PLANE CRASH IN TULLAHOMA TN

SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED AFTER A SKYDIVING PLANE CRASH IN COFFEE COUNTY, TENNESSEE. THE CRASH OCCURRED SUNDAY NEAR THE TULLAHOMA REGIONAL AIRPORT AND OLD SHELBYVILLE HIGHWAY ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NASHVILLE. TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL BELIEVE THE PLANE HAD 16 TO 20 PEOPLE ON BOARD AND THE F-A-A’S PRELIMINARY INFORMATION POINTS TO 20 PEOPLE BEING ON BOARD. SEVERAL WERE INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITALS AND OTHERS RECEIVED TREATMENT AT THE SCENE, BUT THERE ARE NO KNOWN FATALITIES.

PET ZEBRA FLIES AFTER BEING FOUND IN TN

YOU’VE HEARD ABOUT WHEN PIGS FLY, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A ZEBRA FLIES? PET ZEBRA, NAMED “ED” THAT ESCAPED CAPTIVITY IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE HAS BEEN CAPTURED AFTER A SEARCH THAT LASTED MORE THAN A WEEK. ED WAS CAUGHT ON SUNDAY NEAR THE SUBDIVISION OF CHRISTIANA. THEN, SOMETHING SOCIAL MEDIA HAD PLENTY OF FUN WITH, WAS AIRLIFTED BY HELICOPTER AND LOWERED INTO AN ANIMAL TRAILER. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RELEASED ON ED’S FUTURE.

PEDESTRIAN INVOLVED IN FATAL CRASH

PEDESTRIAN INVOLVED IN BRISTOL, VIRGINIA CRASH THAT LEAVES ONE PERSON DEAD. THE BRISTOL POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT A PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE ON FRIDAY AND DIED IN A HOSPITAL ON SUNDAY. THE CRASH REPORTEDLY OCCURRED INVOLVING A PEDESTRIAN AT THE 500 BLOCK OF GATE CITY HIGHWAY AT 10:34 P.M. FRIDAY. THE PEDESTRIAN FOUND LYING IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF THE ROADWAY AND THE DRIVER WAS STOPPED ASSISTING THE PEDESTRIAN. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE PEDESTRIAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS FROM THE NORTHBOUND SIDE OF GATE CITY HIGHWAY WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY A VEHICLE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND. THE PEDESTRIAN DIED AT JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER ON SUNDAY. THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

HOMICIDE ARREST SMYTH COUNTY VA

ONE PERSON ARRESTED FOR AN ALLEGED HOMICIDE IN SMYTH COUNTY, VIRGINIA. THE SMYTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORTS THAT A SHOOTING ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED IN THE 400 BLOCK OF DRY COVE LANE IN SALTVILLE. OFFICERS FOUND MICHAEL STONEWALL BLEVINS DEAD AT THE SCENE AND 26-YEAR-OLD SKYLER LEE CHANCE HUGHES WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE SHOOTER. HUGHES HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND USE OF A FIREARM IN THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY.

FATAL CRASH SMYTH COUNTY

ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND ANOTHER INJURED AFTER CRASH IN SMYTH COUNTY, VIRGINIA FRIDAY MORNING. VIRGINIA STATE POLICE REPORTS THAT THE CRASH HAPPENED ON ROUTE 16 AT AROUND 9:30 A.M. WHEN A TOYOTA SCION CROSSED THE CENTERLINE OF THE HIGHWAY GOING EAST WHEN IT STRUCK A DODGE RAM 2500 HEAD-ON. THE TOYOTA DRIVER DIED AT THE SCENE, WHILE THE DRIVER OF THE DODGE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

MISSING HAYSI MAN FOUND DEAD IN KY

MISSING DICKENSON COUNTY, VIRGINIA MAN FOUND DEAD IN KENTUCKY. 48-YEAR-OLD ADAM STANLEY, OF HAYSI, HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING LAST WEEK BY THE DICKENSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND HIS BODY WAS LATER FOUND IN A CREEK NEAR BIG BRANCH ROAD IN ELKHORN CITY, KENTUCKY. STANLEY’S CAUSE OF DEATH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

NEW COURT DATE FOR MEGAN BOSWELL

MEGAN BOSWELL HAS A NEW SENTENCING HEARING DATE. THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S GENERAL OFFICE ANNOUNCED THAT BOSWELL’S SENTENCING HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 5^TH. THIS COMES AFTER HER ORIGINAL SENTENCING DATE ON MAY 22^ND HAD BEEN RESCHEDULED. BOSWELL WAS FOUND GUILTY ON ALL 19 CHARGES SHE FACED, INCLUDING THREE COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER OF HER DAUGHTER, EVELYN, IN FEBRUARY. THE JURY IN THAT TRIAL SENTENCED HER TO LIFE IN PRISON WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE, WHILE HER SENTENCING HEARING WILL DETERMINE THE SENTENCING FOR HER OTHER CHARGES. ONCE THE SENTENCING IS DECIDED, THOSE TWO SENTENCES WILL BE MERGED AND HOW THEY WILL BE SERVED.

INTERSTATE SUNDAY CRASH

THREE JUVENILES AND ONE ADULT WERE INJURED IN SUNDAY INTERSTATE CRASH IN SULLIVAN COUNTY. TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS A CRASH HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE 81 NEAR MILE MARKER 63 AT 4:38 P.M. SUNDAY. A CHEVROLET SUBURBAN PULLING A CAMPER WAS TRAVELING IN THE RIGHT LANE WHEN A RANGE ROVER WAS GOING IN THE LEFT LANE. THE CHEVY SWITCHED LANES DUE TO A VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER, AND STRUCK THE RANGE ROVER WITH THE CAMPER. THE COLLISION TOOK BOTH VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD INTO THE MEDIAN. THE CHEVROLET ROLLED OVER ONCE AND FOUR PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE WERE INJURED.