A domestic dispute at a White County residence escalated into violence Saturday afternoon, leaving one man with multiple facial lacerations and resulting in an aggravated assault charge.

Investigators hadn't even entered a Golden Mountain Road home Friday afternoon when something outside the residence prompted a closer look. The search warrant that followed uncovered suspected methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia in several rooms and what investigators believed was evidence that had been dropped only moments before they found

A White County man is facing an aggravated assault charge after his mother told authorities he threatened to beat her to death with a hammer, prompting his arrest Friday and the issuance of a protective court order.

A driver who authorities say was the subject of a multi-county BOLO came to a stop on a White County roadway Wednesday night only after traveling nearly a mile with law enforcement behind him, according to an affidavit filed in General Sessions Court. According to the warrant, the incident