BRIDGE INSPECTION SET ON STATE ROUTE 111 IN PICKETT COUNTY
TDOT crews will perform a routine bridge inspection of the Robert H. Roberts Memorial Bridge in Pickett County on State Route 111 over the Wolf River. Work will take place tomorrow (Tuesday, November ...
SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK TEMPORARILY CLOSING FOR HIGH WIND AND FIRE THREAT
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will close today in advance of dangerously high winds and a red flag warning. Officials will close Elkmont and Cades Cove campgrounds, and most park roads to p ...
AAA: ONE IN FOUR TENNESSEANS HAVE NEARLY HIT A PEDESTRIAN WHILE DRIVING
After a rise in pedestrian fatalities in Tennessee, AAA (The Auto Club Group) is releasing alarming new survey data, which captures close calls between drivers and pedestrians on our roads. According ...
TWO ADULTS AND CHILD KILLED IN HEAD-ON VEHICLE CRASH IN MEIGS COUNTY
The Tennessee Highway Patrol and medics responded to a two-vehicle accident Wednesday night in Meigs County. The report released tonight states a 2010 Dodge 2500 driven by 42-year-old Jon N. Headrick ...
TBI INVESTIGATING DEADLY OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING
At the request of 10th Judicial District Attorney General Shari Tayloe, TBI special agents continue to investigate the circumstances of a fatal officer-involved shooting last night in Polk County. Pr ...
PLANNED POWER OUTAGE SET FOR SOME HARRIMAN UTILITY BOARD CUSTOMERS
PLANNED POWER OUTAGE SET FOR SOME HARRIMAN UTILITY BOARD CUSTOMERS Harriman Utility Board is planning a scheduled power outage for system upgrades starting tonight (Thursday, November 16, 2023), at m ...
WALMART AND OTHER COMPANIES REPORTEDLY RETHINKING SELF-CHECKOUTS
Officials say Walmart, Costco, and other supermarket chains are rethinking using self-checkouts. Customers mainly used the self-checkouts during the COVID-19 pandemic to minimize close interaction wi ...
AAA PREDICTING HEAVY TRAVEL FOR THANKSGIVING
AAA is predicting this year's Thanksgiving travel will be the second highest since 2005. More than 1.3 million Tennesseans are expected to travel 50 miles or more during the Thanksgiving holiday time ...
GUILTY PLEA ENTERED IN DEATH OF LOUDON COUNTY OFFICER
The man charged in the death of Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Chris Jenkins pleaded guilty today to vehicular homicide by intoxication. Jenkins was killed after 43-year-old Christopher Savannah ...
CREWS WORK OVERNIGHT TO CONTAIN GRANDVIEW WILDFIRE
Crews worked overnight to put out a wildfire in Grandview. A few structures were threatened but firefighters kept the blaze away. No evacuations were ordered. It was called the Three Mile Fire near ...
CAGLE FROM BLEDSOE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WINS NATIONAL FFA AWARD
Lillie Cagle from Bledsoe County High School won a national award for her agriculture education proficiency. She won at the 96th National FFA Convention and Expo held this month. She is the first na ...
RHEA COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE TO BATTLE WILDFIRE NEAR GRANDVIEW
Rhea County firefighters continue to battle the Three Mile Fire near Trotter Road and Possum Trot Road. As of late this morning (Tuesday, November 14, 2023), the wildfire had grown to 200 acres and w ...











