Steve Mehling

1 week ago | wkyt.com | Steve Mehling

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Nashville’s leader is under the microscope, according to Representative Andy Ogles. During a press conference held Monday afternoon, Ogles said Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees are launching an investigation into Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, into his ‘conduct’ during ICE operations nearly a month ago.

1 week ago | wsmv.com | Steve Mehling

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Nashville’s leader is under the microscope according to Representative Andy Ogles. During a press conference held Monday afternoon, Ogles said Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees are launching an investigation into Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, into his ‘conduct’ during ICE operations nearly a month ago. The investigation is also looking to see if any federal funds were being used for ‘criminal enterprise.’“He’s choosing criminals over Tennesseans,” Ogles said.

1 week ago | wsmv.com | Steve Mehling

MAURY COUNTY, Tenn. (WSMV) - Two bystanders are being hailed as heroes after their swift actions saved the life of a man who was drowning in the Duck River Friday afternoon. The Maury County Fire Department says they were called out to the Chickasaw Trace Park Boat Ramp for a water rescue. The 911 caller told dispatchers that all three men were swept downstream out of sight. When firefighters got to the scene, they found all three men on the banks of the river holding onto a ledge.

2 weeks ago | wsmv.com | Steve Mehling

WHITE HOUSE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Three students at Chris White’s Extreme Martial Arts will be competing for Team USA this fall, after qualifying to be on the team after a try-out a couple of months ago. While all three will be competing in Norway together, Cash Long, 9, will also be competing in Germany for Team USA, and is currently ranked fifth in the world for his weight class. “My dad started doing karate when he was young,” Long said.

2 weeks ago | wsmv.com | Steve Mehling

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - 35 years after Judy Robirds and her sons, Chad and Jason, were murdered inside their home in Nashville in 1989, the man convicted in their deaths was executed by lethal injection. The Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) says Oscar Smith, who was sentenced to death in 1990, was pronounced dead inside Riverbend Maximum Security Prison at 10:47 Thursday morning.