SCIENTISTS WARN OF A VERY BAD TICK YEAR AS EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS HIT RECORD HIGHS
Scientists are warning of a particularly bad tick season this year as warmer weather arrives. Emergency room visits for tick bites reached record highs for April since tracking began in 2017, accordin ...
I-75 IN MONROE COUNTY BACK OPEN AFTER BRIDGE DEMOLITION
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) temporarily closed a section of I-75 in Monroe County near Sweetwater for the demolition of the old State Route 322 bridge over the interstate. The wo ...
TDOT SUSPENDS ALL ROAD CONSTRUCTION LANE CLOSURES FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
Tennessee's highways will have no construction-related lane closures over the Memorial Day weekend. The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is suspending all such closures on interstates and ...
TWO MEN SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE IN PUTNAM COUNTY FOR SHOOTING TENNESSEE TROOPER
In Putnam County, Tennessee, Timothy Laquan Davis, Jr. and Braze Roland Rucker were sentenced today following their March jury convictions. Both men received life without the possibility of parole for ...
ATHENS SHOOTING SUSPECT ARRESTED
In Athens, Tennessee, police responded to a shooting at 108 Fisher Street, where they found a 36-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her upper extremity. She was transported to a regional trauma ce ...
ROCKWOOD CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER DATA CENTER ZONING ORDINANCES TONIGHT
The Rockwood City Council is scheduled to hold its meeting tonight at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall, with a Budget Workshop beginning at 5:00 p.m. The agenda opens with standard proceedings including a welco ...
STONE MEMORIAL’S LADY PANTHERS SOFTBALL STATE BOUND; FUNDRAISING AND SEEKING SPONSORS
The Lady Panthers softball team is heading to the State Tournament in Murfreesboro on Tuesday! After an outstanding season and strong postseason performance, the girls have earned this exciting opport ...
NICHOLAS HOLLOWAY SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS FOR 2020 SECOND-DEGREE MURDER
Nicholas Holloway was sentenced on Thursday, May 14, 2026, after pleading guilty to Second Degree Murder and Especially Aggravated Kidnapping in the 2020 beating death of Robert Quenton McCullough. Mc ...
HEAT AND STORMS DOMINATE THE WEEK
Regional Forecast — Cumberland Plateau & Tennessee Valley The week starts hot and sunny before thunderstorms become widespread midweek. Monday: Sunny. Cumberland Plateau high near 86, Tennesse ...
