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The interstate bridge collapse in northwest Washington has many people wondering if a similar incident could happen on one of Middle Tennessee's bridges. More>>
Federal safety officials are investigating what caused a crane to collapse Tuesday and topple on to a moving car, and the Channel 4 I-Team has learned the company in charge of that crane has a history of work site accidents. More>>
Termination records obtained by the Channel 4 I-Team show 17 state employees were fired in 2011, accused of bringing contraband into prisons, including cell phones.
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There is a lot of demolition and construction going on in Nashville these days, but there are serious concerns about the city's plan of action for getting rid of an old building with troublesome things inside. More>>
When a house is on fire or somebody's injured, emergency responders don't have time for delays. But there's a problem firefighters are experiencing that you've never heard before. Some of their own trucks are not starting. More>>
Some are asking whether a judge should step down from a trial after the judge made an unusual request of the attorneys in the case, the Channel 4 I-Team has learned. More>>
More than 100 workers are getting pink slips from the state as part of a major job outsourcing plan. More>>
Police are concerned, and a court may take action, after the Channel 4 I-Team discovered a suspect awaiting trial for rape trying to recruit a single woman to move in with him. More>>
Payments sent to dead people, $73 million wasted and long waits for unemployment checks probably doesn't sound like "exemplary performance" in state government. More>>
A Channel 4 I-Team investigation found emergency responders unable to quickly find patients in need in four area high rises, despite a medical alarm company in place to alert 911 to the emergency. More>>
If you thought stunt driving was just for the movies, think again. Thrill-seekers are showing off all over Nashville's interstates and then posting the videos online for the whole world to see. More>>
One lawmaker calls it a conflict of interest for state troopers to ask for money from the very companies they are supposed to police, and even the head of the THP now admits this shouldn't have happened. More>>
A stretch of sidewalk in rural DeKalb County doesn't lead anywhere, no one ever uses it and - at times - it just suddenly stops. Not only that, the project along the newly expanded Highway 70 cost taxpayers more than $160,000. More>>
A state lawmaker says "somebody's head should roll" over an issue the Channel 4 I-Team exposed, showing inmates in Tennessee prisons partying behind bars and flaunting their fun on Facebook. More>>
The Channel 4 I-Team has uncovered a hefty bill - more than a half million dollars that every Tennessean is helping to pay - and the state could take a very simple step to reduce that cost. More>>
The Channel 4 I-Team obtained photographs and video of guards at the Woodland Hills Youth Development Center sleeping at work instead of watching the dangerous juveniles they are paid to supervise. More>>
The Tennessee Department of Correction launched investigations in 14 prisons and disciplined 70 inmates following a report by the Channel 4 I-Team that showed inmates using drugs and partying behind bars and showing it off on Facebook. More>>
A Channel 4 I-Team investigation reveals more than 100 inmates in Tennessee prisons operating their own Facebook pages, displaying photos and videos of drugs, cash and parties while they are behind bars. More>>
Attorneys for Piedmont Natural Gas have filed a motion to ban a jury from seeing a Channel 4 I-Team investigation that exposed how gas lines were inspected and deemed safe before two major explosions, one that damaged businesses and the other destroyed a home and injured a woman. More>>
A treasured family diamond is caught in the middle of a theft case uncovered by the Channel 4 I-Team. More>>
The Channel 4 I-Team has uncovered criminals have been offered a way around their sentences without ever leaving home - and it prompted a warning to all Metro judges, probation officers and the district attorney. More>>
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is working to determine if a state computer system was hacked and if any sensitive data was obtained, the Channel 4 I-Team has learned. More>>
A man accused of stabbing his wife and her sister just hours after bonding out of jail earlier this month was released before he completed his so-called cooling-off period. More>>
The owner of a Murfreesboro car wash company who was caught on video stealing water from a fire hydrant is again under suspicion for tapping into a public hydrant this week. More>>
The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services spent $6,440 on hotel rooms for a interim director for the Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute. More>>
The head of security at Nashville International Airport has been named temporary acting federal security director at the nation's largest airport, despite security concerns exposed at two of his previous airports.
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An ongoing Channel 4 I-Team investigation into both property and legal problems with sinkholes has found a main structural foundation company reporting increasing cases of sinkholes in Middle Tennessee.
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Texts sent by the wife of Zack Jones, the owner of a cleaning company accused of stealing from his clients, show she suspected her husband of theft. More>>
It has been a dangerous few years on bridges in Tennessee, as four construction workers have lost their lives doing jobs that always carry a degree of risk. More>>
The Channel 4 I-Team has uncovered that 944 people, including inmates and possibly their families, are being investigated by the state for cashing in on unemployment checks. More>>
A Middle Tennessee family is wondering whether a vicious dog attack on their young daughter could have been prevented. More>>
Police reports obtained by the Channel 4 I-Team show another Middle Tennessee cleaning company accused of stealing from the people who hired them to clean.
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A license plate gives police a whole lot of information about you, and law enforcement is supposed to protect those details. More>>
A Channel 4 I-Team investigation found 14 inmates earned more than $10,000 in food stamps, and most of that money has not been recovered. More>>
Government records obtained by the Channel 4 I-Team show more than 100 Tennesseans in five years filed complaints to the Food and Drug Administration about foreign objects in their food. More>>
Tennessee passed a smoking ban in 2007 that made smoking in public almost extinct, but one state department spent your tax dollars to build two smoking lounges. More>>
A Middle Tennessee town with a history of problem police chiefs is facing yet another controversy, this time involving its new police chief. More>>
A Middle Tennessee sheriff and his deputies are accused of busting into a family's home, eating their food and doing much more. More>>
At least 66,000 Tennesseans were alerted by Toyota that there may be sudden acceleration problems with their vehicles, the Channel 4 I-Team has learned.
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A Channel 4 I-Team Investigation found two natural gas lines that exploded in Nashville had both been inspected by Piedmont Natural Gas and were found to be safe. More>>
The same cleaning company accused of taking the Channel 4 I-Team's hidden cameras is now accused by 13 people throughout Middle Tennessee for stealing valuable items from the homes they had cleaned. More>>
The same cleaning company accused of stealing from the homes they were cleaning, as well as taking the Channel 4 I-Team's hidden cameras, is now blamed for stealing jewelry from cancer patients. More>>
Carbon monoxide can take your life in a matter of minutes, yet there are no laws in Tennessee requiring protection against it. However, after the Channel 4 I-Team got involved, at least one city leader plans a fight to change that. More>>
Employees of a state agency that spent more than $130,000 to send hundreds of people to a mountain resort for five days are wondering whether the expensive retreat was worth it. More>>
The man caught on camera scoping out jewelry and carrying a stolen hidden camera said he is not a jewelry thief and did not take the Channel 4 I-Team's hidden cameras. More>>
A convicted thief is accused of stealing the very hidden cameras set up in order to catch him in action. More>>
Hundreds of students at a north Nashville charter school returned to class Thursday for the first time since dozens of them got sick from carbon monoxide poisoning earlier this week. More>>
There are new accusations in the case of a missing Middle Tennessee teacher. More>>
A local cab driver is dead after a violent crash and police say the driver of the other car was drunk. But, this isn't the first time the suspect is accused of drinking before getting behind the wheel. More>>
One of the whistle blowers who helped the Channel 4 I-Team expose security lapses at the Nashville International Airport is now under investigation by the Transportation Security Administration, accused of revealing too much information. More>>
This week, Channel 4 News has been looking back at the case known as Nashville's crime of the century - the disappearance and murder of Marcia Trimble. More>>
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