
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, JULY 2, 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 – 11 remaining active remaining cases (UP 3) out ...

TYSON RECALLS 8.5 MILLION POUNDS OF CHICKEN PRODUCTS
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Tyson Foods Inc. is recalling nearly 8.5 million pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products because they may be contaminated with Listeria The produ ...

INJURY REPORTED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON LANTANA ROAD
Troopers and medics responded to a vehicle crash on Lantana Road late Friday morning. The report released late yesterday states a 2016 GMC operated by 61-year-old Vickie Allen of Crossville was stoppe ...

FLORIDA KEYS UNDER TROPICAL STORM WATCH AS ELSA APPROACHES
A tropical storm watch was issued for the Florida Keys from Craig Key westward to the Dry Tortugas last night as Tropical Storm Elsa headed toward the state. Elsa, which battered the southern coasts ...

8 AND 9-YEAR-OLD BOYS TO BE CHARGED IN SHOOTING DEATH OF 62-YEAR-OLD MAN
South Carolina authorities will charge two juveniles with a fatal shooting. Oconee County deputies responded to a call from a woman informing them her husband had been shot while operating his tracto ...

RALPH E. BALES, AGE 75
Ralph E. Bales, age 75, of Ten Mile, passed away at his home July 2, 2021 surrounded by his family. He was a lifelong resident of Ten Mile. He was a school bus driver for Meigs County Schools for 33 y ...

MICHAEL “AARON” BARKLEY, AGE 40
Michael “Aaron” Barkley, age 40, of Kingston, passed away July 2, 2021 at his home. He was born March 23, 1981 in Knoxville. He was a member of Rivergate Church in Kingston. He loved target shooting w ...