Clarksville, Tenn.—A freshman football player at Austin Peay State University died Friday night in a single-car crash near the school’s campus in Clarksville, Tennessee, officials said. Jeremiah Collins, 18, was driving too fast while exiting Briley Parkway West at Clarksville and his pickup truck rolled several times before coming to rest in a grassy area,…
Austin Peay State Freshman Football Player Dies in Single-Car Crash
July 22, 2023
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Nashville’s Elementary Schools to Lack SROs Despite $140 Million Allocation for Positions Statewide
July 20, 2023
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Only one school district out of Tennessee’s four largest cities will not have SROs in every school this fall after the state legislature and Governor allocated $140 million for each district in the state to do so following the shooting at The Covenant School in March. The shooting, which happened in Nashville, inspired the legislature…
Memphis, St. Louis Top Cities Facing Homicide Rate Problems
The homicide rates of the 40 largest cities in the United States have decreased between the second quarters of 2021 and 2023, according to a new study of local crime statistics by WalletHub. Their analysis shows homicide rates have fallen “by an average of roughly 5 percent” in these large cities from the second quarters…
Illegal Immigrant Soccer Coach Accused of Raping Multiple Children in Tennessee
July 18, 2023
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A Tennessee man who has allegedly lived illegally in the United States for two decades was charged with drugging and raping various boys after restaurant workers discovered a phone he left behind contained hundreds of photos and videos of his crimes, according to the Franklin Police Department. The man, identified as Camilo Hurtado Campos, 63,…
Tennessee Fined More Than $8 Million for Over 200 Infractions in Football Program
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—The NCAA fined Tennessee more than $8 million on Friday and issued a scathing report outlining more than 200 infractions during the three-year tenure of former football coach Jeremy Pruitt. The Volunteers escaped a postseason ban. The sprawling report over 80 pages long said Tennessee committed 18 Level I violations, the most severe, and…
Contrasting Crime Trends: Tennessee Sees Reductions in Violent Crime While California Faces Challenges
July 14, 2023
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In the midst of Tennessee’s legislative session in March, California Gov. Gavin Newsom took aim at the southern state’s Republican Governor Bill Lee for signing a bill passed by the state’s legislature limiting drag shows in front of young audiences—making the claim Lee should be focused on Tennessee’s eighth place ranking in states with the…
Tennessee Governor Moving Ahead With Special Session on Public Safety, Gun Violence
Despite musings of some political pundits in Tennessee, Republican Gov. Bill Lee said his office is moving forward with plans to hold a special session focused on public safety in August. Mr. Lee announced the special session in April after state legislators failed to take up his proposal for enhancements to the state’s Extreme Risk…
Roy Herron, Longtime Tennessee Democratic Lawmaker, Dies After Injuries From Jet Ski Accident
Roy Herron, a longtime Tennessee state lawmaker and former chairperson of the state Democratic Party, died Sunday from injuries sustained in a jet ski accident. He was 69. Herron died at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, according to a statement from his family. He had been hospitalized since a July 1 collision with another jet…
Judge Allows Tennessee Law Shielding Minors From Transgender Procedures to Take Effect
July 8, 2023
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On Saturday, Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a preliminary injunction that allows Tennessee’s law to prohibit health care providers from performing or administering cross-sex procedures on minors to take place, a week after a federal judge blocked it. “Because Tennessee is likely to succeed on…
Olympic Gold-Medalist, Former South Carolina Assistant Nikki Mccray-Penson Dies at 51
July 8, 2023
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Two-time Olympic gold-medalist and former Tennessee star Nikki McCray-Penson has died. She was 51. McCray-Penson was an assistant women’s basketball coach at Rutgers last season and the school on Friday confirmed her death. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013. She joined coach Dawn Staley as an assistant at South Carolina from 2008–17. She…
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