SCHOOL CLOSINGS FOR TUESDAY JAN 21 (UPDATED 8:27 PM)
The bitter cold has forced some area schools to close tomorrow and some are closed thru Wednesday. School closures for Tuesday Jan 21 and the following days where mentioned. Athens City Bledsoe - c ...
KINGSTON CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS WATER PLANT EXPANSION
The Kingston City council members who also sit as water board members met on Tuesday evening and discussed with representative and project director Arron Crenshaw of Ardurra Company's plans to expand ...
AIR AMBULANCE DEPLOYED TO ASSIST WITH MADISONVILLE CRASH
From the Madisonville Police Department: Officers are currently on the scene of a vehicle crash with injuries New Highway 68 at Toomey Lane. Please be advised that traffic is being rerouted as emerge ...
POWER BLINKS REPORTED IN FAIRFIELD GLADE AND RAVENSCROFT (FIXED)
UPDATE: VEC's outage map is no longer showing the aforementioned power issues. They likely have been resolved. ORIGINAL STORY: The Volunteer Energy Cooperative Outage map reports po ...
SOUTHEAST BANK TO PAY $1.5 MILLION TO RESOLVE DISCRIMINATION ALLEGATIONS
The Justice Department announced today that SouthEast Bank agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by disproportionately di ...
MURDER SUSPECT AND ACCOMPLICE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
From the Loudon County Sheriff's Office: Ashley Sharp and Vincent Ellis were taken into Custody by U.S. Marshals Service. The Loudon County Sheriff's Office is pleased to announce that Ashle ...
BLEDSOE TELEPHONE COOP WARNS OF SCAM
From Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative: We want to inform our members about a recent scam, involving calls that are impersonating BTC Fiber and asking about your bill. If you receive a suspicious ca ...
ROCKWOOD WOMAN GETS MYSTERIOUS BILL FROM U.T. DERMPATH
Yesterday at around 3:18 in the morning Deputy Brandon Griffin made contact with a woman in the Justice Center lobby regarding a fraud or theft report. The woman said she received a bill in the mail t ...
TRAFFIC STOP UNCOVERS METH AND FENTANYL
On Sunday County K-9 unit Deputy Richardson initiated a traffic stop alongside officer-in-training Deputy Shaver. A traffic stop was conducted on a 1994 red Toyota truck for an inoperable tag light. D ...
WOMAN BELIEVES HER ITEMS WERE STOLEN WHILE MOVING FROM CONNECTICUT
On Wednesday Deputy Jacob Moore spoke with a woman over the phone regarding a theft that had occurred. The woman explained that she and her spouse had just moved to Crossville from Connecticut and had ...
SENATOR PAUL BAILEY SPEAKS ON PERDUE MONTEREY CLOSURE
From 15th District Senator Paul Bailey: The closure of the Perdue Farms plant in Monterey is a significant loss for #TNSen15, directly affecting 433 employees and their families. This plant has b ...
CITY OF KINGSTON WANTS LIFEGAURDS FOR SUMMER
From Kingston Parks and Recreation: We are looking for dependable individuals that are looking to be a lifeguard at the Kingston Community Center pool this summer! Give us a call at (865) 376-9476 or ...
