MULTI-VEHICLE WRECK ON U.S. HIGHWAY 127 AT CRACKER BARREL
Motorists are advised to use extreme caution traveling along U.S. Highway 127 just south of I-40. There is a multiple-vehicle wreck at the traffic light involving at least five vehicles. Multiple inju ...
EIGHT YOUTHS INJURED IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY CHURCH-BUS CRASH
Eight boys from Parrans Chapel Baptist Church in Bolivar, Tennessee, were sent to hospitals after a church bus crashed in Fairview. The bus, borrowed from Dixie Hills Baptist Church, overturned on ...
WOMAN CHARGED WITH DUI AFTER CRASHING INTO SCHOOL BUS
Deputies in Grundy County say a local woman faces charges after crashing her car into a Grundy County Head Start bus on Highway 108 in Altamont Friday afternoon. Thirty-five-year-old Shannon Hargis ...
PRESIDENT BUSH TO SPEAK AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY THIS EVENING
Former President George W. Bush will speak tonight at Vanderbilt University, along with Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos and presidential historian Jon Meacham. Meacham is endowed chair and vi ...
SULLIVAN COUNTY RECYCLING PLANT CLOSING; KNOXVILLE NOW CLOSEST FACILITY
When Tri-Cities Waste Paper in Kingsport closes Friday, it’ll leave Sullivan County without a plant to handle paper and plastic recycling. Asheville Waste Paper, Tri-Cities’ parent company, has not c ...
KENTUCKY MAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD
The Wayne County, Kentucky, Sheriff's Office announced late last week an Albany, Kentucky, man was arrested and charged with sexual abuse of a child. Aiden H. Fields was arrested on a Cumberland Co ...
KINGSTON WWII VETERAN OFFICIALLY ACCOUNTED FOR SEVENTY YEARS LATER
It took 74 years, but 24-year-old Army PFC William F. Delaney’s remains have finally been accounted for. The Kingston, Tennessee, native was officially accounted for December 17, 2018, according to th ...
MAN ATTEMPTS TO STEAL FIRETRUCK IN CLAIBORNE COUNTY
Tazewell police officers arrested a man Sunday for attempting to steal a fire truck. They found Johnathan Scott Rodriguez at the wheel of an idling Tazewell/New Tazewell Fire Department ladder truc ...
BILL WOULD BAN SMOKING IN AND NEAR PLAYGROUNDS – ON AN “OPT-IN” BASIS
A bill currently making its way through committees in the state legislature seeks to ban smoking in or near playgrounds. As written, the bill authorizes Knox County and Knoxville to prohibit smokin ...
MULTIPLE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON EB I-40 BETWEEN MM 337 AND 338 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
There is a multiple-vehicle accident reported on eastbound I-40 in Cumberland County between mm 337 and 338. The left lane is blocked. TDOT estimates on when the roadway will be fully opened is shortl ...
STATE OFFICIALS SAY THAT NEW UPPER CUMBERLAND VETERANS’ CEMETERY “WILL HAPPEN”
The idea of building another State Veteran's Cemetery in the Upper Cumberland Region has been kicked around for several years. The State Department is saying that time is near. According to Veterans' ...
SINGLE VEHICLE WRECK ON WESTBOUND I-40 NEAR MM 334
A single-vehicle accident has been reported on westbound I-40 in the vicinity of mm 334. Please drive with care in this area.
