NO INJURIES IN SCHOOL BUS VERSUS VEHICLE ACCIDENT, DRIVER ARRESTED
Students escaped injury in eastern Putnam County yesterday in a vehicle accident. Troopers say a 2018 school bus operated by 57-year-old William Henry Locklear IV of Monterey was traveling east on Ind ...
SCHOOL CLOSINGS / DELAYS FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2021
Check back often as this page will be updated as soon as the newsroom is notified of a closing or delay. (LAST UPDATED 5 a.m. Thursday, January 28, 2021) The following school systems are on a TWO HOU ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 47,785 active cases (down 2,088 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 715,806 total cases. •668,021 re ...
WALDO ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE DRUG AND WEAPON CHARGES
Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong said investigators with the Fifth Judicial Drug Task Force charged a Lenoir City resident with multiple drug and weapon charges during a traffic stop on Big Spr ...
SHEPHERD APPEARS IN COURT A DAY AFTER FATAL CRASH THAT KILLED A MOTHER AND HER TWO CHILDREN
Michael Don Shepherd made his first appearance today in Putnam County General Sessions court charged with three counts of vehicular homicide in the deaths of a young mother and her two children. The ...
FATALITY REPORTED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON MOORE ROAD
Troopers and medics responded to a vehicle accident yesterday on Moore Road near Stoney Creek Road in Overton County. The report states a 77-year-old female was driving when she lost control in a down ...
HARGIS INDICTED BY GRAND JURY FOR ARSON
A fire investigation by the TBI has resulted in the arrest of a Livingston, Tennessee citizen. On July 8, 2020, TBI agents joined deputies with the Overton County Sheriff’s Department in investigatin ...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ISSUED FOR PLATEAU
The National Weather Service has issued a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY that will go into effect at 3 p.m. central today (Wednesday, January 27, 2021) and is set to expire at 3 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Janu ...
HIGH SPEED PURSUIT RESULTS IN AN ADULT AND TWO CHILDREN KILLED ON INTERSTATE DRIVE AND WILLOW AVENUE
At approximately 7:41 a.m. this morning, Cookeville police were notified the Tennessee Highway Patrol was pursuing a 2020 Toyota Tacoma truck near the Monterey area on Interstate 40. The driver of the ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 49,873 active cases (down 3,523 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 712,406 total cases. •662,533 re ...
AT LEAST 3 KILLED IN VEHICLE CRASH ON WILLOW AVENUE AND INTERSTATE DRIVE
(DEVELOPING STORY) - Law enforcement is reporting three individuals were killed in Putnam County in a vehicle crash this morning in Cookeville. It took place at the intersection of Willow Avenue and I ...
TENNESSEE NEEDS AT LEAST $58.6 BILLION OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
Tennessee needs at least $58.6 billion worth of public infrastructure improvements during the five-year period of July 2019 to June 2024—a $3.8 billion (6.9%) increase from the year before—according t ...
