BLOUNT CO. OFFICERS SEARCHING FOR INMATE WHO WALKED OFF FROM WORK RELEASE
Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong is asking for the public’s assistance in locating an inmate who walked off from work release from the animal shelter on Currie Avenue in Maryville this morning. ...
MCCREARY COUNTY KENTUCKY 2-YEAR-OLD DIES AFTER ASSAULT
Kentucky State Police say a 2-year-old child died after being assaulted by a man in McCreary County. Troopers responded to Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset after getting a call regarding ...
FENTRESS COUNTY WOMAN ESCAPES INJURY IN I-40 VEHICLE ACCIDENT
A Fentress County woman escaped injuries in a single vehicle accident on I-40 in eastern Putnam County last night. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a vehicle driven by 19-year-old Chesney Richards of ...
SEVIER COUNTY HAS TWO SMALL EARTHQUAKES WITHIN THREE MINUTES
The U.S. Geological Service says two small earthquakes were recorded in Sevier County this afternoon. At 1:31 p.m., a 2.2 magnitude earthquake happened 3.1 miles west of Sevierville. Three minutes lat ...
BOATING SAFETY ENCOURAGED FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND
The Labor Day holiday, the final major weekend of the 2019 summer boating season, runs this Friday to Monday. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wants to emphasize the use of life jackets while b ...
LOCAL AND AREA CROP AND CATTLE REPORT – 8/27/19
Rainfall returned to much of the state, bringing with it slightly cooler temperatures. A few corn producers were able to begin harvesting before the rains put a halt to field work. Soybean and cotton ...
FROZEN HEAD STATE PARK PARTNERING WITH MORGAN COUNTY SCHOOLS
Frozen Head State Park will partner with Morgan County Schools to host classroom visits, after-school programming and field trips for students to the park. The program is funded by a $75,000 competiti ...
CROSSVILLE DRIVER REPORTEDLY GOING 105 MPH ARRESTED FOR DUI
A Crossville driver reportedly going 105 miles per hour in a 65 zone on I-40 in Putnam County Saturday resulted in his arrest. The Tennessee Highway Patrol eventually pulled over Cody Gene Fenstermake ...
FOUR WHO WENT MISSING WHILE CANOEING IN FENTRESS CO. FOUND SAFE
A search for four who went missing yesterday in Fentress County while canoeing ended this morning on a positive note. Authorities say they were located safe just inside Morgan County off of Peter Ford ...
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 ...
