TRACTOR-TRAILER DRIVER ESCAPES INJURY IN I-40 ACCIDENT
A tractor-trailer driver recently escaped injury following a vehicle accident at the 364 mile marker of I-40 in Loudon County. The highway patrol says a 2009 Peterbilt operated by 59-year-old Robert A ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 55,703 active cases (down 5,160 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 701,847 total cases. •646,144 re ...
TENNESSEE DEPT. OF HEALTH UPDATES COVID-19 VACCINATION PLAN
The Tennessee Department of Health has updated Tennessee’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan as the state continues to prioritize Tennesseans most at risk of illness and death from COVID-19. PROTECTING MEDIC ...
BUFFY KEY NAMED CRMC NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Buffy Key has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Key most recently held the position as the Senior Vice-President of Quality and Operations at the medical ...
PROSECUTORS TO SEEK LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT PAROLE FOR MEGAN BOSWELL
The Sullivan County District Attorney General’s office announced in court this morning they will go after a sentence of life imprisonment without parole should Megan Boswell be found guilty in the dea ...
TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL INVESTIGATING FATAL VEHICLE ACCIDENT
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a head-on crash on Highway 56 in Grundy County yesterday claimed two lives. The report says a car driven by 38-year-old Stephanie McGee of Tracy City was heading nort ...
PROSECUTORS TO ANNOUNCE IF MEGAN BOSWELL WILL FACE DEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors in Sullivan County should announce in a hearing this morning (Friday, January 22, 2021) if Megan Boswell will face the death penalty in the death of her 1-year-old daughter, Evelyn. She f ...
LAWMAKERS PASS BILL REQUIRING SCHOOLS TO OFFER SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS FALLING BEHIND
State lawmakers passed the Tennessee Learning Loss Remediation and Student Acceleration Act. It requires schools to implement a program of after-school learning mini-camps, learning loss bridge camps, ...
ERLANGER LIFEFORCE ADDS NEW MEDICAL HELICOPTER TO FLEET
Since December 17, 1988, LIFEFORCE, Erlanger Health System’s air medical program, has continued to bring innovation to aviation while ensuring operational safety. LIFEFORCE, in conjunction with its av ...
NTSB RELEASES PRELIMINARY REPORT OF FATAL SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT
The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report today regarding a deadly school bus crash in Meigs County late last year. Here is the report in its entirety: “On Monday, Octob ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 60,863 active cases (down 2,524 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 697,783 total cases. •639,444 re ...
STATEWIDE UNEMPLOYMENT INCHES UPWARD DURING DECEMBER
Statewide unemployment inched upwards during the final month of 2020, according to data released today from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). The preliminary, seaso ...
