Daniel Smithson
Content Producer
Nashville, TN
Daniel Smithson is a graduate of the University of Florida. He has worked previously as a digital reporter at WKRG in Pensacola, Fla., and a reporter at The Gainesville Sun newspaper in Gainesville, Fla. He now works as a Content Producer for WSMV in Nashville.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2023 at 1:48 PM CDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Jordan Gartner
A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper has been fired for department violations.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 12:17 PM CDT
|By Daniel Smithson
TikTok believes the diet could hurt others, the man said.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 5:03 PM CDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Andrew McMunn
Billy Johnson, 48, also known as Billy Jackson, was charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 2:28 PM CST
|By Daniel Smithson and Emily Van de Riet
A man who was driving his car during storms in Tennessee on Friday afternoon was impaled by a tree in a freak accident, officials said.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 11:45 AM CST
|By Daniel Smithson
The arena is limiting tickets to two per person.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 10:33 AM CST
|By Daniel Smithson
Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Wadham was killed in a helicopter crash in February.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 11:33 AM CST
|By Daniel Smithson
SEC coaches and players will come to Nashville in July.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 3:57 PM CST
|By Daniel Smithson and Andrew McMunn
The owners of a dog who was stolen out of Illinois said she was found safe in Alabama.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 2:39 PM CST
|By Daniel Smithson
Mike Thakur plans to document the home’s restoration on YouTube.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 5:53 AM CST
|By Daniel Smithson, Carmyn Gutierrez and Courtney Allen
Police closed a portion of Cason Lane for the investigation.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 3:52 PM CST
|By Daniel Smithson, Brendan Tierney and Courtney Allen
Personnel files obtained by WSMV 4 offer more insight into the officers involved in the scandal.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 10:34 AM CST
|By Daniel Smithson
The Titans are one of many teams that would consider signing the veteran quarterback.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 5:02 AM CST
|By Daniel Smithson
In-N-Out is coming to Middle Tennessee, but it might take a while.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 6:35 AM CST
|By Daniel Smithson and Gray News staff
All of the officers listed in the report admitted having sexual relations with a fellow officer, sometimes while on duty, the report said.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 8:07 AM CST
|By Marissa Sulek, Daniel Smithson and Joylyn Bukovac
The shooting happened Thursday afternoon on Summit Run Place.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 3:59 PM CST
|By Daniel Smithson and Emily Van de Riet
A 14-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday after police say he took a child out of a car and placed him on a sidewalk before stealing the vehicle.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 1:51 PM CST
|By Daniel Smithson and Andrew McMunn
The group of students gave her 94 roses to celebrate her birthday.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 6:46 PM CST
|By Daniel Smithson and Jordan Gartner
Police say a group of thieves is responsible for stealing thousands of gallons of fuel from a gas station.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 9:55 AM CST
|By Daniel Smithson and Emily Van de Riet
A school secretary in Tennessee was arrested last month after detectives say she stole two elementary students’ pandemic food benefit cards to buy groceries.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 2:45 PM CST
|By Daniel Smithson and Andrew McMunn
The woman’s daughter reviewed the recording and confirmed it was her in the shower, police said.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 9:40 PM CST
|By Daniel Smithson, Terry Bulger and Jordan Gartner
A 10-year-old boy battling terminal brain cancer is fulfilling a lifelong dream by traveling around the country and being sworn in as an honorary police officer.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 12:44 PM CST
|By Daniel Smithson, Marissa Sulek and Andrew McMunn
Caitlyn Kaufman was a nurse who was shot and killed on an interstate highway on her way to work two years before.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 7:33 PM CST
|By Daniel Smithson and Marissa Sulek
Rick Kaufman was escorted out of a Davidson County courtroom on Tuesday.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 4:27 PM CDT
|By Daniel Smithson, Brendan Tierney and Emily Van de Riet
Three members of a Tennessee family are behind bars after officers found a man’s body stuffed inside a basement freezer, police said.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 11:09 AM CDT
|By Danica Sauter, Joylyn Bukovac and Daniel Smithson
With dangerous winds picking up across the Mid State, the sheriff is now strongly recommending people leave their homes.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 10:19 AM CDT
|By Daniel Smithson
Attention Titans fans: This is your first look at what could be the Tennessee Titans' new home in Nashville.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 2:41 PM CDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Michael Warrick
The 17-year-old would not answer any questions about the guns, police said.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 2:00 PM CDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Tosin Fakile
The Tennessee Titans are set to get a new, enclosed stadium, if approved by city leaders.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2022 at 11:10 AM CDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Gray News staff
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Amber Alert for Aubrea Branham on behalf of the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office.
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