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Rutherford County, TN - Grief overcomes Chuck Isbell when he speaks about the traffic death of his son, Nate, 13, of La Vergne Halloween night 2020. “I failed him,” Isbell said. “I couldn’t save him and be the hero I thought his was.” Isbell made the comments to fellow classmates at the Sheriff’s Citizens Academy Class 62 graduation last week. The father described how Nate was skateboarding when a motorist driving ove...

The La Vergne Board of Mayor & Aldermen meeting on Dec. 6 was short on business and long on ceremony as recently re-elected Mayor Jason Cole was sworn in for

Chuck Isbell of La Vergne stands in his yard on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, behind signs encouraging drivers to slow down.

The school year has barely started and already three Rutherford County students have been hit by cars.

A Rutherford County father is honoring his son by pushing to lower speed limits on residential streets.

Annual tribute held the same week as Nashville’s Vision Zero forum — which envisions safer streets for walkers, drivers and cyclists alike

Transit advocates gathered in observance and to call for safety investments

During a ceremony Sunday, advocates and others will remember those who died during World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims at the pedestrian bridge at 4:30 p.m.

After their son was hit and killed by a speeding driver, a Rutherford County family is working to lower speed limits on residential roads

Nate Isbell, 13, helped his 3-year-old niece, Lily, decorate pumpkins the night before Halloween last year.Lily didn’t want to touch the slimy inside of the pumpkin, remembered Nate’s father, Chuck Isbell.“Nate got Lily to touch the guts,” Isbell said. “He made her think it was funny.”That memory remains precious since Nate died from injuries suffered in a pedestrian crash Halloween night. He was a student at Rock Springs Middle School....