PREPARE, SNOW COMING
Get everything done and be prepared for winter weather this weekend with the worst probably coming Saturday night and Sunday but you are not going to want to be out on the road I am pretty sure. Right ...
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TRAPPED AFTER TRENCH COLLAPSED IN POWELL
Two construction workers were trapped under 15 feet of dirt after a trench collapse at a site off of E. Beaver Creek Drive in Powell just after noon on Thursday. 70 responders from Rural Metro Fire, t ...
SUPREME COURT OVERRULES BIDEN’S VACCINE-OR-TEST MANDATE FOR BUSINESSES
The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the j ...
PICKETT COUNTY SCHOOLS CLOSE DOWN DUE TO SICKNESS
At least one area school district is being forced to close due to sickness throughout the school system. Pickett County announced yesterday they would not resume classes until next Tuesday. Classes ...
PROPOSED LAW WOULD PAY PARENTS TO SEND CHILD TO PRIVATE SCHOOL
Tennessee lawmakers have proposed a bill that would allow parents who disagree with COVID-19 protocols in their school district to remove their child from the school and use a voucher to attend a diff ...
SEVEN ARRESTED IN WHITE COUNTY DRUG BUST, OPERATION “DUAL”
"I’m not going to tolerate people doing drugs in White County,” Those are the words of White County Sheriff Steve Page after his department along with Sparta Police took down seven suspects in a drug ...
MAN GETS VIOLENT AT ROANE MEDICAL CENTER, PUNCHES NURSE
A man allegedly punched a nurse at Roane Medical Center on Friday. The suspect, identified as Vincent Earl Diggs of Smyrna, Georgia, was reportedly about to undergo a CT scan. Nurse Cooper stated whil ...
CRACKER BARREL TO PAY MILLIONS AFTER SERVING MAN CLEANER INSTEAD OF WATER
A jury in Marion County, Tennessee, has ordered the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain to pay a man millions of dollars after it ruled the company was at fault when he was served something besides the gl ...
Edwin Gaines “Burger” Lansford, Jr., 66
Funeral Services for Edwin Gaines “Burger” Lansford, Jr., age 66, of Crossville, TN, who passed away on January 9, 2022, will be held on Sunday, January 16, 2022, at 3:00 PM at the Chapel at Bilbrey F ...
