Smith County

Three women were arrested after a 2-month-old child suffered severe head trauma and was placed in a medically induced coma. The infant was found in a home with poor living conditions, including no air conditioning, flies, and rat feces, and was locked in a room with other children. The mothers left the children unsupervised with a third woman, who did not intervene as older children abused the infant.

Three women were arrested after a 2-month-old infant suffered severe head trauma and was placed in a medically induced coma. The child was found in a home without air conditioning, infested with pests, and where the infant and other children were routinely locked in a room. The women face charges of endangering and injuring a child.

A wrong-way crash on Interstate 40 in Smith County, Tennessee, resulted in two fatalities and caused a multi-hour road closure. Emergency responders reported one vehicle traveling eastbound hit another head-on near mile marker 258, with both drivers pronounced dead at the scene. The Smith County Rescue Squad and Gordonsville Fire Department collaborated during the response, and the road has since reopened.

The Cordell Hull Bridge in Smith County will close next week for an inspection. The closure is scheduled to ensure structural safety and compliance with regulatory standards.

The Cordell Hull Bridge in Smith County, Tennessee, will be closed from June 15 to June 18 for an interim inspection conducted by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). The closure will occur daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and drivers are advised to use alternate routes including State Route 24, US 70 North, State Route 25, and the Carthage bypass.

Timothy Jones Sr. feared his son Timothy Jones Jr. murdered his five grandchildren, ages 1 to 8, in 2014. Jones Jr. later admitted to killing them, transporting their bodies in his SUV before dumping them in Alabama. He was arrested in Mississippi after police detected a decomposition odor.