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: Sep. 20, 2023 at 3:20 PM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Emily Van de Riet
A husband and wife who have been married for 69 years spent the husband’s final moments together in hospital beds side by side.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 9:37 AM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Gray News staff
Three Georgia residents showed up at La Quinta Inn in Nashville on Sept. 13 to find no employees behind the front desk.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 2:07 PM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Gray News staff
Alyssa Bowden's mother said she is desperate for answers after the young woman went missing last month.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2023 at 7:36 PM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Andrew McMunn
When asked by Make-A-Wish what she would wish for, Brylee Crutcher told the nonprofit she dreamed of adopting a miniature highland cow.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 11:38 AM EDT
|By Carmyn Gutierrez, Sharon Danquah, Daniel Smithson, Tony Garcia and Gray News staff
Officials say 36-year-old Steven White was on a personal watercraft with his 9-year-old son when he hit a barge that was being pushed by a tow boat.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2023 at 9:45 AM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Debra Worley
When 12-year-old Liam McCalmon was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in July 2021, he told his family he wanted two things: to glorify God and for his cancer to have a purpose.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2023 at 11:05 AM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson, Carmyn Gutierrez and Gray News staff
The pursuit began on Interstate 40 near mile marker 243 in Wilson County, Tennessee, on Saturday.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2023 at 1:19 PM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Gray News staff
Multiple Hickman County agencies are responding to the explosion, as well as the Nashville Fire Department at the request of the Tennessee Emergency Management agency.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2023 at 9:18 PM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Jordan Gartner
A Kroger store in Tennessee has converted to self-checkout only.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2023 at 5:27 AM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Gray News staff
The suspect is charged with especially aggravated kidnapping.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2023 at 4:13 PM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Jordan Gartner
Officials say a man has broken his own fishing record when it comes to his latest catch.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2023 at 3:13 PM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson
Three men were arrested in May after pointing a laser at the helicopter in separate incidents.
Updated: May. 30, 2023 at 5:22 AM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson, Brendan Tierney and Gray News staff
The 24-year-old suspect is facing multiple charges, including aggravated rape.
Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 10:31 AM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Amanda Alvarado
One suspect is in custody.
Updated: May. 6, 2023 at 11:38 AM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Jordan Gartner
A hotel guest claims they were sexually assaulted by an employee who snuck into their room overnight.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 8:27 AM EDT
|By Danielle Jackson, Daniel Smithson and Ryan Breslin
Tennesseans won’t have to pay taxes on groceries from August through October.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2023 at 3:50 PM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson
The subcommittee has not released what details were in the complaint.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2023 at 2:16 PM EDT
|By Carmyn Gutierrez, Tony Garcia and Daniel Smithson
The soldiers died when two helicopters crashed during a training exercise in Trigg County on Wednesday night.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2023 at 12:29 PM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson, Tony Garcia and Carmyn Gutierrez
In one 911 call, a child can be heard begging to leave the school.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 9:11 PM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson, Gray News staff and Tony Garcia
Police said the suspect was a former student of the school.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 9:07 PM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Jordan Gartner
Police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a pet owner who was walking their dog.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2023 at 2:48 PM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Jordan Gartner
A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper has been fired for department violations.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 1:17 PM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson
TikTok believes the diet could hurt others, the man said.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 6:03 PM EDT
|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. 13, 2023 at 4:55 PM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson
The 79-year-old said he wants to “reflect and receive more guidance on the use of social media.”
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 7:04 PM EST
|By Daniel Smithson and Holly Thompson
WSMV’s Holly Thompson sat down with Dolly on Friday.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 3:28 PM EST
|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: Feb. 15, 2023 at 4:57 PM EST
|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. 20, 2023 at 2:21 PM EST
|By Daniel Smithson, Carmyn Gutierrez, Courtney Allen and Gray News staff
Jamie Lepore, 46, was a prime suspect in the death of his wife Jennifer, according to authorities in Madison County, Alabama.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 4:52 PM EST
|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 10:03 AM EST
|By Daniel Smithson
The country music icon’s birthday is Jan. 19.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 12:55 PM EST
|By Daniel Smithson
The last piece of track was installed this week.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 7:35 AM EST
|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: Dec. 16, 2022 at 4:47 PM EST
|By Daniel Smithson
The bill would legalize recreational and medicinal cannabis.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 4:59 PM EST
|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 2:51 PM EST
|By Daniel Smithson and Andrew McMunn
The group of students gave her 94 roses to celebrate her birthday.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 7:46 PM EST
|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 10:55 AM EST
|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 3:45 PM EST
|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 10:40 PM EST
|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 1:44 PM EST
|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: Oct. 27, 2022 at 11:22 AM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson
Jackson has released more than 20 albums and collections and is being praised for his authenticity.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 5:27 PM EDT
|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. 15, 2022 at 12:10 PM EDT
|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.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 11:50 AM EDT
|By Daniel Smithson
Country music star Loretta Lynn died Tuesday.