CPD Warns Of Increase Car Burglaries Around City, Advises To Secure Valuables
Cookeville Police Department is seeing increased vehicle burglaries around the city. PIO Lieutenant Anthony Leoonard said in 2023 alone they have had 29 cases of vehicles being burglarized. He said the department typically gets an uptick in these types of crimes during this time of year because more people are out and about. “For instance, […]
One Dead After Nashville Hwy Single-Vehicle Crash On Sunday
One person has died following a single-vehicle crash around 5 a.m. Sunday morning. 23-year-old Cesar Flavio of Tennessee was traveling westbound in a 1998 Ford Explorer on Nashville Highway when his vehicle left the right side of the road way and hit an embankment. The vehicle went airborne and rolled multiple times striking a mailbox, […]
Car Found In Calfkiller River Confirmed That Of Teens Missing 20 Years Ago
A car was found at the bottom of the Calfkiller River off of Highway 84 in White County on Wednesday. Sheriff Steve Page said that the only comment he could provide was that this was the car of two teens that went missing some twenty years ago. Page neither confirmed nor denied that the bodies […]
Baxter PD Aids In Catching Carjacked Vehicle From Nashville
Baxter Police assisted in apprehending a carjacked vehicle from Nashville on Thursday afternoon. Sergeant Tory Womack said he received a call from dispatch about a black Nissan Versa stolen from the metro area on Wednesday. He said he spotted the vehicle around mile-marker 280 on I-40. Once backup arrived from Lt. Richard Cobble with the […]
Two Celina Residents Killed In Overton Co. Car Accident
Two Celina residents were killed in a two car accident Friday morning in Overton County. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the two vehicles were traveling in opposite directions on State Highway 52 and struck head on after both vehicles crossed the center line. Eighty-five-year-old David Butler and 38-year-old Tileitha Randolph deceased. Both drivers were […]
People Chancing Driving Through Standing Water
With heavy rains possible the next 48 hours, emergency personnel say they see many people risk driving through standing water. Putnam County Emergency Management Director Tyler Smith said a lot of folks will overestimate their car’s abilities and take the risk. “A lot of time they think their car can just go through the water […]
