Yager, a Republican from Kingston, is chairman of the Senate Republican Caucus. Yager is said to have been driving a Ford Edge at the time of his arrest. Finance records show Yager regularly uses his campaign accounts to make lease payments on a Ford.

Kingston, was arrested in Georgia on Tuesday on charges of DUI, hit and run, and failure to stop at a stop sign, authorities confirmed. Yager, who serves as the Tennessee Senate Republican Caucus chairman,

CAMPBELL — A 34-year-old Campbell man was arrested following a DUI hit and run Nov. 27, according to a press release from the Campbell Police Department. The crash occurred when the suspect drove his Toyota into a vehicle that was stopped at a red light near Winchester Boulevard and Camden Avenue, police said. The suspect fled the scene.