A glimmer of hope amidst the flooding devastation from Hurricane Helene in East Tennessee, a dog stranded atop a 20-foot tree is safely rescued thanks to Murfreesboro Police Department’s K9 Kari. Kari and her handler, Officer Angela Alexander, were assisting a search team from the Kingsport Fire Department (KFD) in locating flood casualties on Wednesday,…
Resident Larry Adams was trapped inside his bedroom with smoke and flames threatening his life when three Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies rescued him. Dispatchers alerted Deputy Steve Hill, Cpl. Ethen Shenefield and Deputy Jamie Murphy that Adams was trapped in the back bedroom, Hill said. He and Shenefield tried to pull Adams out the window…
Murfreesboro Fire Marshal investigators are trying to determine the cause of a house fire that left an 18-year-old male injured on Thursday September 22. The male and his 17-year-old sister escaped the home before Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) firefighters arrived. The 18-year-old was taken to the hospital and treated for smoke inhalation and minor…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) firefighters rescued a construction worker who fell down a 10-feet-deep trench Tuesday afternoon. MFRD firefighters were dispatched to the scene at 2:15 p.m. yesterday on Johnson Street. Witnesses said the construction worker was walking backwards while guiding a dump truck that was backing up when he fell down the trench….
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department Engineer Benjamin Honeycutt says he owes his life to Matt Blansett, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office detective who died Tuesday in a helicopter crash. Honeycutt was in a near-fatal car crash 23 years ago and Blansett came to the rescue. “Medically, I’m not supposed to be here,” Honeycutt said. At age…
Multiple agencies including Rutherford County Fire Rescue (RCFR), Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD), Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO), and Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services (RCEMS) responded to a water rescue at the 4000 block of Elam Road around 4:00 Monday afternoon. Reports indicated that a commercial vehicle was stuck in rising waters. RCFR Stations 51…
A missing and endangered 6-year-old girl hugged Rutherford County Sheriff’s bloodhound Fred after he rescued her Friday in DeKalb County, said Fred’s handler, K9 Deputy Richard Tidwell. “He licked her face and she gave him a big hug,” Tidwell said of the encounter of Fred and Kinzleigh Reeder. DeKalb County Sheriff Patrick Ray said in…
On New Year’s Day, RCCWC Corporal Robert Catron was preparing to leave his home, when he noticed what appeared to be two people playing on his neighbor’s pool deck. As he continued to watch, something seemed out of order, so Catron yelled to the homeowner asking if she needed help. She replied, “Yes,” and Catron…
Rutherford County Fire Rescue crews saved two small dogs stuck in a sinkhole on Yeargan Road around noon on Saturday. The sinkhole was around eight feet deep with a 16’ opening. The dogs were in 12 inches of water where the hole opened below the surface. Firefighters were able to pull one of the dogs…
Drones located a distraught woman who ran into a wooded area in 32-degree weather Saturday near Hoovers Gap Frontage Road, a sheriff’s supervisor reported. Sheriff’s deputies were called about 1:30 pm. to a home off U.S. Highway 41 (Manchester Highway) for the woman lost in the woods, Sgt. Tyler Morten reported. Due to the freezing…