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 ...
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SEARCHING FOR SUSPECT IN SHOOTING CASE
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office released more information late yesterday on a recent shooting. Deputies responded to the Pine Lick Road area December 18, 2020 in regards to shots being fired into ...
BODY OF MISSING MONROE COUNTY BOATER RECOVERED
Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency officers recovered the body of 62-year-old William Frazier Junior from the Notchy Creek in Monroe County yesterday. Authorities initially responded to a call regardi ...
AMBULANCE INVOLVED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN WHITE COUNTY
A two vehicle accident yesterday in White County resulted in an injury. Troopers say a 2015 Chevy ambulance operated by 25-year-old Michaila Dye of Sparta was stopped at the intersection of Highway 11 ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 86,023 (down 5,519 from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 534,019 total cases. •447,996 re ...
SCOTT COUNTY GRANDMOTHER ACCUSED OF STEALING GRANDCHILD’S CHRISTMAS PRESENT
Scott County law enforcement says a grandmother is charged with stealing a present from her grandchild. Authorities say Amy Best took the wrapped gift, a Nintendo Switch, from under a Christmas tree. ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 91,542 (UP 6,832 from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 529,578 total cases. •438,036 reco ...
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION RESULTS IN MULTIPLE ARRESTS IN COOKEVILLE
Cookeville police responded to 2140 Wildwood Drive early last night to a robbery and shooting. As officers arrived at the scene, they were simultaneously notified that a victim had arrived at the Cook ...
PUTNAM COUNTY DEPUTY ARRESTED FOR DUI
Cookeville police arrested Putnam County Deputy James David Gibbons last night for DUI and violation of the implied consent law. His bond was initially set at $1,500. Gibbons has been a deputy since 1 ...
SPEAKER OF HOUSE CAMERON SEXTON GIVES STATEMENT ON GOVERNOR LEE’S COVID-19 SPEECH
After Tennessee Governor Bill Lee addressed the state last night on the COVID-19 surge, Speaker of the House of Representatives Cameron Sexton issued the following statement: “I greatly respect Gover ...
TENNESSEE GOVERNOR BILL LEE ISSUES ORDER LIMITING GATHERING SIZES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said last night he is limiting holiday gatherings to no one outside of families’ immediate households and all public indoor gatherings will be limited to 10 people. His sta ...









