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Longest Serving TennCare Director to step down

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (News Channel 5) - Governor Bill Haslam announced the longest serving director of TennCare will be leaving. Darin Gordon has also been the Deputy Commissioner of Health Care Finance and Administration. Governor Haslam announced Wednesday Gordon will enter…

Dade County man jailed for Child Porn

TRENTON, Ga. (WDEF) - A Dade County man is being held after police executed a warrant related to the sexual exploitation of children. Police served the warrant at 301 Castle Drive and arrested Richard Petkoff, 49, of Trenton. Petkoff is…

CPD and HCSO Crusiers Hit In Pursuit Near Downtown

CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - A Chattanooga Police Officer and Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy are okay after both were hit in a high speed pursuit Tuesday night. According to HCSO, the pursuit started in Catoosa County, GA, when Fort Oglethorpe Police tried…

Teen Dies After Drinking Morphine

JOELTON, Tenn. (News Channel 5) - Cheatham County Officials have suspected a cocktail of morphine and Gatorade is what killed a Cheatham County teen. Detectives said the 17-year-old boy was found unresponsive Friday morning at a home on Oakwood Road…

Rhea County Lawyer Suspended

DAYTON, Tenn. (WDEF) - John Arnold Fitzgerald was suspended from the practice of law Monday by Order of the Tennessee Supreme Court. The suspension is expected to last for four years, and is effective immediately. Mr. Fitzgerald must pay the…

4 on trial in Clarksville 'house slave' slaying

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Four people charged with beating a woman to death in 2014 are on trial for murder and sexual battery. The Leaf-Chronicle reports a jury was seated Monday and opening statements began Tuesday morning in Circuit Court…

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