CLARKSVILLE POLICE DISCOVER BODIES OF COUPLE AND SON
On Tuesday afternoon, Clarksville police discovered the bodies of a married couple, Scott Powers, 75, and Kathryn Powers, 74, along with their son, Michael Powers, 48, in a home on Idlewood Drive afte ...
BLEDSOE DEPUTIES EXECUTE SEARCH WARRANT AT PIKEVILLE SUNOCO
Pikeville, TN – The Bledsoe County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant at the Sunoco gas station located within the city limits of Pikeville, Bledsoe County. This action comes after the Sheriff’s ...
NORRIS PROPERTY TAX DEADLINE APPROACHING
Norris, TN – City of Norris residents should now have received their 2025 property tax statements. Anyone who has not yet received their statement is asked to contact the City Office at (865) 494-7645 ...
SEARCH WARRANT LEADS TO ARREST OF CONFIRMED GANG MEMBER IN PUTNAM COUNTY
On September 17, 2025, Putnam County Sheriff’s Office arrested Kevin Otey following the execution of a search warrant at his residence located at 781 Cardinal Street, Cookeville, TN. Otey is a confirm ...
TENNESSEE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HOLDS STEADY AT 3.6%
NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s unemployment rate held steady last month at 3.6%, seven-tenths of a percentage point below the national rate, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workf ...
CONTROLLED BURNS IN OAK RIDGE TODAY
From the City of Oak Ridge: Smoke Notice: Small controlled burns to improve wildlife habitat & reduce wildfire risk will take place near Hwy 95 & Bear Creek Road as well as Bethel Valley an ...
CONFRONTATION WITH WHITE PLAINS ACADEMY STUDENT SAFELY RESOLVED
From the Putnam County Sheriff's Office: Earlier today, a White Plains Academy Student was involved in an altercation and sent to the principal's office but instead chose to leave school ground ...
U.C.H.R.A. TO HOST FINAL COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTION THIS SATURDAY IN COOKEVILLE
From UCHRA: The Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency (UCHRA) will host its final commodities distribution event on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cookeville-Putnam County UC ...
FORMER U.T. PRESIDENT, DR. JOHN PETERSEN, PASSES AWAY AT AGE 77
Dr. John Petersen, who served as the University of Tennessee system president from 2004 to 2009, passed away at the age of 77 at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, as reported by Walker’s Funera ...
CHATTANOOGA MAN SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS AFTER CHILD LEFT IN A HOT CAR
Nicholas Peter Merrill, a 32-year-old Chattanooga man, was sentenced to 23 years in state prison on September 15, 2025, after pleading guilty to aggravated child neglect in the death of his 11-month-o ...
DECATUR COUNTY MAN INDICTED FOR APRIL’S FATAL BOATING INCIDENT
DECATURVILLE, Tenn. — A resident of Decatur County has been indicted following a fatal boating incident involving a 19-year-old on the Tennessee River. On Sept. 16, 2025, a grand jury in Decatur Co ...
FATAL HIT AND RUN IN MADISONVILLE
On the night of September 16, 2025, a tragic hit-and-run incident occurred in Madisonville, Tennessee, where a pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle on Oak Grove Road near Lincoln Drive at around ...
