Three people were arrested after a Tennessee Highway Patrolman stopped a vehicle on Interstate 24. According to warrants obtained by Trooper Jason Boles, a vehicle was stopped for equipment violation on I-24 at exit 114 in Manchester on April 19. When the officer made contact with the occupants he allegedly smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. According to warrants, the trooper found one and half pounds of marijuana in the trunk. The marijuana was separated into bags. He also found rolling papers in the vehicle. The driver, Martravous DeJuan Broadnax, 23, of Murfreesboro was charged...

Tennessee lawmakers voted Wednesday to move forward with a plan to raise the state’s gas tax to pay for road and infrastructure costs. Gov. Bill Haslam is proposing a 6 cent per gallon gas tax to pay for $6 billion in road and bridge projects. House lawmakers approved the bill with a 60-37 vote. It passed the Senate with a 25-6 vote. The bill, called the Improve Act, would be the first gas tax increase in Tennessee since 1989. It would increase taxes on gasoline but cut the sales tax on groceries. It would also reduce corporate taxes paid...

From Monday, April 10, to Thursday, April 13, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) and the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) partnered with local law enforcement agencies for Tennessee’s first statewide distracted driving enforcement bus tour to promote National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The THP provided a large, black and tan bus marked with THP logos to transport law enforcement as they observed motorists for traffic violations. “Distracted driving is a major epidemic, not only in Tennessee but across the nation,” said Vic Donoho, Director of the THSO. “This is about changing driver behavior, not writing citations. Everyone is aware...

A bill that would ban some abortions at 20 weeks has passed in a Senate committee, despite Tennessee’s attorney general calling the measure “constitutionally suspect.” Doctors who violated the law could be subject to criminal prosecution under the measure. The legislation was sponsored by Sen. Joey Hensley, a Republican from Hohenwald who is also a medical doctor. He told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the purpose of the bill was to make sure viable infants were not being aborted. The bill would require doctors to perform a test to see if the infant is viable once...

We have an update on the unidentified male subject that was allegedly involved in the theft of a red dump dual axle trailer from a location on the Woodbury Highway in Manchester on Thursday, April 6, 2017. On the same day tires and wheels were taken from a cattle trailer in Coffee County. An older model dark gray Ford flatbed truck was seen leaving the area driving towards Cannon County. The value of the trailer is estimated to be $4,500. In other cases, a utility trailer was taken from a location in Manchester and another trailer was stolen recently...

Bills designed to keep school bus riders safe continue to advance in the Tennessee Legislature, with one measure requiring buses to have seat belts clearing another hurdle. The bills came as a result of a deadly bus wreck in Chattanooga in November that killed six children and injured more than a dozen others. On Tuesday, a House committee approved a measure that would require that all new school buses be equipped with seat belts. Some lawmakers have expressed concerns about restraints trapping children if the school bus caught on fire or was submerged in water. Also, the House on...