BILL TO BAN HANDHELD DEVICES WHILE DRIVING HEADS TO GOVERNOR’S DESK
Governor Bill Lee gets the final say on whether Tennessee bans the use of handheld devices – including phones – while driving. The State Senate voted 23-7 Tuesday to pass the bill; the House previous ...
STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHUTTERS ITS MEASLES HOTLINE
The Tennessee Department of Health has shut down its measles hotline after about two and a half weeks of operation. It ceased operations at 4:30 Eastern time this afternoon. The hotline had been esta ...
TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS WRAP UP SESSION BY PASSING CONTENTIOUS GUN-PERMIT BILL
Putting the cherry on top of a frenzied final day of their 2019 legislative session, Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to allow concealed carry-only handgun permits that don't require trainin ...
SMALL EARTHQUAKE RATTLED MARYVILLE FRIDAY MORNING
No one has reported feeling it but the U.S. Geological Survey says it really did happen. A 2.0-magnitude earthquake rattled parts of Maryville this morning. We’ll have to take their word for it that t ...
KENTUCKY CHILD DIES AFTER DOG BITE
Louisville Metro police report a young child died yesterday after being bitten by a dog. The child, who appeared to be about three years old, was pronounced dead at Norton Children’s Hospital. Police ...
STEEL BRIDGE, TRANSFORMED TO PLAY FOR FUNDRAISER AT PALACE
The acoustic bluegrass gospel group Steel Bridge will be performing in concert Saturday, June 8, at 7:00 p.m. at the Palace Theatre, on Main Street in Crossville. The event is a benefit for the Cumber ...
PLEASANT HILL FIREHOUSE FUNDRAISERS SCHEDULED
The Pleasant Hill Firehouse is sponsoring a pair of fundraisers Saturday, May 18, at the Pecan Place Event Center, 246 Goose Hollow Lane in Crossville. From 11 to 3 p.m. there’s a kid-friendly event, ...
PAIR BUSTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN WAYNE COUNTY, KENTUCKY
While conducting surveillance on a suspected drug house Thursday afternoon, Wayne County, Kentucky, deputies noticed a man and woman leaving the residence in a car. The driver, 33-year-old Dustin R. S ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY RISING ANNOUNCES MONTHLY MEETING
The public is invited to join the Cumberland County Rising drug coalition. The next meeting is Monday, May 6, at 4 p.m. in the conference room in the Crossville City Hall, off Main Street. Meetings l ...
SHOWERS & STORMS
Friday is going to be another day with partly cloudy and warm humid conditions with scattered thunderstorms and they become even more likely late Friday night and Saturday. A low tonight near 60 and a ...
STORM DAMAGE REPORTED
A listener sent in these images of trees down in the vicinity of Progressive Savings Bank along 127 South.
FREDERICK COLEMAN: WANTED AND UNWANTED AT THE SAME TIME
Last night, Rockwood police were dispatched to the Evans Heights Apartments for a report of a previously banned person on the premises. When police approached him, 43-year-old Frederick Coleman gave ...
