INTERSTATE 40 EASTBOUND BACKED UP IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY; TAKE EXIT 329 TO AVOID DELAYS
Interstate 40 eastbound is backed up from the road construction at mile marker 341 all the way back to mile marker 336. Motorists are advised to take the 329 Crab Orchard exit and get on Highway 70 to ...
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY DEFENDS JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP’S ACTIONS
The Tennessee Valley Authority stands by its relationship with a contractor accused of undermining safety precautions and sickening workers during the cleanup of a massive coal ash spill. TVA Presi ...
NO STUDENTS ON HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOL BUS INVOLVED IN HIT-AND-RUN CRASH THIS AFTERNOON
A Hamilton County school bus was involved in a hit-and-run crash on the way to pick up East Hamilton students this afternoon. Hamilton County spokesman Tim Hensley said the bus was rear-ended at th ...
OOLTEWAH RESIDENTS STILL COPING WITH FLOODING AS MORE RAIN FALLS
Even as more rain is in the forecast, some Ooltewah residents are still dealing with flooding from the last round. That includes more than a million gallons of water near Hunter Road contaminated w ...
FREE TO THE “RIGHT NERDS”… GIANT 120-POUND RUBBER-BAND BALL
Lots of us have stuff we’ve been hanging onto for years… and maybe we need a little push to get rid of it. For one Alcoa man, the recent flood provides just that push, after nearly a foot of water ...
BILL WOULD REQUIRE MOTHERS TO PROVE CITIZENSHIP TO RECEIVE GOV’T. BENEFITS
An immigrant-rights group is opposing a Tennessee bill that would require mothers to prove U.S. citizenship before receiving government prenatal care and Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food benefit ...
DENTON SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE FOR TRIPLE HOMICIDE
A Sullivan County judge sentenced a 22-year-old Tennessee man Thursday in the 2015 deaths of three family members. Criminal Court Judge Jim Goodwin sentenced Robert Seth Denton to two life sentences ...
LIVESTOCK THEFT REPORTED IN ANDERSON COUNTY
The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a report of livestock theft in Oliver Springs. The alleged victim told deputies he had discovered several months ago someone had stolen a pony ...
GOVERNOR TAKES EXECUTIVE ACTION IN FLOOD-RECOVERY EFFORTS
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has taken executive action in response to the severe weather and historic rainfall and flooding from February. Under an executive order Lee signed Thursday to enable mor ...
PROPOSED BILL COULD EXEMPT SOME CONVICTED KILLERS FROM THE DEATH PENALTY
A Knoxville lawmaker sponsored a new bill that would exempt convicted killers suffering from severe mental illness from the death penalty. The bill would exempt someone from being sentenced to deat ...
SPRING AHEAD THIS WEEKEND
Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday. And there’s been a lot of chatter lately about a potential end to the twice-yearly time change. However, according to State Representative Cameron Sexton, you ...
THP ISSUES PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH THURSDAY MORNING
Thursday morning, approximately 7:30 a.m., 28-year-old Randy James Wheeler of Crossville was headed south on Glade Creek Road in Cumberland County when his vehicle ran off the roadway twice before str ...
