SCHOOL CLOSINGS AND DELAYS FOR THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 2019
CLOSINGS: MORGAN COUNTY FENTRESS COUNTY OVERTON (ILLNESS) WHITE COUNTY (ILLNESS) BLEDSOE COUNTY VAN BUREN COUNTY DELAYS: PUTNAM (1 HR) RHEA COUNTY (2 HRS) SCOTT COUNTY (2 HRS) PICKE ...
MOTHER OF PAT SUMMITT, HAZEL HEAD, PASSES
he mother of basketball legend and Coach Emeritus Pat Summitt has died. 93-year-old Hazel Head passed away Wednesday. The Pat Summitt Foundation released a statement Wednesday regarding Mrs. Head's pa ...
TRAFFIC STOP YIELDS DUI ARREST IN ROANE COUNTY
Early Sunday evening, Roane County deputies stopped 39-year-old Holly Turner, who was traveling at a high rate of speed along Highway 27. She told them she was trying to get back to Chattanooga and di ...
ONE DEAD IN CLINTON MOBILE HOME FIRE MONDAY
One man died in a fire Monday evening that destroyed a home at 320 Lakefront Mobile Home Park. Harold Dean Bray, who owned the singlewide trailer, died in the blaze, which broke out shortly after 7 p ...
LEE ISSUES FIRST EXECUTIVE ORDER AS GOVERNOR
As part of his first executive order, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has directed all state agencies to find ways to improve how they serve rural Tennessee regions. Lee announced this morning his admini ...
POSSIBLE PENALTY INCREASE FOR THOSE WHO PASS STOPPED SCHOOL BUSES
A Tennessee State Representative wants to increase penalties for those who would pass a stopped school bus. Jason Potts says that currently, those drivers passing a stopped school bus in Tennessee cou ...
UPDATE: IDENTITIES OF DRIVERS IN FATAL HIGHWAY 61 CRASH REVEALED
We now know details of that crash on Highway 61 last night, including the identities of the two drivers. Investigators say 52-year-old Willis Millican of Oliver Springs was headed eastbound on Highway ...
FATAL CRASH OVERNIGHT CLOSES HIGHWAY 61 IN OLIVER SPRINGS
Highway 61 leading into Oliver Springs is closed as cleanup continues from a late-night accident Sunday. A tractor-trailer was struck head on by an oncoming car, left the roadway and overturned down a ...
SHOOTOUT REPORTED IN KNOXVILLE EARLY MONDAY MORNING
Knoxville Police are looking into an alleged shootout that took place at the El Patron Event Center at the Knoxville Center Mall early Monday morning. KPD received multiple calls about gunfire in the ...
MOTHER DIES WHILE CHILD IS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER WRECK IN DUNLAP
A woman was killed and a child was taken to the hospital after a Saturday morning accident in Dunlap. Officials say that the woman, whose identity has not been released, was traveling on State Route 2 ...
SUSPECT CHARGED WITH EVADING ARREST AND DRUGS AFTER HOT PURSUIT
Authorities have charged a man with evading arrest and drug charges after he led them on a vehicular chase. A Loudon County Deputy stopped a 2017 Dodge Charger driven by Haushann Walter Simpson, who w ...
BILL LEE SWORN IN AS 50TH GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE IN 11 A.M. CEREMONY
For the first time since 1974, inclement weather has forced the inauguration of a Tennessee governor indoors. In an ceremony that began at 11 a.m., Bill Lee was inaugurated as the 50th governor of th ...
