SENATE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS CHAIRMAN KEN YAGER APPOINTED TO KEY COMMITTEES
Senate Republican Caucus Chairman Ken Yager (R-Kingston) has been appointed to several key committees in the Senate, including the powerful Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee. The announcement w ...
NASCAR CUTS APPROXIMATELY 50 EMPLOYEES IN ROUND OF LAYOFFS
NASCAR laid off some 50 employees Friday in a belt-tightening move amid a proposed bid to purchase the International Speedway Corporation, which owns and manages racing venues that host NASCAR races, ...
UPDATE ON FRIDAY MORNING SHOOTING IN ROANE COUNTY
We now have the identity of the man shot Friday morning, January 11, at a Sweetwater Road home in Philadelphia, near the Loudon County line. Roane County Sheriff’s Office deputies responding to rep ...
FIREFIGHTER ISSUED SAME BADGE NUMBER AS DAD SLAIN IN THE LINE OF DUTY
Justin Leon was one of 19 cadets from the 34th Fire Training Academy Class who took the oath of office in Cleveland, Ohio, on Friday. He was only five when his father, Wayne Leon, an officer with t ...
TEEN COULD FACE CHARGES AFTER “BIRD BOX” CHALLENGE STUNT GOES AWRY
A Utah teen maybe facing charges after police say she crashed into another vehicle when she covered her eyes while driving as a part of the Bird Box challenge. Layton Police Department shared image ...
“IT’S A MIRACLE”: GOOD SAMARITANS LIFT CAR OFF BOY AFTER HE WAS HIT
An Arkansas family is praising God after their 6-year-old son miraculously survived being struck and pinned under a car – and are grateful a group of strangers banded together to save him. The Ever ...
$20M DONATED FOR BORDER WALL VIA DISABLED VET’S GOFUNDME PAGE MAY BE REFUNDED
GoFundMe could be returning more than $20 million in donations to help fund a U.S.-Mexico border wall if donors don’t redirect their funds to a newly created nonprofit, reports said Friday. Triple- ...
DETAILS EMERGE AFTER WISCONSIN TEEN VANISHED FOR THREE MONTHS
Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs – found alive Thursday after a three-month disappearance – was targeted by a 21-year-old man authorities think she’d never met, who suddenly showed up at her home, killed he ...
‘AUNT BEE’ FROM ‘ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW’ LEFT $100G TRUST FUND FOR POLICE IN SMALL NC TOWN
Frances Bavier, who played the kind-hearted Aunt Bee on the TV classic, The Andy Griffith Show, apparently felt great appreciation for her local police force. When Bavier died in 1989 at age 86, he ...
THEFT REPORTED FROM TRAILER AT CUMBERLAND COUNTY CONSTRUCTION SITE
Cumberland County deputies are investigating a theft of items from an enclosed utility trailer at a construction site on the 7000 block of Hebbertsburg Road. The owner states the trailer’s locks were ...
SCHOOL BUS VS. FORD MUSTANG MINOR ACCIDENT ON RANDOLPH ROAD
Motorists are advised to be cautious when driving in the area of Randolph Road and Highway 70 North. A two-vehicle accident in the vicinity of 77 Randolph Road reported at 3:55 p.m. Central Time has t ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY DEPUTIES INVESTIGATE VEHICLE THEFT IN SPARTA
Cumberland County deputies responded to a West Lake Road residence in Sparta after a woman reported her 2014 Scion stolen from her driveway late yesterday morning. She said it’s unlikely the car was r ...
