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Dickson County Sheriff's deputies arrest escaped inmate on Friday

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SLAYDEN, Tenn. (WTVF — Authorities in Dickson County have arrested an inmate that escaped from his road work crew in the Slayden/Vanleer area on Wednesday.

Authorities said Eric Robinson was locked up for non-violent charges.

Dickson County official say he was found and captured with the help of a tip from a citizen near the community of Woods Valley in Cumberland Furnace.

Remembering Eudora Boxley, a trailblazing TV cook from WLAC's early days

Forrest Sanders recently introduced us to a Nashville hero named Eudora Boxley. She was the first black woman to have a cooking show on TV in Nashville. Her grandson was precious describing Eudora and how she raised him and how proud he and the family were of her impact not only on WLAC but on a city during the turbulent Civil Rights Era. A woman who did extraordinary things at a time when history did not expect her to.

-Amy Watson