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 ...
LUNAR ECLIPSE SUNDAY NIGHT
There will be a total eclipse of the moon Sunday night across the United States and while there is no guarantee the clouds will clear out in time for us to see it, it is a possibility. Here is the inf ...
GOVERNOR-ELECT BILL LEE TO KEEP TN STATE CAPITOL GUN BAN IN PLACE
Tennessee's new governor says he will continue the ban on guns in the Tennessee Capitol when he takes office Saturday. Bill Lee made the comment Thursday, noting he won't change the policy put into pl ...
$50,000 LOTTERY WIN IN LIVINGSTON
Tennessee Lottery Officials have announced their latest winner comes from Livingston. Wednesday night, the as-yet-unidentified person won the $50,000 prize by matching four of the five white numbers p ...
MULTI-AGENCY SWEEP NETS 12 ON VARIOUS DRUG CHARGES IN FRANKLIN COUNTY
Special Agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation were part of this week’s multi-agency roundup in Franklin County that resulted in the arrest of 12 people o ...
UTIA’S TYSON RAPER NAMED EXTENSION COTTON SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR
Tyson Raper, an assistant professor of cotton and small-grain production with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, is the 2019 Beltwide Extension Cotton Specialist of the Year. The aw ...
