An Endangered Child Alert was issued for the Cookeville Police Department for East and Middle Tennessee. That alert has been cancelled. Putnam County officials say they have located for 14-year old Jasmine Nicole Johnson. She was found safe Jasmine was last seen leaving the Days Inn in Cookeville, Tennessee with a 28 year-old white male. No other details were released by the Cookeville Police or the TBI at this...

Last week, members of the Bedford County Sheriff’s Department Criminal Investigation Division arrested Cathleen Vaughn, age 38, of Lynchburg for two counts of Statutory Rape by an Authority Figure and Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor. Vaughn is employed by an agency which specializes in working with people with substance abuse issues. The woman is a substance abuse counselor and has been accused of becoming too involved with a teen client. Vaughn’s arrest came after a lengthy...

The Coffee County Grand Jury wrapped up a busy session last week by hearing 179 cases. Of the cases heard 54 had been forwarded to the panel from the Coffee County General Sessions Court. The other 125 cases were sealed cases. Those cases will see those named arrested and booked into the Coffee County Jail. Sealed cases are those that have not been through the court system and they are presented straight to the grand...

Accused double murderer Bryan Cooke was brought back to Warren County Thursday afternoon after spending the last month in a Florida jail cell. Cooke is accused of murdering his in-laws, Gary and Gail Dodson, at the Dodson’s home in the Fairview Community. He then left the area and drove the victim’s vehicle to Jacksonville, Florida, where he was taken into custody at a motel. He fought extradition until just recently. Deputies made the long drive to Jacksonville and Cooke was brought to the Warren County Jail Thursday...

Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the slaying of four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga was the act of a ‘perverted jihadist.’ Biden’s comments came during a memorial for the five servicemen killed in a shooting rampage by 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez last month. The vice president’s statement appears at odds with the official comments of investigators who have said they have not been able to determine a motive behind the attacks. The FBI has said it has not been able to determine whether Abdulazeez was “radicalized” before the July 16 attacks and has been treating him...

A traffic stop Wednesday lead to a meth bust and two people arrested. A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper made a traffic stop on I-24 in Marion County after he saw a car with illegal window tinting and following too closely to traffic and noticed the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. While interviewing the driver and the passenger, the trooper was alerted to possible indicators suggesting criminal activity. The driver gave the trooper permission to search the vehicle where 2.5 pounds of Meth/Ice were discovered. The drugs were in the dashboard on the driver’s side. Both suspects were taken...

Nominees for the 26th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards were announced this week at a special event in the SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction studios in Nashville, TN. The Gibson Brothers announced the nominees, along with SiriusXM’s Kyle Cantrell. Thunder Radio’s Becky Buller performed, as did The Gibson Brothers. Becky, her husband Jeff and daughter live in Manchester. Becky and Jeff are two of the hosts on Bluegrass Crossroads heard 3 times per week on WMSR. Buller-Haley was nominated for several awards; Fiddler, Female Vocalist, Emerging Artist, Song Of The Year for “Southern Flavor”, Recording Event Of The Year for “Southern...

The owners of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival have discussed with Nashville’s top tourism executive the possibility of bringing a country music and camping festival to the event site in Manchester. The Tennessean reports that the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. President and CEO said in July that he has talked with organizers, who also own the Manchester farm where Bonnaroo is held, about a new country music festival that would be in addition to Bonnaroo. Earlier this year, Live Nation purchased a controlling stake in Bonnaroo, though co-founders Superfly Presents and AC Entertainment will remain in charge...