TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL INVESTIGATING FATAL VEHICLE ACCIDENT
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a head-on crash on Highway 56 in Grundy County yesterday claimed two lives. The report says a car driven by 38-year-old Stephanie McGee of Tracy City was heading nort ...
PROSECUTORS TO ANNOUNCE IF MEGAN BOSWELL WILL FACE DEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors in Sullivan County should announce in a hearing this morning (Friday, January 22, 2021) if Megan Boswell will face the death penalty in the death of her 1-year-old daughter, Evelyn. She f ...
LAWMAKERS PASS BILL REQUIRING SCHOOLS TO OFFER SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS FALLING BEHIND
State lawmakers passed the Tennessee Learning Loss Remediation and Student Acceleration Act. It requires schools to implement a program of after-school learning mini-camps, learning loss bridge camps, ...
ERLANGER LIFEFORCE ADDS NEW MEDICAL HELICOPTER TO FLEET
Since December 17, 1988, LIFEFORCE, Erlanger Health System’s air medical program, has continued to bring innovation to aviation while ensuring operational safety. LIFEFORCE, in conjunction with its av ...
NTSB RELEASES PRELIMINARY REPORT OF FATAL SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT
The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report today regarding a deadly school bus crash in Meigs County late last year. Here is the report in its entirety: “On Monday, Octob ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 60,863 active cases (down 2,524 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 697,783 total cases. •639,444 re ...
SCHOOLS TO RETURN TO ALL IN PERSON CLASSES STARTING JAN. 25, 2021
The COVID-19 active number for Cumberland County is presently (as of 4 p.m. Thursday, January 21, 2021) at 422 active cases. This moves the school system back into the yellow metric so all students wi ...
STATEWIDE UNEMPLOYMENT INCHES UPWARD DURING DECEMBER
Statewide unemployment inched upwards during the final month of 2020, according to data released today from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). The preliminary, seaso ...
AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY RELEASES FALL 2020 DEAN’S LIST
Austin Peay State University is proud to recognize over 2,000 students who were named to the Dean's List for academic achievement during the Fall 2020 semester. Jaclyn Cranfill of Dayton Autumn Gett ...
CLAIRE H. CYR, AGE 95
Memorial Mass for Claire H. Cyr, age 95, of Fairfield Glade, will be held Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 10 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Survivors include sons: James Cyr and daughter- ...
ROSE VRYLING MANNING RIDINGS, AGE 96
Rose Vryling Manning Ridings, age 96, widow of Alex (Bill) Ridings, Jr., passed away at home January 20, 2021 in Kingston. Rose and Alex were born May 22, 1924 and were married 71 loving years until A ...
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HIRES DANNY WHITE AS NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Tennessee will hire University of Central Florida’s Danny White as its next Athletic Director. The 41-year-old White will replace Phillip Fulmer. White became the UCF Athletic Director in 2015. After ...
