
MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES AWARDS MOVING TO NASHVILLE
NASCAR is leaving Las Vegas. They announced Wednesday the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Awards will be held December 5 at the Music City Center in Nashville. NASCAR will also shift the date of it ...

BLACKBURN OPPOSES EFFORT TO BLOCK BORDER EMERGENCY DECLARATION
Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn says she won't vote for the resolution aimed at blocking President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration along the U.S.-Mexico border. Blackburn ...

GRUNDY COUNTY DEPUTY WHO CRASHED PATROL VEHICLE WITH INMATE INSIDE IDENTIFIED
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a noontime crash Thursday involving a Grundy County deputy that sent the driver of the other vehicle to an area hospital with minor injuries. THP said ...

WOMAN CHARGED IN DEADLY HIT-AND-RUN OUT ON BOND
Janet Elaine Hinds, the woman charged in the hit-and-run death of a Chattanooga policeman, was released on bond this week. Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Matt Lea says the 54-year-old H ...

INTERSTATE 40 EASTBOUND BACKED UP IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY; TAKE EXIT 329 TO AVOID DELAYS
Interstate 40 eastbound is backed up from the road construction at mile marker 341 all the way back to mile marker 336. Motorists are advised to take the 329 Crab Orchard exit and get on Highway 70 to ...

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY DEFENDS JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP’S ACTIONS
The Tennessee Valley Authority stands by its relationship with a contractor accused of undermining safety precautions and sickening workers during the cleanup of a massive coal ash spill. TVA Presi ...

NO STUDENTS ON HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOL BUS INVOLVED IN HIT-AND-RUN CRASH THIS AFTERNOON
A Hamilton County school bus was involved in a hit-and-run crash on the way to pick up East Hamilton students this afternoon. Hamilton County spokesman Tim Hensley said the bus was rear-ended at th ...

OOLTEWAH RESIDENTS STILL COPING WITH FLOODING AS MORE RAIN FALLS
Even as more rain is in the forecast, some Ooltewah residents are still dealing with flooding from the last round. That includes more than a million gallons of water near Hunter Road contaminated w ...

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 ...