Sumner County News

A federal judge's ruling has cleared the way for defendants to sue over how bail is set in Trousdale County, one of a series of lawsuits claiming that Tennessee counties set the amounts arbitrarily.

A Nashville man accepted a plea deal Nov. 19 on 22 charges of aggravated statutory rape of a 17-year-old boy.

When Sumner County school attendance supervisor Grace Oliver spoke up about poverty and homelessness at a board committee meeting in the spring, she set off a chain of events that rippled all the way to New York City.

Sumner County officials may have to decide whether to dig deeper in its pockets to deal with juvenile crime.

Election season is around the corner, and Friday was the first day for candidates to throw their hat in the ring in Sumner County.

Several county projects considered crucial by officials could soon get the green light after county commissioners voted 19-2 on Monday, Nov.

The charges against a Gallatin couple accused of stealing nearly $60,000 from two alleged victims via their psychic business have been continued until Dec.

A Sumner County Democratic party leader says the Board of Education is being inconsistent about which elected officials get access to schools and says the district needs a written policy that spells it out.

Sumner County Schools admit a policy on elected leaders' visits to classrooms does not exist.

The grand opening of the University of Tennessee's Sumner County Extension office at the former library site on Hartsville Pike gathered several dozen officials and agents on Monday, Nov.

A doctor accused of sexually assaulting patients has been named in a lawsuit in Sumner County Circuit Court.

A former middle school basketball coach will appear in Sumner County Criminal Court this week on charges that he inappropriately touched a 14-year-old girl at T.W. Hunter Middle School in Hendersonville.

A former Portland High School teacher recently convicted in Sumner County of having sex with her teenage teacher's aide was cleared Friday of another alleged sex crime in Robertson County.

Despite several county structures and schools showing signs of deterioration, commissioners said no to a $6.5 million county bond issue for repairs.

The former Portland High School teacher convicted of having sex with her underage teacher's aide was sentenced Friday, Nov.

A Middle Tennessee teacher convicted of having sex with a student is set to be sentenced Friday for the crime.

Got gifts on your mind? So do we. Some of you have already started your Christmas and holiday shopping; others of you are probably still wringing your hands, trying to finalize a strategy, a list and a budget.

Sumner county and Kroger officials gathered Wednesday, Nov. 11 for the grand reopening of the 845 Nashville Pike facility in Gallatin, now expanded by 13,000 square feet and offering everything from sushi to banking to jewelry to oriental rugs in what company officials hope to become a one-stop-shop for customers.

A jail trusty took a dog for a walk at animal control Oct. 30 and didn't come back, according to law enforcement.

Robertson County authorities say a body found in a burning home in a rural area was that of a homicide victim.