OVERTURNED TRACTOR-TRAILER CAUSES CLOSURE OF SECTION OF HIGHWAY 321
The Tennessee Highway Patrol went to the scene of an overturned tractor-trailer this morning in Loudon County. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the crash happened on Highway 32 ...
PAYNE ARRESTED AFTER 5,000 GRAMS OF METH SEIZED BY AUTHORITIES
Sheriff Mike Neal says law enforcement in Rhea County, along with agents with the FBI and TBI, took James Lee Payne II into custody. He allegedly had 5,000 grams of meth and 1,000 grams of Fentanyl at ...
TENNESSEE OFFERS FREE ONLINE COURSES TO ADVANCE CAREERS
Tennessee workers displaced by the economic disruption caused by COVID-19 can enroll in free online classes to advance their skill set. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDL ...
FATALITY REPORTED FOLLOWING HEAD-ON CRASH IN DEKALB COUNTY
Authorities say a young woman lost her life in a head-on vehicle crash yesterday on Highway 70 between Dowelltown and Liberty in DeKalb County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol said 18-year-old Cassie Max ...
TENNESSEE SENATE APPROVES BILL ALLOWING OPT-OUT OF LGBT CURRICULUM
The Tennessee Senate yesterday advanced legislation that would require school districts to alert parents 30 days in advance of any instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity, as well as allo ...
BILL ADVANCES TO CREATE STRONGER PENALTIES FOR MINORS ACCUSED OF RAPE
The Tennessee House of Representatives passed a bill last night that would create harsher penalties for minors who commit rape. If it passes the state senate and signed into law by the governor, House ...
U.T. FOOTBALL PLAYER UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR BEATING KITTEN
A football player at the University of Tennessee is under investigation by police for allegedly beating another student's six-month-old kitten. U.T. linebacker Aaron Beasley, age 20, is accused of ani ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 24,936 active cases in Tennessee out of 817,011 total cases •792,086 recovered •11,929 died •810 are ...
(DEVELOPING) – INJURIES REPORTED IN PLANE CRASH IN ROBERTSON COUNTY
Robertson County, Tennessee authorities say two occupants in their 30’s were seriously injured following a plane crash around 10 a.m. central this morning just outside of Springfield (north of Nashvil ...
RESIDENTIAL FIRE ON LOYOLA LANE DISPLACES FAMILY
Firefighters in Oak Ridge responded to a residential blaze yesterday on the 100 block of Loyola Lane. Crews arrived to see heavy smoke and flames coming from the carport extending into the residence. ...
TDOC TO RESUME VISITATIONS AT STATE PRISONS
The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) will resume visitation for inmates at all facilities beginning Saturday, April 10, 2021. They suspended visitation back in March, 2020 as COVID-19 began t ...
APPEAL HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TERMINATED OLIVER SPRINGS POLICE CHIEF
The Oliver Springs Town Council met last night in an executive session with their attorney to discuss the mayor’s termination of now former police chief Kenneth Morgan. He has served in that role for ...
