STATE’S VOUCHER-STYLE BILL VERSION RESTORES FUNDS FOR HOMESCHOOLING
A proposal by Governor Bill Lee would restore funds for homeschooling families, sources say. The voucher-style school-choice initiative made it through a Senate panel Wednesday and now must survive Ho ...
KENTUCKY WOMAN ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES, TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS
Wayne County deputies conducting a traffic stop on North Second Street in Monticello, Kentucky, seized a large quantity of narcotics last evening. Upon stopping the vehicle driven by 40-year-old Da ...
GOVERNOR SIGNS LAW TO ALLOW ALCOHOL AT EAST TN CAMPUS VENUES FOR CONCERTS
A bill signed into law by Governor Bill Lee will permit alcohol sales at Neyland Stadium and Thompson-Boling Arena for concerts and special events – but not at games. The SEC’s strict no-alcohol polic ...
LINDSAY ARRESTED IN KILLING OF MAN; REMAINS DISCOVERED IN SUNBRIGHT
Morgan County Sheriff Wayne Potter’s investigators have prepared a warrant charging 50-year-old Wayne C. Lindsay of Sunbright with the first-degree premeditated murder of John Hammond, also of Morgan ...
AFTER SUDDEN MEMORY LAPSE, NORTON FINDS CONTRABAND AMID PRIVATES
Late Monday night, Cumberland County deputies brought an inmate into the shower area for a strip search on suspicion of hidden contraband. As 34-year-old Joshua Matthew Norton of Crossville was comply ...
DRUNK EMPLOYEE CREATES DISTURBANCE IN FAIRFIELD GLADE RESTAURANT
Last Wednesday afternoon, Cumberland County deputies were not expecting to find a grown woman, drunk, sprawled on the floor of the restaurant where she worked, hurling obscenities. But that’s what the ...
FOUR FINALISTS ANNOUNCED IN UT KNOXVILLE’S CHANCELLOR SEARCH
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has narrowed the search for its next chancellor to four finalists: Donde Plowman, executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer at the University of N ...
KINGSTON CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES AMPHITHEATER, LIGHT-DUTY POLICY
The Kingston City Council approved a contract for construction of its new Southwest Point amphitheater during last night's meeting. The city received a $500,000 grant last year to construct the amphit ...
POSSIBLE HUMAN REMAINS DISCOVERED NEAR SUNBRIGHT
Morgan County Sheriff Wayne Potter and his officers are investigating the discovery of what appears to be human remains at an unspecified residence near Sunbright. District Attorney General Russell ...
BILL COULD ALLOW PARENTS TO SEEK COMMEMORATIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES AFTER MISCARRIAGE
A bill awaiting Governor Bill Lee's signature could allow grieving Tennessee parents of miscarried children to request a commemorative birth certificate. If passed, the doctor who confirms the loss ...
RHEA COUNTY WOMAN CHARGED WITH TENNCARE FRAUD
Aided by the Rhea County Sheriff’s Office, Inspector General Kim Harmon today announced the arrest of 27-year-old Kayla Hickman of Dayton on charges that could put her behind bars for up to ten years. ...
CLINTON UTILITIES BOARD LINEMAN ELECTROCUTED; FAMILY SAYS HE WILL BE OKAY
The Clinton Police Department reports Michael Bavousett, a Clinton Utilities Board lineman, is lucky to be alive after an on-the-job incident late Tuesday morning. An emergency call came in shortly ...
