TN. LAWMAKER PROPOSES BILL CALLING FOR INSULIN TO BE MORE AFFORDABLE
Tennessee Senator Katrina Robinson has proposed a bill to make insulin more affordable for thousands in the state living with diabetes. Data indicates one in four diabetics reporting underusing insuli ...
“FOOD TAX HOLIDAY ACT” BILL PROPOSED BY TENNESSEE LAWMAKER
Tennessee State Representative Patsy Hazelwood has introduced House Bill 1697 called "The Food Tax Holiday Act". The bill, if passed, would exempt sales taxes on food and food ingredients in the month ...
KRYSTAL COMPANY FILES FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY
The Krystal Company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company is indicating debts between $50 and $100 million dollars. In the last couple of years, the south’s oldest fast food chain had begun ...
TEN STRONGEST EARTHQUAKES TO TAKE PLACE IN EAST TENNESSEE
Officials say the 3.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Campbell County yesterday was one of the strongest to hit the area in years. It followed two other smaller earthquakes in the same location withi ...
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS REPORTEDLY SEEKS MARCH BANKRUPTCY FILING
Frontier Communications Corporation is reportedly asking creditors to help craft a turnaround deal that includes filing for bankruptcy by the middle of March 2020. Frontier offers their telephone and ...
DONALD L. GARDNER, AGE 81
The family will receive friends for Donald L. Gardner, age 81, of Crossville, on Monday, January 27, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bilbrey Funeral Home, with a reception and celebration of life to fo ...
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR ESCAPED INMATE FROM ROANE COUNTY
The Roane County Sheriff’s Department says an inmate who stole a Harriman street department pickup truck last Friday while working on detail is still at large but the truck has been located. Sheriff J ...
ONE INJURED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON PIGEON RIDGE ROAD IN CUMBERLAND CO.
A Cumberland County man was injured in a single vehicle accident late this morning. Trooper Chris Bennett says a 2007 Mitsubishi Lancer driven by 29-year-old Jacob J. Kilby of Crossville was traveling ...
3.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE REPORTED IN CAMPBELL COUNTY, FELT IN CROSSVILLE
(DEVELOPING STORY) - The United States Geological Survey says a 3.8 earthquake took place in Campbell County early this afternoon. The center of the earthquake was one mile northeast of Fincastle, Ten ...
WILLIAM ALLEN MILAM, AGE 52
Funeral service for William Allen Milam, age 52, of Jamestown, Tennessee will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at Crossville Memorial Funeral Home in Crossville. Visitation will be prior ...
FENTRESS COUNTY MAN KILLED IN MULTI-FATALITY ACCIDENT IN VIRGINIA
A three vehicle accident outside of Harrisonburg, Virginia claimed the life of a Fentress County, Tennessee man. Officers say a tractor-trailer driven by 52-year-old William Allen Milam of Jamestown, ...
JAMES “JIM” SUMNER, AGE 65
James “Jim” Sumner, age 65, of Kingston, passed away January 18, 2020. Jim was born in Knoxville, Tennessee lived, graduated from West High School and the University of Tennessee where he played trump ...
