DRIVER WALKS AWAY FROM MANGLED TRACTOR-TRAILER CRASH
A tractor-trailer driver was lucky to walk away uninjured following an accident on I-75 in Loudon County last Friday morning. Troopers say 60-year-old Juan Francisco Osores of Miami was traveling sout ...
CROSSVILLIAN ARRESTED DURING INVESTIGATION OF FATAL SHOOTING AT WATERPARK
Just after 8 p.m. last night (Saturday, July 31, 2021), Sevierville police responded to Soaky Mountain Waterpark for a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers discovered two female victims at t ...
HIGHWAY PATROL RESPONDS TO OVERTURNED TRACTOR-TRAILER
A driver was injured after a tractor-trailer overturned in Loudon County before sunrise this morning. It happened on I-75 just south of the 75/40 split. Officials say the clean-up effort required seve ...
UNEMPLOYED TENNESSEE RESIDENTS SUE STATE, GOVERNOR TO REINSTATE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
Seven Tennessee residents have filed a lawsuit against Governor Bill Lee for stopping federal unemployment benefits earlier this year. Lee pulled out of the benefits program at the start of July, mor ...
TROOPER ESCORTS WOMAN IN LABOR TO HOSPITAL AFTER PULLING HER OVER FOR SPEEDING
A Kentucky state trooper escorted a woman in labor to the hospital after he pulled her over for speeding. "I went from, you know, thinking that I was in a vehicle pursuit to how am I going to get the ...
LEE SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO SUPPORT HEALTH CARE AND VACCINATION EFFORTS FOR COVID-19
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed Executive Order 82 today. It is a limited continuing state of emergency calling for the use of the national and state guard to support certain health care and vaccin ...
HEAT ADVISORY ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The National Weather Service has issued a HEAT ADVISORY from noon until 7 p.m. central Friday, July 30, 2021 for the following counties: BLEDSOE, BRADLEY, RHEA, MEIGS, and MCMINN These are the only ...
ROANE STATE PARTNERS WITH TENNESSEE TECH FOR PROGRAM
A new program designed to provide a smooth transition from Roane State Community College to Tennessee Tech University will launch this fall. The program, dubbed “Roane to Tech,” ensures that all Roane ...
ALERT ISSUED BY KENTUCKY STATE POLICE FOR WANTED MURDER SUSPECT
Kentucky police are seeking a murder suspect who allegedly cut off his ankle monitor yesterday and drove off with another man in a pickup truck. James W. Gentry Jr., age 46, was awaiting trial in the ...
LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST ATHENS POLICE OFFICERS
A lawsuit has been filed against the City of Athens and two police officers stemming from the death of a suspect while in route to jail in August 2020. Court documents state Allen Ott was suffering f ...
HORSES TEST POSITIVE FOR POTOMAC HORSE FEVER IN VOLUNTEER STATE
Tennessee's state veterinarian confirms four horses in Tennessee have now tested positive for Potomac Horse Fever (PHF). Cases in Hawkins, Robertson, and Sullivan counties are in addition to the Wilso ...
ACTIVE CASES TAKES LARGE JUMP UP IN CUMBERLAND AND ROANE COUNTY
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2021 The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: INFORMATION IN BOLD INDICATES RISES IN NU ...
