TENNESSEE LAWMAKER PULLS ‘MASK AND HOOD’ BILL FOR CONSIDERATION
State Senator Jon Lundberg pulled a proposed bill banning the wearing of hoods and masks to hide one's identity after backlash from the community. The original bill states it would penalize anyone wh ...
FENTRESS COUNTY MAN CONVICTED OF CHILD RAPE AND INCEST
A Fentress County jury has found Ronnie Lee Clayborn of Jamestown guilty of rape of a child and incest following a two day trial. Fentress County Criminal Court Judge E. Shayne Sexton revoked Clayborn ...
BILL PROPOSED NOW TO REPEAL HANDS-FREE DRIVING LAW IN TENNESSEE
Tennessee Senator Jon Lundberg has proposed an end to the hands-free cellphone driving law. The law, which went into effect July 2019, prohibits the use of hand-held cellphones and devices while drivi ...
DEATH ROW INMATE IN TENNESSEE SELECTS ELECTRIC CHAIR FOR EXECUTION METHOD
Tennessee death row inmate Nick Sutton has chosen the electric chair as his execution method. Sutton was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his grandmother in 1979, when he was 18 years old. He ...
SIX CHILDREN PASS AWAY FROM FLU SO FAR THIS SEASON IN TENNESSEE
The Tennessee Department of Health says the number of pediatric deaths from the flu has risen to six so far this season. Four of the deaths reportedly happened to children in the eastern half of the s ...
TBI ISSUES AMBER ALERT FOR MISSING 4-MONTH-OLD FROM LEBANON
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an AMBER ALERT for a missing child from Lebanon, Tennessee. Police need your help finding 4-month-old Raymond Lyons, Jr. believed to have been kidnappe ...
TRIAL DATE SET FOR LENOIR CITY MAN CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
A Lenoir City man arrested for first-degree murder four years ago now has a trial date scheduled. Fifty-three year old Ronald Gregory Grizzle was charged after the altercation on December 30, 2015 aft ...
PROPOSED BILL WOULD MAKE WEARING HOODS AND MASKS ILLEGAL IN TENNESSEE
A proposed bill would make it illegal to conceal your identity in Tennessee, meaning no one can wear a hood, mask or any other item to hide their face while on public property. House Bill 1629 says t ...
RHEA CO. OFFICERS INVESTIGATING AFTER VIDEO SHOWS UPS DRIVER RUNNING OVER DOG
The Rhea County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a possible animal cruelty incident after a UPS driver ran over a family's dog in Dayton. The incident was captured on surveillance video installed at ...
BLOUNT COUNTY TEACHERS CAN ALERT 911 WITH ONE TOUCH OF A BUTTON
Blount County now has new high-tech security system that gives over 2,000 county employees, including school teachers, the chance to call 911 without even picking up a phone. The system is called SARA ...
REPORT: TENNESSEE SEAT BELT USAGE RATE REACHED NEARLY 92 PERCENT IN 2019
The Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) announced today (January 21, 2020) a significant increase in the state’s overall seat belt usage rate, compared to previous years. The usage rate rose from 9 ...
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE REPORTED, THIS TIME IN WHITE COUNTY
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 2.5 magnitude earthquake took place yesterday near Sparta in White County. Officials say the earthquake was recorded about six miles west of Sparta. It had a depth ...
