COVID-19 REPORT FOR AUGUST 9, 2021
Cumberland County: 361 Active Cases +23 New Cases Reported 7,375 Total Cases, 145 Deaths and 182 Hospitalized Since the beginning of reports A Total of 6,869 Cases now reported as Inactiv ...
WORLD WAR II ARMY PVT. FROM RHEA COUNTY IDENTIFIED, BURIAL ON AUGUST 14
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pvt. Warren G.H. DeVault, 24, of Rhea, Tennessee, killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 14, 2020. In November 1944 ...
3 YEAR OLD DEAD AFTER FALLING FROM BOAT
A 3-year-old boy is dead after falling from a boat on Tellico Lake. According to a release from the TWRA, this incident happened just before midnight on Tellico Lake when first responders were called ...
COVID UPDATE AUGUST 6, 2021
Cumberland County: 300 Active Cases +24 New Cases Reported Today 7,289 Total Cases, 145 Deaths and 182 Hospitalized Since the beginning of reports A Total of 6,844 Cases now reported as I ...
JURY FINDS BLEDSOE COUNTY MAN GUILTY IN DOUBLE AX MURDER
Robert Joe Whittenburg, 47, was found guilty of two First Degree Murder charges by a jury in Winchester on Thursday afternoon, August 5, according to Bledsoe County Circuit Court Clerk Michael Walker. ...
APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS TENNESSEE ABORTION WAITING-PERIOD
A full panel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled in favor of Tennessee’s mandatory 48-hour waiting period for abortions. “Every woman should have the information she needs to ...
PLANS ADVANCE ON PUTNAM COUNTY FAIR EXPO-EVENTS CENTER
County Mayor Porter has shared the architects rendition of the new Expo-Event Center and Fairgrounds which will be located on Tennessee Ave near I-40. The 160 acre facility will be 4 times larger then ...
National Grant Fuels Habitat Enhancement and Watershed Protection at Soak Creek Farm
The National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has awarded TennGreen Land Conservancy and partners a grant to conduct restoration activities on Soak Creek Farm and enhance its natural ecosystems. ...
DOLLAR GENERAL STORE DAMAGED BY FIRE
The Dollar General on Highway 111 in Byrdstown will be closed for a few weeks after a fire early Tuesday morning. Witnesses reported flames and heavy smoke coming from the front right corner of the s ...
ICEBERG WALL COLLAPSES AT TITANIC MUSEUM INJURING 3
At least three guests were injured Monday night after an iceberg wall collapsed at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge. The three guests were taken to area hospitals and their injuries are ...
SPEAKER SEXTON THREATENS SPECIAL SESSION ON MASK MANDATES
The rise of the Delta variant of the Covid virus is hitting schools just as they are heading back for a new year. Both the CDC and some local health officials are recommending that schools go back to ...
3-YEAR-OLD TENNESSEE GIRL FIGHTING BRAIN CANCER GETS DREAM VISIT WITH MAGICAL ‘UNICORN’
A little girl has gotten her wish to meet a "unicorn" as she fights brain cancer. The Make-A-Wish Foundation Middle Tennessee team recently pulled off the meet-and-greet between the mystical creature ...
