And here is your $130,000 refund sir.
I'm Daniel Wagner from the Patriot Punk Network, giving you the latest Tennessee news in 3 minutes or less.
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Round 1
The State Comptroller just dropped a pretty wild report on the City of Kingston.
Meet Carolyn Brewer who began working for the city in 1982 as the fiscal officer/office
manager… and for the remainder of the story I'll refer to her as Miss Management for reasons that will soon become very clear.
Investigators say the city’s longtime finance director, Miss Management, quietly padded her pay for years by manipulating her vacation and sick‑leave balances.
According to the report, she cashed out Leave she never actually earned, took extra salary on top of what she was budgeted, and even walked away with unearned vacation and sick‑leave pay when she retired in 2020—adding up to over $130,000 in improper payments.
The state also says those fake leave cash‑outs were rolled into Miss Management's reported salary for retirement, which overstated her income with the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System by more than $100,000 and even gave her extra service credit she shouldn’t have received.
She has now pled guilty to Theft of Property over ten thousand dollars in Roane County Circuit Court and has already paid back the full amount to the city.
I mean… at least the city got a refund, right?
Round 2
Hamilton County deputies say an overnight pursuit on I‑75 ended with a kidnapping charge and a drug bust.
Early this morning, a deputy spotted a stolen vehicle on the interstate near Exit 7 and tried to pull it over, but the driver took off, leading a high‑speed chase into Bradley County.
Spike strips were deployed and stopped the car.
Deputies say the driver, Nikki Conley, was taken into custody, and a search turned up about 7.1 grams of fentanyl.
During the chase, the passenger in the car actually called 911, telling dispatchers they were begging Conley to stop but she refused.
Conley is now facing a long list of charges and also had active warrants out of Georgia waiting on her before this chase even started.
So yeah, if your passenger is literally calling 911 on you mid‑chase, that’s not a traffic stop anymore—that’s a life audit
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Round 3
In Morgan County, multiple train cars derailed yesterday, sending up a large column of smoke visible over the treetops and triggering evacuations.
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency says a district coordinator is on scene to support officials, and an evacuation center has been opened at Central High School for anyone needing shelter.
Local emergency management issued evacuation instructions for specific address ranges in the area asking residents there to leave as a precaution while responders evaluate the scene and the contents of the derailed cars.
Residents are being advised to avoid the affected area, follow local guidance, and allow emergency crews space to respond safely.
Meanwhile, residents have been using the Morgan County E‑911 Facebook page and other social posts to confirm whether particular roads and neighborhoods are included in the evacuation, to ask about power outages, and to track real‑time updates from local officials.
This is why it's important to leave public comments turned on dear government officials.
That was your daily Tennessee news roundup.
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Little Miss Managment should have called Daniel Turklay