JUNE 8 IS FREE FISHING DAY IN TENNESSEE
Next Saturday, June 8, is Free Fishing Day. That means anyone, of any age, in the state of Tennessee may fish without a license that day. The annual event is especially popular with kids. And lots of ...
SECOND SERIOUS CRASH IN AS MANY DAYS REPORTED ON “THE DRAGON”
Two people were hospitalized Tuesday after a car struck their motorcycle along a stretch of Highway 129 in Blount County commonly called “The Dragon.” It was the second crash along that section of ro ...
POLICE SEEK MISSING 78-YEAR-OLD WEST KNOXVILLE WOMAN
Knoxville police are searching for a missing 78-year-old woman. KPD says Martha Hutchins was last accounted for around noon yesterday, before she disappeared from her West Knoxville apartment. Hutchi ...
TENNESSEE’S STATE PARKS OFFERING FREE, GUIDED HIKES JUNE 1
Tennessee's state parks are offering free ranger-guided hikes next Saturday. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation says all 56 state parks – including Cumberland Mountain State Par ...
EIGHT INMATES SENT TO HOSPITAL AFTER FIGHT AT MORGAN COUNTY FACILITY
Eight inmates were treated for minor injuries Monday night at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge after a melee in the Morgan County Correctional Complex. Tennessee Department of Correction Spokesm ...
MAN WANTED FOR STEALING GUITARS DOWN HIS PANTS TURNS HIMSELF IN
Guitar-store owners can breathe a sigh of relief. Hayden Snyder has turned himself in. Snyder is the music thief who admitted to stealing expensive guitars from several area music shops by stuffing t ...
RACIST SHOOTER GUILTY ON ALL 43 COUNTS; SENTENCING HEARING UNDERWAY
Emanuel Samson was found guilty Friday in the deadly 2017 church shooting in Antioch. And today his sentencing hearing is underway. Samson killed one woman and wounded several others when he began sh ...
U.T. POLICE, OFFICIALS BRACE FOR WHITE NATIONALIST EVENT ON CAMPUS
Security is high at the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville, where a white nationalist’s speaking engagement is scheduled for this evening. Rick Tyler, a Polk County member of the American Fr ...
THREE ATV RIDERS KILLED, ONE INJURED IN 100-FOOT PLUMMET OFF TRAIL
A hundred-foot crash sent three North Carolina ATV riders to their deaths Sunday afternoon and left a fourth injured in an Oliver Springs riding area. The Campbell County Sheriff’s Department said th ...
INVASIVE TICK SPECIES FOUND IN TENNESSEE
State officials announced Friday an invasive tick species has been found in Tennessee. According to a release from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, the Asian longhorned tick has now spread to ...
TDOT SAYS THERE’LL BE NO CONSTRUCTION DELAYS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Motorists traveling for the long Memorial Day weekend won’t find any construction delays. The Tennessee Department of Transportation has suspended all construction-related lane closures as of noon tod ...
SUSPECT IN CUSTODY AFTER STABBING, MURDER IN COOKEVILLE
Cookeville police responding Wednesday to a report of a stabbing on Foundation Drive found two victims suffering from stab wounds. Officers and Putnam County EMS personnel began lifesaving measures o ...
