TWO ARRESTED FOR REPORTEDLY HAVING KILO OF METH IN RHEA COUNTY
Rhea County deputies made a traffic stop last night on Highway 27. During their investigation, officers found the driver and passenger, 39-year-old Christopher Hernandez and 38-year-old Tamara Beltran ...
TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS CONSIDERING RED FLAG GUN LAW BILL
Tennessee State Representative Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville) along with Senator Sara Kyle (D-Memphis) proposed bills that would allow a court to issue an emergency protection order that would temporari ...
MEDICAL CLINIC IN ONEIDA UNDER INVESTIGATION DESTROYED BY FIRE
A medical clinic in Scott County under investigation by the DEA was destroyed by a fire this morning. The Oneida Fire Department responded just after 2 a.m. to Coffey Family Medical Clinic. Officials ...
SOME SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE COVERAGE AREA CLOSED FOR THE FLU
The following school systems are closed today and tomorrow (Thursday and Friday, January 30 and 31, 2020) because of the flu Anderson County Fentress County Knox County Overton County Roane Count ...
OVERTON COUNTY MAN INDICTED FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER
An investigation by the TBI and multiple other law enforcement agencies has resulted in a Livingston, Tennessee man being charged with second-degree murder and several drug-related offenses. Back in ...
PROPOSED KENTUCKY BIILL WOULD START SEX EDUCATION IN KINDERGARTEN
Kentucky State Representative Lisa Willner proposed House Bill 296, which would require school districts to offer age-appropriate, inclusive and medically-accurate sex education starting in the 2021-2 ...
PROPOSED BILL IN TENNESSEE WOULD ELIMINATE TAXES ON DIAPERS AND WIPES
A bill introduced to lawmakers in Tennessee would eliminate sales taxes on diapers and wipes. State Bill 1905 was filed by Senator Katrina Robinson and passed on first consideration in the Tennessee S ...
INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY FOLLOWING HOME INVASION IN MCMINN COUNTY
An investigation is underway following a home invasion Monday night in McMinn County. Officers went to a residence on Village Lane in Athens where a female told them someone repeatedly pressed the doo ...
PROPOSED BILL CALLS FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES TO EARN MINIMUM WAGE PLUS TIPS
A proposed bill currently in the Tennessee legislature calls for tipped employees to earn minimum wage plus tips. If passed, Senate Bill 1851 would increase wages of tipped employees to $7.25 an hour ...
PROPOSED BILL WOULD CREATE TBI REGISTRY FOR REPEAT DUI OFFENDERS
A new bill being considered by Tennessee lawmakers would create a registry of DUI offenders. If passed, Senate Bill 1726 will have pictures and other identifying data of repeat DUI offenders posted pu ...
PICKETT COUNTY MAN INDICTED FOR VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
A Pickett County man has been indicted by a grand jury stemming from an accident last year that killed a man. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says the crash took place on October 16 when a vehicle driven ...
STUDENT ARRESTED AFTER WAYNE COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN KENTUCKY PLACED ON LOCKDOWN
Wayne County Middle School in Monticello, Kentucky was placed on a soft lockdown today after the school’s administration was made aware of a bomb threat by a student at the school. The threat claimed ...
