STATE SPORTS BETTING BILL PASSES LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE
Legalized sports betting has taken a step closer toward passage in Tennessee. HB1 was approved Wednesday by the Departments and Agencies Subcommittee. It was the first of several hurdles the bill face ...
JOE PARRENT, JR., AGE 63
Funeral services for Joe Parrent, Jr., age 63, of Crossville, will be Saturday, March 2, at 12 noon at Crab Orchard Church of God of Prophecy. Survivors include widow, Katy Parrent; children and their ...
ELLA MAE BILBREY, AGE 74
Funeral services for Ella Mae Bilbrey, age 74, of Crossville, will be Friday, March 1, at 11 a.m. at Bilbrey Funeral Home, with burial to follow in Green Acres Memory Gardens. Family will receive frie ...
3 DAYS OF SHOWERS
Showers are likely on Thursday with temperatures in the 50s and then a 50% chance of showers will be with us for Friday and Saturday with highs in the mid-50s. Much colder weather will start to move i ...
HAROLD ALBERT KAUTZ, JR., AGE 89
A funeral Mass for Harold Albert Kautz, Jr., age 89, of Byrdstown, Tennessee, will be Friday, March 1, at 10:30 a.m. at Emmanuel Catholic Church in Albany, Kentucky, with burial to follow in Gate of H ...
POPULAR FROZEN-BEVERAGE COMPANY RELOCATING HQ TO TENNESSEE
Governor Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe announced today an iconic frozen-beverage company is pulling up its California roots for the friendlier bu ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPT. INVESTIGATING TRIO OF BURGLARIES
Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department investigators have had their hands full with a rash of burglaries from vacant properties the past few days. Saturday afternoon, Cumberland County deputies res ...
TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS ADVANCE FETAL HEARTBEAT BILL
A state bill that would essentially ban most abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat has cleared another legislative hurdle and now advances to the full House for a vote. "This is an issue tha ...
OAK RIDGE POLICE ARREST FIVE SUSPECTS IN COUNTERFEIT BUST
Last Thursday, February 21, the Oak Ridge Police Department arrested five suspects following a fraudulent transaction with counterfeit money. Officers were notified by a local business suspected co ...
PROPOSED BILL WOULD LIMIT TOBACCO, VAPE SALES TO THOSE AGE 21 AND UP
Several lawmakers in the state are pushing to raise the minimum age for buying tobacco or vaping products to 21 from 18. This week, Republican State Sen. Shane Reeves and House Rep. Bob Ramsey said t ...
TENNESSEE GOVERNOR PROPOSES $15.3 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has proposed in excess of $15 million in additional funds for mental-health initiatives in the state. Lee said $11.2 million in new funding would help with funding mental- ...
DEPUTY STEVE HINKLE, SHOT DURING BLOUNTVILLE STANDOFF, HAS DIED
Sullivan County Sheriff's Deputy Steve Hinkle has died. Hinkle, shot during a standoff at a Blountville home on Saturday, died Tuesday afternoon at an area hospital. The Tennessee Bureau of Investiga ...
