
FORD BEGINS CONSTRUCTION ON 5.6 BILLION DOLLAR TENNESSEE ELECTRIC TRUCK FACTORY
Construction of Ford's new Blue Oval City manufacturing complex in Stanton, Tennessee, is now well underway following its announcement last September. The $5.6 billion campus is scheduled to begin pr ...

James “Jim” Mac Phillips, 93
James “Jim” Mac Phillips, age 93 passed away September 22, 2022, at his home surrounded by his family. Jim was born on September 30, 1928. Jim is preceded in death by his wife of 70+ years, Norma J ...

Paul Elmore
Paul Elmore of Rockwood September 22, 2022 The family is honoring Paul's wishes to be cremated. Memorial service scheduled at a later date.

Thomas Murrel Kyle
Murrel was a member and ordained deacon at New Macedonia Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Tennessee, for 58 years and served the church as a deacon for 28 years. He was a fifty-plus-year member of the ...

Tillie Dora Engler Ellis,94
Mrs. Tillie Dora Engler Ellis, age 94, passed away on September 22, 2022, at her home. She was born on October 28, 1927, in Fort Smith, Arkansas to Sam and Mary Gehring Engler who preceded her in deat ...

MAN CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF GIRLFRIEND
DEKALB COUNTY – A joint investigation into the death of a Smithville woman has resulted in an arrest. The investigation included special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, officers wit ...

FREIGHTLINER LOSES CONTROL ON DAYTON MOUNTAIN MONDAY
RHEA COUNTY, Tenn. — Two people were injured when a Freightliner lost control on Dayton Mountain Highway in Rhea County Monday, Tennessee Highway Patrol says. A 58-year-old man in a 2012 Freightlin ...

WRECK ON INTERSTATE 40 CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Reports of an accident between the 307 and 308-mile markers in Cumberland County. A car has wrecked in the median. This may affect both east and westbound lanes. Please use caution in this area as eme ...

STUDENTS IN HAMILTON COUNTY PROTEST AFTER STUDENT AND SRD DISPUTE
Hamilton County, TN- On Tuesday, September 20, 2022, a Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Deputies (SRD) assigned to East Ridge High School was called to the school’s gymnasium for the r ...

THP TROOPER SHOT DURING TRAFFIC STOP IN COFFEE COUNTY
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the circumstances leading to an officer-involved shooting Thursday night in Coffee County. Preliminary information indicates that around 11:00 p ...

WEEKEND WEATHER
Today is the first full day of fall, and it sure feels like it. We started off with a crisp morning followed by sunshine. Today is going to be low 70s with a few clouds coming in tonight. The low is g ...

ALLEGED BOMB THREAT AT REGAL RIVIERA IN KNOXVILLE
Knoxville, TN- On Thursday, September 22, 2022, at around 9:20 p.m., KPD officers responded to an alleged bomb threat at the Regal Riviera on Gay Street. The initial calls were that a man had left a s ...