TENNESSEE BILL WOULD EXPAND ALCOHOL SALES ON THREE MORE HOLIDAYS
Tennessee Senator Jon Lundberg introduced State Bill 0266 yesterday calling to expand alcohol sales for three more holidays. Current law allows citizens to buy beer, wine and spirits from stores and r ...
VETERANS BEING OFFERED COVID-19 VACCINE BY TVHS
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) is now offering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to veterans who are 65 or older in addition to high-risk veterans. Enrol ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 60,863 active cases (down 4,639 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 694,291 total cases. •633,428 re ...
SEARCH ONGOING FOR JAIL TRUSTEE AFTER STEALING DISPATCH VEHICLE
A jail trustee is on the run after law enforcement said he stole a dispatcher’s vehicle in Claiborne County and escaped custody today. Investigators believe 22-year-old Doug Hayward Payne traveled to ...
4-YEAR-OLD IN TENNESSEE AWARDED FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE-SAVING CALL TO 911 DURING FIRE
Coopertown, Tennessee police says 4-year-old Holly Peach was awarded for her fast action in calling 911 during a house fire. The blaze broke out and quickly spread to vehicles and a nearby wood line. ...
TWRA: 2020 HAD MOST BOATING RELATED FATALITIES IN NEARLY 40 YEARS
In a year-end report released today, the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA) states 2020 had the most boating-related fatalities in 37 years. A total of 32 boating-related deaths happened last ...
TENNESSEE TO GET $458 MILLION IN FEDERAL AID FOR RESIDENTIAL HOUSING RENT RELIEF
The Tennessee Housing Development Agency says the state will get $458 million in federal COVID-19 funds for residential rent relief. The agency is setting up a web portal, call center and preparing th ...
ARREST MADE FOLLOWING STABBING IN WAYNE COUNTY, KENTUCKY
Monticello, Kentucky police Department responded to the hospital emergency room Monday after a man arrived with a stab wound. Law enforcement says an altercation took place outside of a home on Parmle ...
COVID-19 ACTIVE CASE NUMBERS DROP IN UPPER CUMBERLAND AND VALLEY
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021 The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 65,502 active cas ...
TENNESSEE GOVERNOR BILL LEE ADDRESSES GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGARDING EDUCATION
Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee addressed the General Assembly as part of the joint convention on education. His remarks are as follows in its entirety: “Thank you Lt. Governor McNally and Speaker ...
ARRESTS MADE IN PUTNAM COUNTY DRUG CASE
Putnam County authorities say Aaron Antes and Summer Stamps were in possession of approximately two kilograms of methamphetamine and seventy grams of heroin/fentanyl mixture, and subsequently were arr ...
LEGISLATION WOULD CREATE ‘QUIET ZONES’ ON TENNESSEE WATERWAYS NEAR HOMES
A proposed bill under consideration by the Tennessee General Assembly would create "quiet zones" on state waterways when near a residential home. If passed, the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission ...
