POLICE CAR COLLISION RESULTS IN ONE FATALITY
At around 3 a.m. on Friday, August 13, 2021, Knoxville Police Department officers were dispatched to an in-progress burglary at a business in the 4800 block of Kingston Pike. Responding officers were ...
COVID-19 UPDATE AUGUST 12, 2021
Cumberland County: 375 Active Cases +21 New Cases Reported 7,468 Total Cases, 145 Deaths and 182 Hospitalized Since the beginning of reports A Total of 6,948Cases now reported as Inactive ...
TENNESSEE DOCTOR: NO BEDS, THERE ARE NO HOSPITAL BEDS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
A doctor in Middle Tennessee began his message with a stark and simple warning. "No beds. There are no beds." Dr. Geoff Lifferth, Chief Medical Officer at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin, ...
GOVERNOR LEE CLARIFIES EXECUTIVE ORDER 83 DIRECTIVES ON COVID-19 VACCINES
Governor Bill Lee's office has sent a memo to Republican lawmakers addressing "conspiracy theories" and clarifying misinterpretations of the governor's latest executive order regarding COVID-19 vaccin ...
TENNESSEE BOUNCED BACK FROM COVID BETTER THAN KENTUCKY, MICHIGAN
A study issued by Beacon Center of Tennessee showed Tennessee and Georgia fared better and lost fewer jobs than Kentucky and Michigan, which implemented more economic restrictions. The report measure ...
SPEAKER SEXTON, HOUSE REPUBLICANS SEEK SPECIAL SESSION ON COVID RESTRICTIONS
House Speaker Cameron Sexton and 73 House Republicans have officially asked Gov. Bill Lee for a special session to take on "misdirected" COVID-19 mandates. Sexton said last week he would ask for a sp ...
COVID-19 REPORT FOR AUGUST 11,2021
Cumberland County: 374 Active Cases +46 New Cases Reported 7,446 Total Cases, 145 Deaths and 182 Hospitalized Since the beginning of reports A Total of 6,927 Cases now reported as Inactiv ...
KNOXVILLE POLICE SEEK HELP FINDING MISSING 26 YEAR OLD WOMAN
KPD investigators are continuing to seek any information regarding the possible whereabouts and disappearance of 26-year-old Desheena Kyle, who has not been seen in nearly two months. Though several t ...
TRAFFIC ALERT-EAST COVE ROAD
East Cove Road in the Cumberland Cove Community will be closed today and tomorrow to allow the Cumberland County Road Department to replace a cross drain.
NATIONWIDE TEST OF THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM SET FOR TODAY
FEMA has announced that on Wednesday the agency will work in conjunction with the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System along with Wireless Emerg ...
GARY MITCHELL SPREAKER, 73
Gary Mitchell Spreacker, age 73, of Harriman, TN was called to his heavenly home on August 9th, 2021, from complications due to kidney cancer. Gary was born on December 13th, 1947, in Huntington, WV. ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVES BUDGET
Work began on this budget on May 3, 2021, with all day budget hearings. Since then, Tuesday and Thursday evenings have been set aside to complete the work. Highlights of the budget include a propert ...
