SCHOOL CLOSINGS/DELAYS FOR MONDAY, FEB. 22, 2021
The only closings today (Monday, February 22, 2021) includes the northwest portion of the coverage area that still are trying to thaw from the winter storm. The following picture taken late yesterday ...
DRIVER ARRESTED FOLLOWING HIGH SPEED PURSUIT
A motorist was taken into custody following a pursuit with Anderson County authorities late yesterday. The chase ended near the 500 block of Tri-County Boulevard in Oliver Springs when 39-year-old Ter ...
INVESTIGATION INTO KIDNAPPING CONTINUES
Wayne County, Kentucky Sheriff Tim Catron says another arrest has been made in connection to the kidnapping of a female back on February 17, 2021. Deputies took 26-year-old Trenton R. Bell of Montice ...
HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE ON KANSAS LANE
Oliver Springs firefighters responded to a structure blaze on Kansas Lane in the Kellytown community late this morning. They arrived to find the home heavily involved in flames. No one was inside at t ...
NEW JUSTICE CENTER OPENS IN RHEA COUNTY
Rhea County now has a new justice center located in Dayton on Highway 27. Inmates were moved in over the weekend from the old facility. It was built to provide 342 beds for prisoners. This will resul ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – SAT/SUN, FEBRUARY 20-21, 2021
This is a combined report for Saturday and Sunday, February 20-21, 2021: The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 27,502 active cases (down ...
FATAL SHOOTING REPORTED IN MONTEREY
Putnam County deputies and Monterey police responded this afternoon to a call at 2730 Old Walton Road, a county owned waste management facility, regarding a shooting incident. Authorities say 59-year- ...
BODY OF VICTOR LETNER DISCOVERED; ARRESTS MADE
The body of a missing Roane Countian has been found in East Knox County. Law enforcement located 33-year-old Victor Letner off of Kodak Road. He sustained a fatal gunshot wound. Letner was last seen ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 28,521 active cases (down 989 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 762,673 total cases. •734,152 reco ...
FATALITY FROM WINTER STORM REPORTED IN UPPER CUMBERLAND
Authorities say a 70-year-old Overton Countian passed away yesterday while trying to seek help after being without power for several days. The gentleman was attempting to walk to a neighbor’s home in ...
REPORT: SHEPHERD HAD METH IN BLOOD SYSTEM DURING FATAL VEHICLE CRASH
A TBI toxicology report indicates 25-year-old Michael Don Shepherd had meth in his blood system at the time of a fatal vehicle accident last month in Cookeville. He was charged with evading arrest and ...
FATALITY COUNT RISES FROM WINTER STORMS IN TENNESSEE
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency says six people have died in the state over the last week as a result of winter weather. Two took place in Shelby County, while Dickson, Maury, Overton and W ...
