

    On Dec. 30, 2019, Master Patrol Officer Spencer Bristol from neighboring Sumner County was hit by a car while he was running across Interstate 65 to chase a fleeing suspect. He died from his injuries that night, leaving behind his wife, Lauren, and daughter Eloise, who was 3 at the time. The suspect he was chasing received only four years... READ MORE >