UCHRA RECEIVES $224,354 GRANT TO AID OLDER WORKERS
The Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency (UCHRA) was recently awarded a grant of $224,354 from Senior Service America, Inc (SSAI). Almost 90 percent of this grant – originally from the U.S. Departme ...
BLOUNT COUNTY AUTHORITIES SEARCHING FOR MISSING WOMAN
The Blount County Sheriff’s Office is increasing the reward for information that leads to a missing woman. Officers state 23-year-old Cheyenne Shropshire was last seen a year ago on August 24, 2018 at ...
PROTEST OF NATHAN B. FORREST BUST MADE DURING NEW HOUSE SPEAKER CEREMONY
The recent swearing in of the Tennessee General Assembly’s new Speaker did not go without controversy. This week, 25th District Representative Cameron Sexton became the new Speaker of the House. Follo ...
SMOKY MOUNTAIN WINTERFEST 2019 DELAYED UNTIL LATE NOVEMBER
If you enjoy Smoky Mountain’s Winterfest, you will have to wait a little longer than usual for the event. Officials in Sevier County say that Winterfest will be delayed from the first week of November ...
DOVE SEASON OPENS IN TENNESSEE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2019
Dove season opens Sunday, September 1, 2019 at noon (local time), the annual start of one of Tennessee’s most long-standing outdoor sports traditions. Tennessee’s dove season is once again divided in ...
T.H.P. ARRESTS MAN FOR MAKING TERRORIST THREATS
On August 21, 2019, the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) received an email from WKRN-TV, NEWS 2 alerting that they received a threatening email from a man named Nathan Sem ...
INMATE OVERPOWERS FENTRESS COUNTY JAILER, CAUGHT IN PICKETT CO.
Authorities in Fentress County say an inmate overpowered a jailer and stole a vehicle from the sheriff’s office yesterday. Additional information on how the inmate was able to escape the jail was not ...
TDOT GIVES UPDATE ON HIGHWAY 68 GRANDVIEW MOUNTAIN PROJECT
Motorists traveling State Route 68 in Rhea County are wondering just when repairs will start to a section of road that is trying to collapse. Settling problems on the curvy mountain highway between G ...
SOCIAL SECURITY PHONE SCAM REPORTED
A new phone scam involves a recording a person hears after answering stating this is a call from the Department of Social Security Administration. The recording then says the reason for the call is to ...
BLEDSOE COUNTY MAN KILLED IN HAY BALER ACCIDENT
A 30-year-old Bledsoe County man died in a hay baler accident last night. Officers say it happened on Wooden Loop near Pikeville. The victim was identified as Christopher Alex Mason. Authorities say M ...
KNOXVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AT SENIOR LIVING FACILITY
Knox County authorities say a Knoxville man faces a charge of attempted murder after allegedly shooting at a woman in front of Northshore Heights Senior Living. The report states 29-year-old Nicholas ...
HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS FOUND ALONGSIDE I-75 BELIEVED TO BE A MALE
Loudon County investigators are providing more details of skeletal remains discovered yesterday by a TDOT crew in a wooded area off of I-75 near the Philadelphia exit. Preliminary evidence is consiste ...
