FREE TO THE “RIGHT NERDS”… GIANT 120-POUND RUBBER-BAND BALL
Lots of us have stuff we’ve been hanging onto for years… and maybe we need a little push to get rid of it. For one Alcoa man, the recent flood provides just that push, after nearly a foot of water ...
BILL WOULD REQUIRE MOTHERS TO PROVE CITIZENSHIP TO RECEIVE GOV’T. BENEFITS
An immigrant-rights group is opposing a Tennessee bill that would require mothers to prove U.S. citizenship before receiving government prenatal care and Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food benefit ...
DENTON SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE FOR TRIPLE HOMICIDE
A Sullivan County judge sentenced a 22-year-old Tennessee man Thursday in the 2015 deaths of three family members. Criminal Court Judge Jim Goodwin sentenced Robert Seth Denton to two life sentences ...
LIVESTOCK THEFT REPORTED IN ANDERSON COUNTY
The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a report of livestock theft in Oliver Springs. The alleged victim told deputies he had discovered several months ago someone had stolen a pony ...
GOVERNOR TAKES EXECUTIVE ACTION IN FLOOD-RECOVERY EFFORTS
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has taken executive action in response to the severe weather and historic rainfall and flooding from February. Under an executive order Lee signed Thursday to enable mor ...
PROPOSED BILL COULD EXEMPT SOME CONVICTED KILLERS FROM THE DEATH PENALTY
A Knoxville lawmaker sponsored a new bill that would exempt convicted killers suffering from severe mental illness from the death penalty. The bill would exempt someone from being sentenced to deat ...
SPRING AHEAD THIS WEEKEND
Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday. And there’s been a lot of chatter lately about a potential end to the twice-yearly time change. However, according to State Representative Cameron Sexton, you ...
THP ISSUES PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH THURSDAY MORNING
Thursday morning, approximately 7:30 a.m., 28-year-old Randy James Wheeler of Crossville was headed south on Glade Creek Road in Cumberland County when his vehicle ran off the roadway twice before str ...
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEMP AND WEED? TBI CAN’T DETERMINE THAT JUST YET
The booming hemp industry is making officers' jobs harder because it's so difficult to differentiate between hemp and weed. Ben Cort, the author of the book Weed Inc., opposes legalizing marijuana. ...
COMMUNITY REMEMBERS ZAEVION DOBSON WITH 4TH ANNUAL ‘SKATE FOR ZAE’ EVENT
Next Sunday, hundreds of area residents in Knoxville will gather to remember a local hero. Fulton High School sophomore Zaevion William Dobson was just 15 years old December 17, 2015, when he died ...
REHABILITATION HOSPITAL COMING TO KNOXVILLE IN 2021
On the heels of Brookhaven Retreat’s closure earlier this week, three local healthcare providers have announced plans to team up on a rehabilitation facility in Knoxville. Tennova Healthcare, the U ...
