WOMAN CHARGED WITH DUI AFTER CRASHING INTO SCHOOL BUS
Deputies in Grundy County say a local woman faces charges after crashing her car into a Grundy County Head Start bus on Highway 108 in Altamont Friday afternoon. Thirty-five-year-old Shannon Hargis ...
PRESIDENT BUSH TO SPEAK AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY THIS EVENING
Former President George W. Bush will speak tonight at Vanderbilt University, along with Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos and presidential historian Jon Meacham. Meacham is endowed chair and vi ...
SULLIVAN COUNTY RECYCLING PLANT CLOSING; KNOXVILLE NOW CLOSEST FACILITY
When Tri-Cities Waste Paper in Kingsport closes Friday, it’ll leave Sullivan County without a plant to handle paper and plastic recycling. Asheville Waste Paper, Tri-Cities’ parent company, has not c ...
KENTUCKY MAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD
The Wayne County, Kentucky, Sheriff's Office announced late last week an Albany, Kentucky, man was arrested and charged with sexual abuse of a child. Aiden H. Fields was arrested on a Cumberland Co ...
KINGSTON WWII VETERAN OFFICIALLY ACCOUNTED FOR SEVENTY YEARS LATER
It took 74 years, but 24-year-old Army PFC William F. Delaney’s remains have finally been accounted for. The Kingston, Tennessee, native was officially accounted for December 17, 2018, according to th ...
MAN ATTEMPTS TO STEAL FIRETRUCK IN CLAIBORNE COUNTY
Tazewell police officers arrested a man Sunday for attempting to steal a fire truck. They found Johnathan Scott Rodriguez at the wheel of an idling Tazewell/New Tazewell Fire Department ladder truc ...
BILL WOULD BAN SMOKING IN AND NEAR PLAYGROUNDS – ON AN “OPT-IN” BASIS
A bill currently making its way through committees in the state legislature seeks to ban smoking in or near playgrounds. As written, the bill authorizes Knox County and Knoxville to prohibit smokin ...
SPRING CITY NATIVE TO APPEAR ON AMERICAN IDOL TONIGHT (3/10)
A Spring City youth is heading for the big time…and it starts tonight on American Idol. His name is Drake McCain. And he gets to audition for American Idol tonight (3/10) on ABC. Drake McCain Taylo ...
TIME WILL “SPRING FORWARD” EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
It's time to set your clocks forward one hour as Daylight Savings Time kicks into gear beginning at 2 AM Sunday morning. And, as always, everyone will lose one hour worth of sleep time. While some are ...
41ST DISTRICT REP. WINDLE IS PROMOTED TO RANK OF COLONEL
A Tennessee representative has received a special honor. 41st District Rep. John Mark Windle has been promoted to the rank of Colonel. He served in Kosovo and Iraq, as well as other locations. He than ...
MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES AWARDS MOVING TO NASHVILLE
NASCAR is leaving Las Vegas. They announced Wednesday the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Awards will be held December 5 at the Music City Center in Nashville. NASCAR will also shift the date of it ...
BLACKBURN OPPOSES EFFORT TO BLOCK BORDER EMERGENCY DECLARATION
Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn says she won't vote for the resolution aimed at blocking President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration along the U.S.-Mexico border. Blackburn ...
