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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A convicted felon who was released from prison after giving key trial testimony about the slaying of Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo plans to plead guilty to weapons charges filed shortly after he was granted his freedom, court documents show. A federal judge set a Nov. 22 hearing for Jason Autry, […]

When law enforcement officials send out alerts for missing or endangered individuals, there are different criteria that must be met before they can do so.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The body of a missing 19-year-old woman was found in Jackson, Tennessee, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday. TBI over the weekend issued an Endangered Adult alert under the Holly Bobo Act for 19-year-old Patti Hathcock. TBI had said the Gibson County woman was last seen Thursday evening in Jackson, and […]

GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. —  The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered Adult Alert for 19-year-old Patti Hathcock, under the Holly Bobo Act. According to a tweet from the TBI, Hathcock is from Gibson County and was last seen Thursday evening in Jackson. Hathcock has a known medical condition and may need immediate medical […]

A Tennessee teenager missing since 2019 has been found safe in Alabama, cancelling a statewide Endangered Child Alert issued last weekend.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Endangered Child Alert for now 18-year-old Daphne Westbrook.

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. — A Clarksdale, Mississippi man serving life for capital murder has died  after reportedly being beaten by three other inmates at the Marshall County Correctional Facility in Holly Springs. Torrie Ellis was assaulted May 12 and died May 20 at a Memphis hospital. According to Management and Training Corporation, which runs the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The state of Tennessee has a 69-page document explaining every new law that is going into effect starting January 1. New laws could affect Tennesseans home lives, workplaces, pets and everything in between. The legal age to purchase or consume tobacco, hemp or vapor products rises from age 18 to 21, mirroring […]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Several new laws, including a change to the legal age for tobacco use, requirement that employers provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees, and the Holly Bobo Act, will go into effect on Jan. 1. Here is a look at some of the laws: Legislation raises the minimum age to purchase tobacco […]

One of the men involved in the Holly Bobo case was arrested early Thursday morning in Benton County.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jason Autry, the final suspect sentenced in the Holly Bobo murder case, has been released from prison. On Monday, Autry was sentenced to eight years for his involvement in the 2011 kidnapping, rape and murder of Holly Bobo. Autry was released Wednesday because he had already served that time. Bobo disappeared from […]