UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 55,703 active cases (down 5,160 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 701,847 total cases. •646,144 re ...
TENNESSEE DEPT. OF HEALTH UPDATES COVID-19 VACCINATION PLAN
The Tennessee Department of Health has updated Tennessee’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan as the state continues to prioritize Tennesseans most at risk of illness and death from COVID-19. PROTECTING MEDIC ...
SCHOOL SYSTEM COVID-19 REPORT – JANUARY 22, 2021
The Cumberland County School System reported this afternoon 10 student and 14 staff active cases of COVID-19. A total of 142 students and 8 staff members are quarantined because of being determined to ...
NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS ORDERED HOME BY GOVERNORS AMID OUTRAGE OVER BEING MOVED TO PARKING GARAGE
Governors Ron DeSantis, Chris Sununu and Greg Abbott announced that they are bringing their National Guard troops back from Washington, D.C., after reports they were posted up in a parking garage near ...
ANNA MAE LIGHT TAYLOR, AGE 86
Anna Mae Light Taylor, age 86, of Kingston, passed away January 20, 2021. She was a member of Kingston United Methodist Church and a well-loved and active member of the Kingston community for over 50 ...
BUFFY KEY NAMED CRMC NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Buffy Key has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Key most recently held the position as the Senior Vice-President of Quality and Operations at the medical ...
PROSECUTORS TO SEEK LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT PAROLE FOR MEGAN BOSWELL
The Sullivan County District Attorney General’s office announced in court this morning they will go after a sentence of life imprisonment without parole should Megan Boswell be found guilty in the dea ...
CITY COURT DATES SUSPENDED UNTIL AT LEAST MARCH 31, 2021
The Crossville Police Department says because of a recent order issued by the Tennessee Supreme Court, a temporary suspension of in-person court proceedings will be done for city court until at least ...
LEGENDARY PRO BASEBALL PLAYER HANK AARON PASSES AWAY AT AGE 86
Henry “Hank” Aaron, one of the baseball’s all-time great home run hitters, has died. He was 86. His cause of death was unclear. The Atlanta Braves issued the following statement: "We are absolutely ...
OVER 700 VEC CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER OFF OF PEAVINE ROAD
As of 7:40 a.m. this morning (Friday, January 22, 2021) around 780 VEC customers in the Peavine Road area in between I-40 and Fairfield Glade in Cumberland County are presently without power. A call f ...
CAROLYN EDGEMON BARNETT, AGE 81
Carolyn Edgemon Barnett, age 81, of Kingston, passed away January 20, 2021 at her home. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Kingston. She was preceded in death by her husband: Raymond Kenn ...
TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL INVESTIGATING FATAL VEHICLE ACCIDENT
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a head-on crash on Highway 56 in Grundy County yesterday claimed two lives. The report says a car driven by 38-year-old Stephanie McGee of Tracy City was heading nort ...
