GOVERNOR LEE ENDS PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS AND LOCAL MASK MANDATE AUTHORITY
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced yesterday the end of statewide public health orders and signed Executive Order 80 to address economic and regulatory functions. Executive Order 80 also ends the l ...
FBI SEARCHING FOR MISSING WOMAN BELIEVED TO BE IN TENNESSEE
The FBI continues to search for a missing Ohio woman who authorities now believe may be in Tennessee. Officials said 34-year-old Amber Eichner was last seen on April 14, 2021 in Genoa, Ohio. Eichner’s ...
TENNESSEE CROP REPORT – APRIL 27, 2021
Cold, cloudy conditions across most of Tennessee combined with rain, some freezing precipitation and frost slowed fall crop planting and created concern that small grains, particularly wheat, field cr ...
FIND OUT WHERE MONEY GOES IN YOUR COUNTY WITH ONLINE TOOL
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office is bringing even more transparency and accountability to local government finances with the relaunch of its Where the Money Goes website. The online tool, also know ...
BILL PASSES TO STOP EXECUTIONS IN TENNESSEE OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED
Tennessee lawmakers have passed legislation designed to prevent death row inmates with an intellectual disability from being executed. In 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that executing a person wit ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 25,289 active cases (down 770) in Tennessee out of 843,059 total cases (UP 530) •817,770 recovered ( ...
STUDENTS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER BLEDSOE CO. SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT
Troopers say a school bus accident today on Summer City Road in Bledsoe County resulted in four students sent to the hospital as a precaution for evaluation. The crash report states bus #8 with 42 pup ...
ALCOA POLICE DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN PASSES AWAY
The Alcoa Police Department announced Saturday Captain Keith Fletcher passed away. He suffered a sudden and unexpected medical emergency while off duty back on April 17, 2021. He had a successful car ...
FATALITY REPORTED IN BOATING ACCIDENT ON DOUGLAS LAKE
The TWRA (Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency) is investigating a fatal boating accident today on Douglas Lake in Jefferson County. Officers say one person is dead another is hospitalized after two bas ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 26,059 active cases (UP 772) in Tennessee out of 841,049 total cases (UP 1,208) •814,990 recovered ( ...
DOG LANDS ON ACCELERATOR IN TRUCK SENDING VEHICLE INTO PET STORE
Morristown police say two individuals were hurt today after a pickup truck crashed into the front of Petsence on West Morris Boulevard. The driver told officers as he pulled in, his dog became excited ...
APPEAL HEARING RESCHEDULED FOR FORMER OLIVER SPRINGS POLICE CHIEF
The Oliver Springs Town Council met last night but did not hear the appeal of recently terminated Police Chief Kenneth Morgan. Mayor Omer Cox fired Morgan last month on misconduct allegations. Morgan’ ...
