UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 83,803 (down 1,851 from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 546,497 total cases. •462,694 re ...
FIRE SAFETY TIPS TO REMEMBER DURING THE WINTER
With the low temperature tonight (December 24, 2020) expected to drop to around 15 degrees on the plateau and the upper teens to lower 20’s in the valley, fire officials want to pass on safety tips fo ...
WIND CHILL FACTORS CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY TO BE AROUND ZERO
While the northern Cumberland Plateau is the most likely area to see snowfall accumulations around an inch this afternoon, places west of there to the I-65 corridor could see trace to half inch amount ...
GM RECALLING 624,000 VEHICLES FOR POTENTIAL SEAT BELT FAILURE
General Motors is recalling approximately 624,000 recently built full-size pickups and SUVs because of a seat belt issue. The action affects vehicles equipped with a front split-bench seat, which may ...
NO SHOTS FIRED DURING INCIDENT INSIDE WALMART IN SEVIERVILLE
At 3:30 p.m. yesterday (Wednesday, December 23, 2020) Sevierville police, along with officers and first responders from multiple agencies, responded to a reported active shooter at the Walmart store l ...
TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL ANNOUNCES TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PLAN FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) will conduct an aggressive traffic safety enforcement campaign during the Christmas holiday. Some plan to travel, while others will experience the holidays virtually ...
DEATH TOLL RISES IN ROANE COUNTY ACCORDING TO TODAY’S REPORT
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2020 The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 85,654 (down 3 ...
OLIVER SPRINGS ALDERMAN INJURED IN WORK ACCIDENT
Oliver Springs Alderman Jason Stiltner was airlifted to U.T. Medical Center today after an accident on a work site injured his left arm and hand. Stiltner’s vital signs are good according to his brot ...
RECTOR AND COLEMAN ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES IN CLARKRANGE
Narcotics officers with the Fentress County Sheriff’s Department obtained a search warrant Monday for a residence at 1052 Franklin Loop in Clarkrange. Law enforcement reportedly located 39 grams of me ...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The National Weather Service has issued a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for the following counties: SCOTT, ROANE, MORGAN and all counties east of these to the Smoky Mountains. The advisory goes into effe ...
GOVERNOR BILL LEE EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY IN TENNESSEE UNTIL FEB. 27, 2021
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has extended the state of emergency in the state until February 27, 2021 as COVID-19 cases continue to climb. The new order also allow county mayors to put mask mandates in ...
TRUMP PARDONS SLATTEN FROM WHITE COUNTY AND THREE OTHERS CONVICTED IN DEADLY 2007 IRAQ SHOOTING
President Donald Trump last night granted a full pardon to Nicholas Slatten from White County. He was a former Blackwater security guard who had been sentenced to prison for his role in a shooting tha ...
