278TH ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT CONDUCTING CHANGE OF COMMAND
The Tennessee National Guard’s 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment is conducting a change of command ceremony at Knoxville’s West High School football field on Sunday, February 7, 2021 at noon. Col. John ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 45,355 active cases (down from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 722,491 total cases. •677,136 recovere ...
INDICTMENT HANDED DOWN BY GRAND JURY IN CONNECTION TO 2016 CASE
An indictment has been issued involving a murder that took place nearly four years in Morgan County that took place four years ago. On April 18, 2016, co-workers found the body of 71-year-old Jerry L ...
FATALITY REPORTED IN VEHICLE CRASH ON HIGHWAY 127
The Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to a single vehicle accident last night on Highway 127 just south of Pikeville in Bledsoe County. Troopers say a 2004 Toyota driven by 53-year-old Sandra Angel o ...
SIX-YEAR-OLD SPREADS SUPPORT TO FIRST RESPONDERS IN AREA
A child set out to make a difference in the lives of East Tennessee first responders by delivering some homemade goodies made himself. Last year, 6-year-old Neyland Lawson told his parents he wanted ...
THREE TENNESSEE RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH STEALING FROM SURVIVORS OF DEADLY ALABAMA TORNADO
Three Tennessee residents, including a juvenile, have been charged with stealing from survivors of the deadly EF-3 tornado near Birmingham earlier this week. Fultondale, Alabama police say the suspect ...
LIQUID NITROGEN LEAK AT GEORGIA POULTRY PLANT KILLS SIX
A liquid nitrogen leak at a Gainesville, Georgia poultry plant killed six people yesterday, with multiple others taken to the hospital. Beth Downs, a spokesperson for Northeast Georgia Health System, ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 45,473 active cases (down 2,312 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 717,583 total cases. •672,110 re ...
FATALITY REPORTED IN VEHICLE CRASH ON ALCOA HIGHWAY
Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong says a 53-year-old citizen of Alcoa died in a vehicle accident on Alcoa Highway yesterday afternoon. Jeffrey N. Livingston was pronounced dead at U.T. Medical ...
JONES ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY BRINGING MARIJUANA INTO CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX
Vigilant staff at the Morgan County Correctional Complex stopped an attempt to introduce drugs into the facility. Officers say Merenda Sue Jones, a food steward, was observed on camera dropping a pack ...
POWER OUTAGE REPORTED IN SPRING CITY AREA INVOLVING OVER 600 CUSTOMERS
Volunteer Energy Cooperative (VEC) says a power outage (as of 8:30 a.m. eastern) in Rhea County involves 630 members. A large tree fell on a three phase line in the Shut-in area of Spring City. Large ...
BODY DISCOVERED IN HOME ON FOWLER LANE
Meigs County law enforcement responded Tuesday to a home on Fowler Lane for a welfare check and found the body of Linda Kaye Bishop. Authorities took 56-year-old Joseph Bishop into custody for failure ...
