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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, First Lady Crissy Haslam, Tennessee Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder and Tennessee Military Department Adjutant General, Major General Terry “Max” Haston paid tribute to seven service members who gave the ultimate sacrifice during the state’s Memorial Day service this week. U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Henry Andregg U.S. Army Private First Class Reece Gass of Greeneville was presumably killed on January 14, 1945. Gass was serving in Belgium in World War II when he was killed in action when enemy fire destroyed his tank. He was 20 years old. He was buried in an unmarked grave in Luxembourg under a headstone that read “Here Rests in Honored Glory a Comrade in Arms Known but to God” until he was exhumed and identified in 2016. Gass was laid to rest on June 10, 2017. U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant William O’Kieff of Murfreesboro was presumably killed while serving in support of the Vietnam Wa...

ANTIOCH, TN — A fiery crash in Antioch killed a 49-year-old Nashville man early Sunday morning. Metro Police said the man hit a utility pole at Bell Road and Cane Ridge Road around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, causing his vehicle to erupt in flames. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.) No other cars were involved and there was no evidence of drugs or alcohol use at the scene, police said. The man was not wearing his seatbelt. Police tentatively identified the driver as a 49-year-old man, but said due to the severity of the injuries, a positive identification will have to be made by the medical examiner. Image via Shutterstock Source Article More Info At: http://www.itcapital.net/fiery-bell-road-crash-kills-nashville-man/

NASHVILLE, TN — A serial Eighth Commandment violator is back to his old ways: caught on tape robbing a 70-year-old woman leaving a Bible study in broad daylight, according to Metro Police. Investigators say convicted thief Gilbert D. Ostring Jr., 48, drove up to the woman in the parking lot of Lebanon Road Church of Christ Monday afternoon, asking for directions to nearby shelters. As she approached, Ostring reached through the window and grabbed her purse, ripping it from her hands and causing her to fall to the ground. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.) The woman broke her hand and suffered facial injuries. A warrant is out for Ostring, who was released from prison in June 2017 after serving time for theft, forgery, identity theft, fraud and assault. Ostring was charged five times in 2010 for stealing credit cards and wallets from women at St. George’s Episcopal in Belle M...