SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AND 7-YEAR-OLD STUDENT PASS AWAY IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN MEIGS COUNTY
The Tennessee Highway Patrol reopened a section of Highway 58 late last night after investigating a fatal school bus crash in Meigs County close to the Bradley County line. Authorities confirmed the ...
SHEPHERD OF WHITE COUNTY CONVICTED OF RAPE OF A CHILD
Court officials say 35-year-old Justin Lee Shepherd of White County appeared in the criminal court Monday (October 26, 2020) and pled guilty to rape of a child. The victim in this case was under the a ...
ZETA RE-STRENGTHENS INTO A HURRICANE, WILL MAKE LANDFALL ON LOUISIANA COAST
Zeta has re-strengthened into a hurricane and is expected to bring a life-threatening storm surge and strong winds to southeastern Louisiana starting midday today. The storm was 320 miles south-south ...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a FLASH FLOOD WATCH for the following counties in Tennessee: Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Cumberland, Fentress, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meig ...
FATAL SCHOOL BUS CRASH REPORTED IN SOUTHERN MEIGS COUNTY
(DEVELOPING STORY) – The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a female bus driver and a 7-year-old child died in a school bus versus a utility service vehicle crash on the 7700 block of Highway 58 in souther ...
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: TENNESSEE – 29,426 active cases (DOWN 1,210 cases from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 251,774 total cases (UP 1,908 cases ...
AUTHORITIES LOOKING FOR WITNESSES AFTER PEDESTRIAN FATALLY STRUCK ON I-40 IN KNOXVILLE
Knoxville police confirm a female passed away after being struck by several vehicles on I-40 last night. Authorities responded to a crash involving a pedestrian just east of West Hills around 9:45 p.m ...
HURRICANE WARNING ISSUED FOR LOUISIANA COAST AS ZETA APPROACHES
Louisiana will be glad when this hurricane season is over. The state has taken a beating from multiple hurricanes this year and is set to be hit again. The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurr ...
SKULL FOUND ON FIREPLACE MANTLE IN MORGAN COUNTY IDENTIFIED
A skull found in Morgan County and later put on a fireplace mantle has been identified as Junior Willie McCann. The person in possession of it said it was found in March 2019 by an individual in the G ...
WAYNE, CLINTON AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY, KENTUCKY IN “RED-CRITICAL” RANGE FOR COVID-19
Several counties in Kentucky are now in a “red-critical” range including Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Russell, Taylor, and Wayne. The governor’s office released recommendations for these countie ...
TWO MORE FATALITIES REPORTED FROM COMPLICATIONS OF COVID-19 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY BRINGING TOTAL TO 27
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: TENNESSEE – 30,636 active cases (UP 1,116 cases from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 249,866 total cases (UP 2,279 cases s ...
BLOUNT CO. SHERIFF’S OFFICE ASKING CITIZENS TO BE AWARE OF PHONE SCAM
Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong is asking citizens to be aware of a phone scam that has already cost one man $1,500 today. The scam is as follows: The victim reported that someone called him ...
