DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RELEASES 2023-2024 REPORT CARD
Nashville, TN – Today, the Tennessee Department of Education released the 2023-24 State Report Card, including the 2023-24 School Letter Grades and highlighting interactive features for families and ...
BILL INTRODUCED TO OFFER ACCESS TO FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS AT SCHOOL
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tenn. state representative Elaine Davis of Knoxville has introduced a bill to offer students access to feminine hygiene products at school. Davis is proposing the Menstrual Hygie ...
INVESTIGATORS FIND QUESTIONABLE SPENDING IN SWEETWATER
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has found that City of Sweetwater officials made questionable credit card purchases totaling at least $132,680.03 from December 2014 through June ...
MAN ARRESTED FOR MURDER OF 17-YEAR-OLD BOY
Chattanooga Police have now located the man who they say opened fire on a woman's home which killed a 17-year-old boy, who died while protecting his mother. A release says officers caught up with D ...
KNOXVILLE PD TO LAUNCH MOUNTED PATROL UNIT
The Knoxville Police Department is in the early stages of launching the department’s first-ever Mounted Patrol Unit, a full-time unit that will patrol downtown Knoxville and special events on horsebac ...
HOME BURGLARIZED ON MOORE LANE
Yesterday at 7:42 p.m., Deputy Stephanie Pencka was dispatched to Moore Lane regarding a burglary report. He made contact with a woman who said her residence had been broken into sometime between Sund ...
TWRA ISSUES STATEMENT AFTER DECIDING TO EUTHANIZE BEAR CUBS
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency issued a statement after making the decision to euthanize 13 bears from the Appalachian Bear Rescue. TWRA said that i ...
DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE EXTENDED IN HELENE AFFECTED COUNTIES
NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended Disaster Unemployment Assistance for eight Ten ...
KNOXVILLE MAN FOUND GUILTY AFTER MURDERING ROOMMATE OVER DOG DOO
Stefan White, 35, of Knoxville was found guilty this week and convicted of 2nd-degree murder charges regarding an incident on Dec. 23rd of last year where White murdered his roommate over a dispute ab ...
GOV. LEE AND OTHERS URGE BIDEN TO ACT AFTER STALLED CHINA-U.S. ADOPTIONS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee led a bipartisan coalition of 33 governors in urging President Biden to act following a decision to halt foreign adoptions by The People’s Republic of ...
FLAGS AT STATE CAPITOL FLOWN AT HALF STAFF IN MEMORY OF RICK FINLEY
From Roane County Emergency Alerts: "By order of the Governor and in accordance with the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act, flags over the State Capitol, all State office buildings, all county and city ...
KENTUCKY PREPARES FOR MEDICAL CANNABIS PROGRAM ROLLOUT
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Monday’s second medical cannabis dispensary lottery drawing granted 12 licenses to businesses in the Lexington and Louisville areas. Kentucky’s medical cannabis rollout takes ...
