A Tennessee-based cleaning company, Fayette Janitorial Service LLC, has settled with the U.S. Department of Labor, agreeing to pay nearly $650,000 in civil penalties. The agreement follows federal investigations that revealed the company’s employment of at least 24 children at two slaughtering and meat-packing facilities. The consent order and judgment, approved by a federal court […]
In a startling incident in Ashland City, Middle Tennessee, a teenage pizza delivery driver narrowly escaped a potentially fatal encounter after a homeowner allegedly fired multiple shots at him for parking in the wrong driveway. The harrowing incident unfolded on a residential street, located approximately 20 miles northwest of Nashville, sending shockwaves through the local […]
During a traffic stop this week, a 43-year-old man with a criminal past is accused of biting off a portion of a police officer’s ear. He is currently facing charges. The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office reports that the incident took place on Tuesday, November 14. Marcus Johnson and a female passenger were seen by […]
Nearly thirty years after the lone woman on Tennessee’s death row killed a 19-year-old because she “just felt mean that day,” a judge upheld her sentence. Tennessee v. Tyshon Booker, a recent Tennessee Supreme Court case, was mentioned by Christa Pike’s attorneys, 47, in an attempt to persuade the judge to reverse the decision, according […]