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A coalition of media organizations is suing the Tennessee Department of Children's Services, alleging the agency is violating the law by not providing details about 31 children it had investigated that died...More >>
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More than a half dozen current Department of Children's Services employees came to the Channel 4 I-Team with complaints about hundreds of children being put at risk.More >>
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) -
Two high-level executives at the Department of Children's Services are off the job.
Alan Hall, the Executive Director of Performance and Quality Improvement, and Debbie Miller, the Executive Director of Family and Child Well-Being, no longer work at DCS.
"The departure of the Executive Director of Well-Being was a result of ongoing restructuring within the department, which integrated functions of that division into other program areas. The Executive Director of Performance and Quality Improvement was separated," said DCS Director of Communications Molly Sudderth in a written statement.
The departures came on the same day that DCS was in court responding to a request filed by WSMV-TV and other media to review state records on child fatalities.
The department believes those documents should not be released.
On Thursday, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Turner sent a letter to Gov. Bill Haslam, Speaker Harwell and Lt. Gov. Ramsey requesting a joint government operations committee meeting to investigate the DCS's refusal to release the records.
"The mission of the Department of Children's Services is too important for them to operate in secrecy," said Turner in a news release. "It is well past time that we have a full accounting of problems within the agency, so we can determine how best to move forward and fix them."
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Saturday, May 25 2013 3:27 PM EDT2013-05-25 19:27:56 GMT
Deputies with the Sumner Co. Sheriff's office have shut down Highway 109 near Portland after a collision between a semi-truck and another vehicle. The wreck happened just after 8 a.m. Officials tellMore >>
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Saturday, May 25 2013 10:45 AM EDT2013-05-25 14:45:56 GMT
A driver might face charges after a violent wreck on I-65 Friday night. A car ran into a bridge pillar at the Rosa Parks Boulevard exit around 11:30 p.m., according to police. A woman was rushed to theMore >>
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Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."More >>
The trucker was hauling drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him....More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 7:48 PM EDT2013-05-24 23:48:47 GMT
One person was killed in a car wreck on I-24 this morning in Rutherford County. The wreck occurred near mile marker 86 in the eastbound lanes, which is partially blocked according to the Tennessee DepartmentMore >>
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Metro police are investigating a theft and assault at a south Nashville smoke shop. Investigators say two men showed up at the Smoke Token Smoke Shop on Harding Place to complain about a glass pipe theyMore >>
Metro police are investigating a theft and assault at a south Nashville smoke shop.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 7:07 PM EDT2013-05-24 23:07:39 GMT
A man accused of striking and killing two pedestrians while driving drunk near Music Row in December 2011 has pleaded guilty to reduced charges. The plea has the parents of one of the victims saying theMore >>
A man accused of striking and killing two pedestrians while driving drunk near Music Row in December 2011 has pleaded guilty to reduced charges.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 6:39 PM EDT2013-05-24 22:39:20 GMT
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A National Weather Service employee who police said beat a puppy to death and killed another five or six dogs pleaded not guilty Friday to aggravated animal cruelty.Police said last November that DavidMore >>
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