SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY IN OUR AREA TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2024
The National Weather Service continues to monitor a growing threat of severe weather for this Tuesday (April 2, 2024). The entire Cumberland Plateau and valley is currently in a Slight Risk zone. ...
DEVELOPING STORY – SUSPECT ARRESTED IN DOUBLE MURDER IN LENOIR CITY
(DEVELOPING STORY) - Loudon County Sheriff’s deputies and Investigators responded today to a home at 25688 Highway 321 South in the Greenback community. Preliminary information indicates the two ho ...
RESCUE CREWS ASSIST AND HELP DOWN GLIDER PILOT STUCK IN TREE
Crews with the Dunlap Fire Department responded Friday afternoon to a paragliding accident on Lewis Chapel at the gliding ramp. The glider crashed into the top of a tree and was struck in the tree ...
TRAILER OF BIBLES SET ABLAZE ON EASTER MORNING
Law enforcement says a trailer of bibles is set ablaze in Wilson County on Easter morning. Mt. Juliet police and fire responded to Old Lebanon Dirt Road and Chandler Road around 6 a.m. for a traile ...
BODY OF MAN RECOVERED IN BIG SOUTH FORK NATIONAL PARK
Park rangers say the body of 23-year-old Isaac Lee Turpin of Somerset, Kentucky was found yesterday in the water at Yahoo Falls at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. National Park S ...
FIRE DAMAGES LAWN AND GARDEN BUILDING OF PICKETT COUNTY BUSINESS
A fire late this week destroyed a lawn and garden building at Country Farm and Home, located at 8834 Highway 111 in Byrdstown. The cause of the fire remains unknown but is under investigation. T ...
PLANNED POWER OUTAGE APRIL 1, 2024 FOR A PART OF FENTRESS COUNTY
Volunteer Energy Cooperative says there is a planned power outage scheduled for Monday, April 1, starting at 3 p.m. Central in the Jamestown service area in Fentress County. The outage will affect ...
OAK RIDGE POLICE REPORTING RISE IN HOME BURGLARIES
Officials with the Oak Ridge Police Department warned residents about multiple attempted and some successful home burglaries. The incidents happened in the Georgia, New York, Hendrix, and Woodland ...
TBI ISSUES ENDANGERED CHILD ALERT FOR MISSING 15-YEAR-OLD
UPDATE - Child has been found safe The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an endangered child alert for 15-year-old Isaac Steele from South Pittsburg. He stands 5'10", weighs 140 pound ...
FBI: TENNESSEANS LOST OVER $161 MILLION IN INTERNET SCAMS LAST YEAR
The FBI says Tennesseans lost over $161 million in internet scams last year. Tennessee residents lodge over 8,400 complaints about such scams and the state ranks 21st in the nation for the amount of ...
TENNESSEE HOUSE APPROVES BILL FOR AGE VERIFICATION ON CHILDREN’S SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
The Tennessee House of Representatives passed House Bill 1891 which would require social media companies to verify the ages of all users who are under 18 to ensure they have parental consent to be on ...
POWER RESTORED TO PARTS OF SPARTA FROM HIGH WINDS
Sparta Electric and Service Electric crews worked hard yesterday, replacing broken wooden utility poles with steel poles to upgrade the power system. The poles were broken by high winds before sunr ...
