BLEDSOE COUNTY SCHOOLS TO END MASK MANDATE MAY 14, 2021
Bledsoe County school officials say the mask mandate there for students and teachers will stop Friday (May 14, 2021) after end of the year testing will be completed. This comes after the board of educ ...
I-40 BRIDGE OVER MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN MEMPHIS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
If you are taking Interstate 40 westbound into Memphis crossing over the Mississippi River into Arkansas, expect to be re-routed. All lanes on the Hernando Desoto Bridge were closed yesterday until f ...
POLICE IN KENTUCKY HONORED FOR SAVING INFANT’S LIFE
Two Kentucky police officers have been presented their department’s lifesaving award this week after doing a "fantastic job" coming to the rescue of an unresponsive 3-month-old girl. Elsmere officers ...
‘ST. ELSEWHERE’ STAR NORMAN LLOYD PASSES AWAY AT AGE 106
Actor Norman Lloyd has passed away at the age of 106. Lloyd's son, Michael Lloyd, said his father died yesterday at his home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Lloyd was known for playing ...
REPORT: JOHNSON ARRESTED AFTER HOME BURGLARY USING FIREARM
Roane County authorities took 36-year-old Samuel Chancellor Brock Johnson of Crossville into custody following a recent incident. Officers say Johnson stopped at a home on Riggs Chapel Road and identi ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: INFORMATION IN BOLD INDICATES RISES IN NUMBERS FROM DAY BEFORE. BLEDSOE – 25 active remaining cases (down 1) out of 2,14 ...
MISSING 6-MONTH-OLD FROM ROANE COUNTY FOUND SAFE
An Amber Alert issued last night by the TBI was called off roughly over an hour later after the child was located. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says 6-month-old Lilybet Boyd of Roane County w ...
GOV. LEE TO END FEDERALLY FUNDED PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAMS
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced today the end of all federally funded pandemic unemployment compensation programs in Tennessee, effective July 3, 2021. “We will no longer participate in federal ...
TRACTOR-TRAILER CRASH ON INTERSTATE 40 CLAIMS LIFE OF DRIVER
A tractor-trailer accident on I-40 in western Putnam County yesterday claimed the life of the driver. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a 2020 Freightliner operated by 52-year-old Billy E. Holcomb of ...
(DEVELOPING STORY) – SEARCH ON FOR MISSING HIKER AND HIS DOG
(DEVELOPING STORY) – A search is being conducted by the Rhea County Rescue Squad in Pocket Wilderness for lost hiker, Curtis Dustin Williams, and his dog. This is in the Laurel Snow State Natural Area ...
2021 TENNESSEE VOLS FOOTBALL SEASON TO START WITH TELEVISED GAME
The 2021 Tennessee Vols football season will now start two days early that expected. The Volunteers will host Bowling Green in a televised game Thursday, September 2 with kickoff set for 8 p.m. easter ...
SENTENCING RESCHEDULED FOR HOWARD CONVICTED OF ANIMAL CRUELTY
Officials say a sentencing scheduled in Cumberland County Criminal Court today was moved to August 4, 2021 for Jordyn Shae Howard. She entered a plea of guilty last December to aggravated animal cruel ...
