
MORE THAN 100 PRAYING MANTISES HATCH IN VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS TREE
File this under "E" for "Ewww!" A Virginia woman said she received a shocking gift over the holidays: more than 100 praying mantises had hatched in her home after the insects were brought in on her ...

160+ GERMAN SHEPHERDS RESCUED FROM ‘DEPLORABLE’ CONDITIONS IN GEORGIA
More than 160 German Shepherds were removed from a property in Georgia after animal rescuers discovered them living in "deplorable, unsanitary conditions." The dogs, found in Candler County's Mette ...

ANITA DARLENE DAVIS, AGE 56
Mrs. Anita Darlene (Brannum) Davis, age 56, of Upper Crab Road in Jamestown (formerly of Byrdstown), died at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga Sunday, January 6, 2019. She is survived by her husb ...

MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES IN TENNESSEE ANNOUNCED
The Tennessee Department of Health has released its list of the most-popular names for babies born in the state in 2018. After having been nudged out by Ava in 2017, Emma reclaimed the top spot for g ...

MAUDE A. NEAL, AGE 90
Miss Maude A. Neal, age 90, of Burkesville, Kentucky, passed away Monday, January 7, 2019, at the Cumberland County Hospital in Burkesville. She is survived by her sister, Wilma Johnson of Ft. Smith, ...

CYNTOIA BROWN GRANTED CLEMENCY YEARS AFTER GETTING LIFE SENTENCE FOR KILLING MAN AS TEEN
In the first clemency grant of his eight-year gubernatorial tenure, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted clemency Monday to Cyntoia Brown, an alleged sex traffic victim who was sentenced to life in pris ...

ARLEAN WYATT, AGE 89
Funeral services for Arlean Wyatt, age 89, of Crossville, will be Tuesday, January 8, at 3 p.m. at Cornerstone Baptist Church, with burial to follow in Green Acres Memory Gardens. Visitation will be h ...

DAVIS ARRESTED ON FELONY & MISDEMEANOR DRUG CHARGES
Saturday evening, Cumberland County deputies were summoned to a Fish Road home for a report of a burglary in progress. There they found 33-year-old Christopher Lee Davis of Crossville, carrying a tool ...

TBI INVESTIGATES FATAL NEW YEAR’S DAY SHOOTING IN CROSSVILLE
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is continuing its investigation into the New Year’s Day shooting that left one man dead. Officers responded to a report of a possible shooting shortly after midni ...

ROAD CLOSURE ALONG DARTMOOR DRIVE ANNOUNCED
As part of the ongoing SR-101/Peavine Rd. widening project, a section of Dartmoor Drive will be closed between Peavine Road and Wilshire Heights Drive, beginning today, January 7, 2019. During the clo ...

RADON COULD BE PREVALENT IN UPPER CUMBERLAND HOMES ACCORDING TO EMA
Homes in the Upper Cumberland Region may be more likely to have increased levels of radon. Putnam County EMA Director Tyler Smith says that homes located on top of or around caves are more likely to s ...

FAMILY OF 5 KILLED IN FIERY CRASH IN KENTUCKY SUNDAY
Kentucky Authorities say that a suspected drunk driver going the wrong way on Interstate 75 struck a vehicle carrying five family members and killing all six people involved. The southbound pickup tru ...