FORMER VOL TO PLAY IN HIS FIRST SUPER BOWL GAME
Former University of Tennessee Vol Cordarrelle Patterson will play in his first-ever Super Bowl game as a member of the New England Patriots on Sunday. Patterson, who played with the Vikings and then ...
RECALL OF INFANT IBUPROFEN SOLD AT CVS, WALMART EXPANDED
In January, Tris Pharma, Inc., of Monmouth, New Jersey, announced the voluntary recall of three lots of infant ibuprofen for potentially higher-than-listed concentrations of the active ingredient. The ...
TRISPOT DARTER PLACED ON “THREATENED” LIST IN TENNESSEE, GEORGIA & ALABAMA
Found in parts of the Coosa River Basin in southeastern Tennessee, northern Georgia and northern Alabama, one tiny little fish is getting some big attention. The trispot darter, less than two inches i ...
WAYNE COUNTY, KENTUCKY, WOMAN NABBED ON METH, HEROIN POSSESSION – AND OUTSTANDING WARRANTS
On Thursday, a Wayne County Kentucky sheriff’s deputy noticed someone he needed to interview for an investigation sitting in a vehicle, along with two passengers who had outstanding warrants. While ar ...
INFANT ABUSED TO THE “BRINK OF DEATH”; DAD CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER
A new charge has been filed against a Lawrenceburg father accused of severely abusing his infant daughter. According to District Attorney Brent Cooper, 30-year-old Michael Fisher is now charged with ...
MISSING MADISONVILLE TEEN FOUND SAFE; ADOPTIVE FATHER CHARGED WITH RAPE
Following up on a tip through the FBI, investigators have found a missing 14-year-old Madisonville teenager who disappeared January 13. The girl was found safe at a home in Wisconsin. And Monroe Count ...
ROBUST ECONOMIC GROWTH CONTINUES ACROSS TENNESSEE
In the fourth quarter of 2018, new business filings increased more than 10 percent, compared to the year before, according to Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett. This marks the fourth consecutiv ...
FIRE DESTROYS OUTBUILDING, CAR, MOTORCYCLE
Fire destroyed an outbuilding, a 2007 Dodge Caliber and a 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle at a Batley Road home in Clinton Wednesday evening. Crews from the Marlow and Oliver Springs Fire departments ...
GOVERNOR, LAWMAKERS SUPPORT FETAL-HEARTBEAT LEGISLATION
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and other GOP lawmakers say they support efforts to ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected. That can be as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Tennessee is one of s ...
OAK RIDGE CITY BLUEPRINT PLAN NEARS ADOPTION; CITIZEN INPUT SOUGHT
The Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission and the City’s Community Development Department are continuing to accept citizen feedback while they finalize content for the City Blueprint Plan, a citywid ...
MANHATTAN PROJECT NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK BACK UP AND RUNNING… FOR NOW
Now that the partial government shutdown is over – at least for now – and federal employees are back at work, things are getting back to normal in Oak Ridge. During the five-week shutdown, no National ...
STATE TO INVEST $1M IN KEN BURNS’ LATEST PROJECT – A COUNTRY MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
The State of Tennessee plans to invest $1 million in an upcoming Ken Burns documentary on country music. Calling it an “excellent deal” for the state, Tourist Development Commissioner Mark Ezell said ...
