I-40 EASTBOUND IN LOUDON COUNTY SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF ACCIDENT
UPDATE - 5:30 p.m. - scene is clear but traffic is heavy in this area. (BREAKING NEWS) - Interstate 40 eastbound at the 364 mile marker is shut down (as of 3:15 p.m. eastern time Sunday, March 14, 20 ...
DRIVER CRASHES VEHICLE NEAR OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB ENTRANCE
Police and medics went to the scene of a single vehicle accident near the west end entrance to Oak Ridge National Lab. The report states the automobile operated by 60-year-old Susan-Karn George-Lopint ...
NASHVILLE POLICE RELEASE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF SHOOTING – VIDEO IN STORY
Nashville Metro police released body and dash camera footage of a deadly shooting yesterday on Brick Church Pike that wounded an officer and killed a 31-year-old woman. Officer Josh Baker reportedly ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021
READER ALERT - Starting tomorrow (Saturday March 13, 2021), the Tennessee Department of Health daily COVID-19 reports will be released Monday-Fridays. Data from Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays ...
MONTEREY TRANSFER STATION SHOOTING RULED SELF-DEFENSE
Last month, a shooting occurred at the Waste Transfer Station on Old Walton Road in Monterey, a Putnam County waste management facility. Officers with the Monterey Police Department initially arrived ...
NASHVILLE POLICEMAN AND WOMAN CRITICALLY WOUNDED IN SHOOTOUT
STORY UPDATE - Holbert has passed away. (PREVIOUS STORY) - A Nashville Metro police officer and a woman were critically wounded in a shootout in the parking lot of a Dollar General on Brick Church Pi ...
PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD AID TENNESSEE’S VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS
Volunteer firefighters would be aided by several proposals under consideration in the Tennessee Senate this year. This includes Senate Bill 655, which was approved by the Senate State and Local Govern ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 24,139 active cases (UP 6) in Tennessee out of 788,109 total cases (UP 1,512) •763,970 recovered (UP ...
TIPS FOR DEALING WITH THOSE “CAR WARRANTY” SCAM ROBOCALLS
Are you receiving those “car warranty” robocalls? Irritating right? Don’t worry, you are far from the only one in this scam attempt. According to the FTC's National Do Not Call registry, between Dece ...
AG CRIME UNIT STEPS UP CITATIONS FOR OFF-ROAD USERS IN STATE FORESTS
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s (TDA) Agricultural Crime Unit (ACU) is teaming up with the Division of Forestry (TDF) to elevate enforcement of state forest regulations. The increased law e ...
TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT REPORTED ON I-40
A collision between two 18-wheelers yesterday afternoon on I-40 eastbound near Monterey resulted in traffic backups for around an hour. Troopers say a 2018 Peterbilt operated by 52-year-old Edmund Gar ...
FENTRESS COUNTY WILDFIRE 85 PERCENT CONTAINED
A large wildfire in Fentress County was reported to be 85 percent contained as of last night (March 10, 2021). The blaze is on 1,200 acres of land 4 miles southwest of Jamestown off of Gouldstown Road ...
