UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 25,425 active cases in Tennessee out of 809,692 total cases •784,267 recovered •11,866 died •839 are ...
TDOT TO SUSPEND INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION FOR EASTER WEEKEND
The Tennessee Department of Transportation will suspend all interstate construction work this Easter weekend in anticipation of increased holiday travel. Crews and contractors will hault all road cons ...
FATALITY REPORTED IN MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH ON HWY. 127 NEAR PIKEVILLE
Troopers responded to a multi-vehicle crash Friday on Highway 127 just south of Pikeville in Bledsoe County. A 2014 Nissan Maxima driven by 35-year-old Steven Ferry of Pikeville crossed the center lin ...
VEHICLE ROLLOVER ACCIDENT ON EARL JONES ROAD RESULTS IN ARREST
A vehicle rollover accident on Earl Jones Road in Cumberland County this weekend resulted in an arrest. Officers and medics went to the scene on the 200 block and encountered the driver, 19-year-old D ...
HILL-GRIGG FACES DRUG CHARGE AFTER TRAFFIC STOP ON WESTEL ROAD
A traffic stop for speeding on Westel Road in Cumberland County over the weekend landed the driver in jail on a drug charge. A deputy pulled over 27-year-old Ashlee Jade Hill-Grigg of Rockwood who rep ...
SEARCH ONGOING FOR THREE MISSING RUNAWAYS
Chattanooga Police say 17-year-old Adison Keeton, 16-year-old John Laws, and 13-year-old Fiona Warren remain missing. They were last seen leaving the Scholze Center for Adolescents on Pineville Road l ...
NASHVILLE MAYOR DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY FOLLOWING DEADLY FLOODING
The mayor of Nashville declared a state of emergency yesterday afternoon after turbulent weather in Tennessee left extreme flooding and four dead residents. Mayor John Cooper tweeted: "I signed an ex ...
TENNESSEE GUARDSMEN RETURN HOME FROM DEPLOYMENT
More than 100 soldiers assigned to the Tennessee National Guard’s 252nd Military Police Company returned home Friday (March 26, 2021) after an 11-month overseas deployment as part of Operation Endurin ...
WEATHER CAUSES MAIN WATER BREAK IN LENOIR CITY
(DEVELOPING STORY) - Lenoir City Mayor Tony Aikens said this morning the weather caused a main water break at their water plant. “We have experienced a main water break at the water plant because of ...
FATALITY REPORTED IN VEHICLE CRASH ON LAKELAND DRIVE
A single vehicle accident in Loudon County late last night claimed the life of the motorist. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a 2002 Toyota Tundra operated by 59-year-old Richard Powell II of Loudon ...
GOVERNOR LEE SIGNS TRANSGENDER ATHLETE BILL INTO LAW
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed the Transgender Athlete Bill into law yesterday. He said the reason behind him signing the bill is to "preserve women's athletics and ensure fair competition." The l ...
EARLY MORNING STORMS BRING HAIL TO AREAS IN UPPER CUMBERLAND
Today (Saturday, March 27, 2021) is expected to be a stormy day and the first round got underway in the Upper Cumberland just after daybreak. In Cumberland County, a line of strong storms approached ...
