UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 24,936 active cases in Tennessee out of 817,011 total cases •792,086 recovered •11,929 died •810 are ...
(DEVELOPING) – INJURIES REPORTED IN PLANE CRASH IN ROBERTSON COUNTY
Robertson County, Tennessee authorities say two occupants in their 30’s were seriously injured following a plane crash around 10 a.m. central this morning just outside of Springfield (north of Nashvil ...
RESIDENTIAL FIRE ON LOYOLA LANE DISPLACES FAMILY
Firefighters in Oak Ridge responded to a residential blaze yesterday on the 100 block of Loyola Lane. Crews arrived to see heavy smoke and flames coming from the carport extending into the residence. ...
TDOC TO RESUME VISITATIONS AT STATE PRISONS
The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) will resume visitation for inmates at all facilities beginning Saturday, April 10, 2021. They suspended visitation back in March, 2020 as COVID-19 began t ...
APPEAL HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TERMINATED OLIVER SPRINGS POLICE CHIEF
The Oliver Springs Town Council met last night in an executive session with their attorney to discuss the mayor’s termination of now former police chief Kenneth Morgan. He has served in that role for ...
PROPOSED BILL WOULD ENSURE CERTAIN CRIME OFFENDERS SERVE 100% OF SENTENCE
Major public safety bills advanced in the Tennessee Senate this week, including the “Truth in Sentencing” legislation which strengthens protections for victims and their families. Sponsored by Lt. Go ...
FUGITIVE WANTED FOR AUTO THEFTS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
A fugitive on the run from Monroe County authorities this week for multiple counts of auto theft was captured early this morning. Law enforcement located Jason Michael Salley in a hotel in Cleveland, ...
NICHOLS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH RAPE OF A CHILD
An investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the indictment and arrest of a Smithville man on charges of rape of a child. At the request of 13th District Attorney General ...
CHARLES WILLIAM CAVENDER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON
A sentencing hearing was held in a Fentress County courtroom today for Charles William Cavender. Judge E. Shayne Sexton gave him 10 years to serve in prison in the Tennessee Department of Corrections. ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 25,399 active cases (UP 516) in Tennessee out of 813,614 total cases (UP 1,772) •788,215 recovered ( ...
FATALITY REPORTED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON SEVIERVILLE ROAD
A Maryville woman lost her life in a vehicle accident last night on Sevierville Road in Blount County. Officers say a passenger, 43-year-old Angela Rudd Lowe was pronounced dead at a hospital. The dri ...
JUDGE: JOE CLYDE DANIELS’ PARENTS WILL BE TRIED SEPARATELY FOR CHILD’S DISAPPEARANCE
Circuit Court Judge David D. Wolfe announced this morning the trials for Joseph and Krystal Daniels will be done separately in connection to the disappearance of their 5-year-old son, Joe Clyde. Josep ...









