TDOT TO HALT CONSTRUCTION-RELATED LANE CLOSURES FOR MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Road construction will not delay motorists as they travel Tennessee’s highways this Memorial Day weekend. The Tennessee Department of Transportation will suspend all construction-related lane closures ...
2021 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND KICKS OFF TENNESSEE’S BOATING SEASON
The Memorial Day holiday weekend is looked upon as the start to the summer boating season and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wants to emphasize the use of life jackets along with boating in a ...
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY LEADS LAW ENFORCEMENT ON PURSUIT OF SUSPECTS IN STOLEN VEHICLE
An attempted overnight burglary resulted in a two county vehicle pursuit ending in Loudon after officers deployed spike strips. At approximately 1:50 a.m. today, Lenoir City police and Loudon County ...
FATALITY REPORTED FOLLOWING BOAT EXPLOSION
The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency says a fatality and an injury took place in a boat explosion at the Montgomery County Conservation Club in Clarksville yesterday. Authorities said the initial i ...
MEMPHIS POLICE MOTORCYCLIST PASSES AWAY IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT
A Memphis police officer tragically lost his life in a vehicle accident late yesterday afternoon. Law enforcement responded to a crash at Hickory Hill Road and Swaying Pine Lane involving a police de ...
SEARCH FOR MISSING HIKER IN RHEA COUNTY ENDS WITH TRAGIC RESULT
A search for a missing hiker in Rhea County came to a tragic end yesterday afternoon. After 11 days of looking in the Pocket Wilderness, crews located the body of Curtis Dustin Williams near the Morga ...
FORMER TENNESSEE SCHOOL NURSE ACCUSED OF PHOTOGRAPHING GIRLS IN BATHROOM
A former high school nurse in Tennessee faces child pornography charges after police allegedly discovered he had secretly photographed more than 40 female students. Leon B. Hensley, age 40, worked as ...
JUDGE RULES JOSEPH DANIELS TAPED CONFESSION IS ADMISSIBLE IN COURT
A judge ruled yesterday Joseph Daniels’ taped confession can be used in his upcoming trial set to begin June 1, 2021. Daniels is charged in the death of his missing son, Joe Clyde, who disappeared fr ...
ARRESTS MADE FOR ATTEMPTING TO SNEAK CONTRABAND INTO MORGAN COUNTY PRISON
An attempt to introduce a significant amount of contraband into the Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) was thwarted this weekend. Officers at the facility were able to intercept a total of sixt ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: INFORMATION IN BOLD INDICATES RISES IN NUMBERS FROM DAY BEFORE. BLEDSOE – 25 active remaining cases (same) out of 2,172 ...
STATE WARNING BUSINESSES ABOUT “CERTIFICATE OF EXISTENCE” FILING SCAM
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett is issuing a warning statement to business owners across the state, advising them of a scam has recently resurfaced targeting businesses with a fake mailer fro ...
YOUNG ARRESTED AFTER A MULTI-COUNTY HIGH SPEED PURSUIT
A high speed pursuit just after midnight this morning involving multiple county law enforcement agencies ended with an arrest. The report states 37-year-old Ursula Young of Wartburg was allegedly invo ...
