A White County woman appeared in General Sessions Court Tuesday, Oct. 27, on a child abuse charge stemming from a September altercation involving a 16-year-old boy. The confrontation turned physical, and a gunshot was fired before the situation ended.
For some people, making something by hand is a hobby. For others, it becomes the kind of pursuit that can take years to master, countless hours of trial and error, and a willingness to keep learning long after the basics are understood. In one Sparta workshop, that pursuit has become
Multiple 911 hang-up calls sent Sparta police to a local business, where they found a man claiming someone was trying to kill him. The calls led to a drug-related arrest, but it wasn't the man's first trouble with the law. Just 11 days earlier,
An early-morning argument inside a Sparta residence allegedly turned violent when one person was repeatedly struck in the head and another was choked during a domestic dispute. The two reported being attacked by the same woman, but when Sparta police questioned her about the confrontation, she described a much
Human remains have been found at the old water treatment plant on Highway 84 in Sparta, where a heavy police presence was seen Monday evening, October 26. "The White County Medical Examiners office worked in conjunction with Sparta Police Department, Sparta White County Resuce Squad, and the Sparta Fire
