MULTI-STATE SALMONELLA OUTBREAKS LINKED TO BACKYARD CHICKENS
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the salmonella outbreaks in 21 states that have sickened 52 people, including four in Tennessee, are most likely linked to backyard chicken ...
NASHVILLE-BASED BANK EXECUTIVE HONORED WITH NATIONAL AWARD
Jim Ayers, chairman of the board of Nashville-based FirstBank, was among 13 prominent Americans inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans recently. The Horatio Alger Awar ...
UPDATE: JAMESTOWN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER REMAINING OPEN… FOR NOW
Jamestown Regional Medical Center will be staying open, at least for now, according to Fentress County Executive Jimmy Johnson. Johnson made the announcement yesterday after taking part in a conferen ...
CONVICTED MURDERER SANG HYMNS DURING HIS EXECUTION
Convicted murderer Don Johnson was executed last evening by lethal injection. The first death-row inmate to be put to death in 2019, Johnson was pronounced dead at 7:37 p.m. As the drugs entered his ...
TRAFFIC ADVISORY: FIRST STREET & PEAVINE ROAD
The intersection of First Street and Peavine Road may still be hampered by construction equipment. Please use caution in this area. (9 a.m. CDT)
SHANNON M. FLYNN, AGE 44
Funeral services for Shannon M. Flynn, age 44, of Grandview, will be Saturday, May 18, at 12 noon Central Time at Hood Funeral Home, with burial to follow in Johnson Stand Cemetery. Family will receiv ...
TONY VANDEVER, AGE 47
Funeral services for Tony Vandever, age 47, of Crossville, will be Saturday, May 18, at 1 p.m. at Bilbrey Funeral Home, with burial to follow in Lantana Cemetery. Family will receive friends prior to ...
ABE T. COLLINS, AGE 45
Memorial services for Abe T. Collins, age 45, of Crossville, will be Monday, May 20, at 2 p.m. at Hood Funeral Home. Family will receive friends Monday from 1 to 2 p.m. Survivors include parents, Dale ...
JAMESTOWN HOSPITAL ORDERED CLOSED BY SUNDOWN TODAY
According to published reports, Jamestown Regional Medical Center has until sundown today to close its doors – or face being shuttered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. The hospital’s owner, ...
VOLS’ 325-POUND FOOTBALL RECRUIT DUNKS, SINKS FULL-COURT SHOT IN WILD VIDEO
A nearly 325-pound Tennessee Volunteers football recruit showed off his athleticism in a video of him dunking a basketball followed by draining a full-court shot. Elijah Simmons, a 6-foot-1 defensive ...
WEST KNOXVILLE DAYCARE SHUT DOWN AFTER DOZENS OF VIOLATIONS SINCE 2011
The State Department of Human Services has closed a West Knoxville daycare facility after what it called “repeated and escalating” violations. Helping Hands Child Care was ordered to cease operations ...
TN MAN STOLE GUITAR BY STUFFING IT DOWN HIS PANTS
Murfreesboro police are looking for an odd suspect. They say Hayden Snyder stuffed a Fender Telecaster guitar down his pants April 26th and walked out of The String Shop. The guitar is valued at nearl ...
