OVERNIGHT STORMS RESULT IN WIDE SPREAD POWER OUTAGES
Just under 4,000 customers of Volunteer Electric Cooperative remain without power this morning after heavy thunder storms tore through this area Friday Night. Heavy winds and an already saturated gro ...
SUSPECTED SERIAL RAPIST ACCUSED OF VICTIMIZING 7 WOMEN WANTED BY POLICE
A serial rapist accused of victimizing seven women is wanted by Nashville Metro Police. Willie Williams Jr., 20 is wanted on charges of aggravated rape, aggravated robbery and attempted aggravated ro ...
3M ADMITS TO RELEASING TOXIC CHEMICALS INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER FOR OVER A DECADE
A 3M plant in Decatur, Alabama has admitted in a letter to the EPA that it violated a federal toxic substance law by releasing illegal chemicals into the Tennessee River. The letter was sent to the E ...
ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FRIDAY FOR WORKERS DISLOCATED BY CLOSURE OF JAMESTOWN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD), along with local workforce partners Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency and the Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency ...
GUN TOTING GRANDMA STOPS SUSPECT RUNNING FROM POLICE
LIMESTONE COUNTY, Alabama -- A 75-year-old grandmother grabbed her rifle and showed a chase suspect who showed up at her door she meant business. Marcia Black says when she noticed a man walking on h ...
ROANE COUNTY COURTHOUSE SHUT DOWN BY BED BUGS
According to a Roane County Facebook page, a man entered the Roane County courthouse this morning covered in bed bugs. The Courthouse began closing down offices and, according to the Roane County She ...
MAN ARRESTED AFTER POLICE SAY HUMAN TORSO FOUND IN CAR
A severed human torso reportedly turned up in a Tennessee man's crashed car after an attempted traffic stop on Sunday. Now, Dorrae Debrice Johnson of Knoxville faces several charges including vehicula ...
GOVERNOR CALLS SPECIAL SESSION ON CASADA REPLACEMENT FOR MID-AUGUST
Gov. Bill Lee plans to call a special session for a House vote to replace Speaker Glen Casada in mid-August. The governor announced his decision to call the special session in a press conference befo ...
TVA FACES SCRUTINY FOR POLLUTING PLANS, LEAKY COAL ASH PITS
(Southern Environmental Law Center) Concerned citizens and environmental groups in the Memphis area are calling for a chance to weigh in on a major utility’s plans to discharge up to 15 million gallo ...
SQUIRREL CAUSES POWER OUTAGE IN ATHENS SUNDAY
Power has been restored after a squirrel caused an outage in Athens Sunday morning. According to a post on the Athens Utility Board Facebook page, customers in the area of of the North Athens Substat ...
OFFICIALS CONFIRM 1 DEATH AT BONNARRO THIS WEEKEND
Bonarroo officials confirmed that a 27-year-old man died at the music festival. Bonnaroo organizers said a medical team in Plaza 11 responded to a situation in a nearby campsite and found the male vic ...
CHATTANOOGA VW PLANT EMPLOYEES SAY “NO” TO UNIONIZATION
Employees at the Chattanooga Volkswagen plant have voted down a choice to join a union. Nearly 95 percent of the worker population submitted their votes over the last week; 776 employees for the Unite ...
