HIGHWAY SAFETY OFFICE TO LAUNCH “SLOW DOWN TENNESSEE” CAMPAIGN
On Friday, April 16, 2021, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) will launch a new speeding prevention campaign called “Slow Down Tennessee” in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Safety ...
MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH RESULTS IN INJURIES ON INTERSTATE 40
A five vehicle crash on I-40 in Loudon County yesterday resulted in multiple injuries. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a 2012 Jeep Liberty driven by 45-year-old Jefferson Armes of Rockwood was trave ...
SUSPECT FOUND DEAD AFTER 2 KILLED IN LEBANON SHOOTING
A manhunt ended this morning after a shooting suspect was found dead inside his vehicle. Lebanon police say 36-year-old Shaun Varsos of Nashville allegedly shot and killed two women on Whispering Oaks ...
K-9 DISCOVERS FUGITIVE WANTED OUT OF OHIO HIDING IN CHURCH
A wanted fugitive is behind bars thanks to Anderson County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Baron. Deputies say the subject ran away during a traffic stop and went into First United Methodist Church around 11 ...
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR 911 DISPATCHERS!
Every year during the second week of April, the telecommunications personnel in the public safety community, are honored. So for this year, April 11-17 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Wee ...
FORMER ANDERSON COUNTY STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICER INDICTED BY GRAND JURY
Former Anderson County Sheriff School Resource Officer (SRO) James Lawson, age 36, has been indicted by an Anderson County Grand Jury on charges of solicitation of a minor and two counts of solicitati ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 25,074 active cases (down 6) in Tennessee out of 822,085 total cases (UP 1,120) •797,011 recovered ( ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 25,080 active cases (UP 291) in Tennessee out of 820,965 total cases (UP 1,460) •795,885 recovered ( ...
MAJOR TRAFFIC BACKUP REPORTED ON I-40 EASTBOUND IN ROANE COUNTY
(3:45 p.m. eastern time, Thursday, April 8, 2021) – There is a major traffic backup on I-40 eastbound in Roane County. It stretches from near the 348 mile marker where a tractor-trailer accident took ...
GOVERNOR BILL LEE SIGNS “CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY” BILL INTO LAW
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a bill into law today (April 8, 2021) allowing anyone to carry a firearm as long as they meet the requirements and are over 21 years old, instead of having to get a ...
POLICE: HELTON ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO BUY THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILD
Corbin, Kentucky authorities arrested 73-year-old Ronnie Lou Helton after he allegedly attempted to buy a three-year-old child. The incident started when Helton parked his vehicle across the street fr ...
TROOPERS: TWO DEAD FOLLOWING MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH ON HIGHWAY 111
The Dunlap Fire Department and Sequatchie County medics responded to a multi-vehicle accident on Highway 8/111 near the McGlothen Cemetery on top of Cagle Mountain yesterday. The Tennessee Highway Pat ...
