
DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE EXTENDED IN HELENE AFFECTED COUNTIES
NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended Disaster Unemployment Assistance for eight Ten ...

KNOXVILLE MAN FOUND GUILTY AFTER MURDERING ROOMMATE OVER DOG DOO
Stefan White, 35, of Knoxville was found guilty this week and convicted of 2nd-degree murder charges regarding an incident on Dec. 23rd of last year where White murdered his roommate over a dispute ab ...

GOV. LEE AND OTHERS URGE BIDEN TO ACT AFTER STALLED CHINA-U.S. ADOPTIONS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee led a bipartisan coalition of 33 governors in urging President Biden to act following a decision to halt foreign adoptions by The People’s Republic of ...

FLAGS AT STATE CAPITOL FLOWN AT HALF STAFF IN MEMORY OF RICK FINLEY
From Roane County Emergency Alerts: "By order of the Governor and in accordance with the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act, flags over the State Capitol, all State office buildings, all county and city ...

KENTUCKY PREPARES FOR MEDICAL CANNABIS PROGRAM ROLLOUT
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Monday’s second medical cannabis dispensary lottery drawing granted 12 licenses to businesses in the Lexington and Louisville areas. Kentucky’s medical cannabis rollout takes ...

TEN PEOPLE ARRESTED IN OPERATION AUTUMN SHIELD
NASHVILLE – Ten people face felony charges and more than a dozen victims have been identified in a large-scale, collaborative operation to target online child exploitation and sextortion in Tennessee. ...

WARREN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY INDICTED FOR RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT
On November 21st, agents began investigating the incident involving 31st Judicial District Attorney General Christopher Robert Stanford. The investigation revealed that, during the pursuit of a wanted ...

MOTHER KILLED, 3-YEAR-OLD INJURED AFTER ROAD RAGE SHOOTING
HARDIN COUNTY – An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Hardin County Sheriff’s Department has resulted in the arrest of a man on a charge of second degre ...

AAA: TN GAS PRICES FALL THREE CENTS
NASHVILLE, Tenn., (December 16, 2024) — Gas prices across the state moved three cents lower, on average, over last week.The Tennessee Gas Price average is now $2.64 which is six cents less expensive t ...

MAN KILLED IN CRASH AND VEHICLE FIRE IN KNOXVILLE
A man was killed in a single-car crash that happened late Friday night near Hall of Fame Drive. At around 10:15 p.m. on Friday, December 13, 2024, Knoxville Police Department officers responded to ...

SELMER PD OFFICER SHOT BY BURGLAR
On Saturday December 14, 2024, just after 3:00 P.M. the Selmer Police Department received complaints of a suspicious male in the 100 block of New Bethel Rd. Officers arrived and was told that the male ...

EMPLOYEE SETS FIRE TO SWEETWATER DOLLAR GENERAL
SWEETWATER, Tenn. (WVLT) - An employee at a Dollar General in Sweetwater was charged after he told authorities he set a fire inside the store on Saturday. According to Sgt. Kelvin Franco with the Swe ...