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 ...
TN. LAWMAKER PROPOSES BILL CALLING FOR INSULIN TO BE MORE AFFORDABLE
Tennessee Senator Katrina Robinson has proposed a bill to make insulin more affordable for thousands in the state living with diabetes. Data indicates one in four diabetics reporting underusing insuli ...
“FOOD TAX HOLIDAY ACT” BILL PROPOSED BY TENNESSEE LAWMAKER
Tennessee State Representative Patsy Hazelwood has introduced House Bill 1697 called "The Food Tax Holiday Act". The bill, if passed, would exempt sales taxes on food and food ingredients in the month ...
TEN STRONGEST EARTHQUAKES TO TAKE PLACE IN EAST TENNESSEE
Officials say the 3.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Campbell County yesterday was one of the strongest to hit the area in years. It followed two other smaller earthquakes in the same location withi ...









