La Vergne News

Ernie Johns, who served as a volunteer on the steering committee to help develop a comprehensive zoning plan for the county, maintains the document is a starting point and isn't aimed at taking away anyone's property rights.

LA VERGNE, Tenn. If Kathy Hines learned anything during her time as a detective in Detroit, it's that drugs can hurt anyone.

Following an undercover investigation, a search warrant netted a cache of synthetic drugs and drug paraphernalia from a La Vergne store on February 8th, according to a La Vergne Police Department news release.

LA VERGNE, Tenn. Police seized more than 100 packs of a synthetic drug along with a significant amount of drug paraphernalia and cash from a market in La Vergne on Wednesday.

A new committee will likely be formed to study the proposed School and Road Board zones, as discussions remain lively after redistricting.

The city of La Vergne announced on Wednesday the board of mayor and alderman has approved several road paving projects.

Mr. Hall was born on Sept. 26, 1943, in Cookeville to Herman and Wiladean Hall. He worked as a truck driver for 40 years, currently employed with News Transport Inc.

A free severe weather workshop will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at the La Vergne Senior Center on Stones River Road.

A man and a woman in suffered stab wounds after what La Vergne police believe may have been a fight over clothing.

It won't make the front page of many big papers or lead the nightly news, but Congress is taking... The local Republican Party's demand that a county comprehensive planning document be rejected out of hand is unreasonable and a little late in the game to be given real consideration.

Blackman's boys improved to 17-3 overall and 6-1 in District 7-AAA play with a 49-43 victory over Smyrna on Tuesday night.

James Holden Pitts Jr., age 75, of La Vergne, died January 29, 2012 at MTMC. Mr. Pitts was a native of Rutherford County and was the son of the late, James H. and Ruth Irene Pitts Sr.

Redistricting may not be over for Rutherford County as it was a major topic of discussion for the Health and Education Committee earlier this week.

Nina Borum waits to take a quiz for the show Singing Bee at the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt January 28, 2012 in Nashville, Tenn.

Voters sign in at the Rutherford County Election Commission during a past early voting period.

Three out-of-state fugitives were captured Jan. 6 in Smyrna and La Vergne by the U.S. Marshal's Middle Tennessee Fugitive Task Force, according to an announcement Friday by officials with the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office.

The call went out around 1 p.m. Friday at SteelSummit Tennessee located in the 1700 block of JP Hennessy Drive, just west of Waldron Road.

Officials with the La Vergne Fire Department respond Dec. 25, 2011, to a fire at the Specialty Arms II on Old Nashville Highway in La Vergne, Tenn.

Police are looking for a burglary suspect who allegedly stole more than $5,400 worth of property Jan.

A suspended fire marshal from Rutherford County turned in his resignation to the city of La Vergne on Tuesday.