Ketron Asks TDOT to Study Mid-State Monorail Idea
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- State Senator Bill Ketron is sponsoring legislation that would ask the State of Tennessee to explore the idea of building a commuter monorail between Rutherford and...
View ArticleMurf. Police Help Memphis PD with 20 Year-Old Murder
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- Police have arrested a Murfreesboro man in connection with a 20 year old Memphis murder. On Wednesday officers arrested 36 year-old Phanivong Phanhsay at his Merlin Drive...
View ArticleRape charges filed in the Holly Bobo case
The following press statement was released Tuesday morning, October 14, by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation: Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have obtained an indictment...
View ArticleTenn. abortion amendment a surprisingly tight race
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- A new poll suggests that just one week ahead of the November 4 General Election, Tennessee’s abortion amendment vote is too close to call. A “Yes” vote on Tennessee...
View ArticleSealed Vanderbilt rape trial documents leaked to ABC 20/20
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- A new wrinkle in the Vanderbilt rape trail. Over the weekend, the ABC news magazine 20/20 aired surveillance video and interrogation tapes the presiding judge sealed in...
View ArticleANOTHER winter storm watch for Middle Tennessee
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) Mid-state highways were in better shape Thursday, but many schools are still closed and Middle Tennesse could see more bad weather Friday. Most area schools were closed again...
View ArticleLawyer says Holly Bobo case person of interest has committed suicide
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- An unindicted person of interest in the Holly Bobby kidnap and murder case has apparently committed suicide. WKRN-TV is quoting Shayne Austin’s attorney, Luke Evans,...
View ArticleLady Raiders post season run comes to an end
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- The Middle Tennessee State Lady Raider’s post season play came to an end yesterday with a 69-57 loss to Temple. A sluggish first half left the MTSU women trailing by 20...
View ArticleTenn. Senators split votes on terror surveillance bill
WASHINGTON, DC (WMOT) -- Tennessee’s U.S. Senators yesterday canceled each other’s votes on a replacement bill for the expired terror surveillance act. The Tennessean says Senator Lamar Alexander...
View ArticleMTSU police release details concerning armed robbery
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- MTSU Police have released the details about that armed robbery that took place on campus Friday. Murfreesboro resident Desmond J. Howard tells police he was visiting a...
View ArticleRuCo commissioners set to consider resolution defying federal law
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- Rutherford County Commissioners are set to vote later this month on a resolution encouraging state officials to resist Supreme Court decisions that violate Tennessee law....
View ArticleMurf. woman says machete-wielding man attacked her
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- Some scary moments Wednesday for a woman living in a Murfreesboro homeless camp. Police responded to the tent camp under the railroad bridge on S. Church Street Wednesday...
View ArticleRuCO Sheriff Robert Arnold pleads not guilty to federal charges
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold is maintaining his innocence in the face of a 14 count federal indictment. The Daily News Journal reports Arnold pleaded not guilty...
View ArticleTight new security restrictions for Nashville July 4 celebrations
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WMOT) -- If you’re one of the 250,000 people expected to attend this year’s Independence Day celebrations in downtown Nashville, you should be aware that new security restrictions...
View Article"...almost impossible to be conservative enough" in Tenn. GOP primary
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- Tennesseans head to the polls this week for primary and general election balloting and Middle Tennessee is home to two of the more interesting races. Kent Syler teaches...
View ArticleNasvhille based prison company to lose four federal contracts
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WMOT) -- Nashville based Corrections Corporation of America lost more than a third of its stock value Thursday following an announcement by the Department of Justice that it will...
View ArticleMid-state man who shot daughter may be headed back to jail
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WMOT) -- The Sumner County man accused of shooting his 11-year-old daughter as school began in mid-August will be in court again Wednesday. Timothy Batts says he accidently shot his...
View ArticleMosquito-borne illnesses still a threat...in November.
NASHVILLE, Tenn . ( WMOT ) -- Hard to believe we’re still worried about this so late in the year, but the Tennessee State Veterinarian is warning horse owners to protect their animals against mosquito...
View ArticleMortar shells found in Murfreesboro were LIVE ROUNDS
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- Officials now say those mortar shells found Wednesday in Murfreesboro were live rounds. Lt. Bill Miller with the Tennessee Highway Patrol tells WMOT the five shells did...
View ArticleTenn. Senator Alexander says White House staff 'spreading inaccurate...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP/WMOT) — Executive c ompensation is the subject of a rare dust up between President Donald Trump and fellow Republican Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander. Trump Wednesday called the...
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