AMID NATIONWIDE OUTBREAK, FIRST MEASLES CASE DETECTED IN TENNESSEE
The Tennessee Department of Health says the State Public Health Laboratory has recorded the state’s first case of measles in the recent nationwide outbreak of the disease. The case was confirmed in an ...
TWO COMPANIES RELOCATING TO CHATTANOOGA’S RIVERFRONT, ALONG WITH 200+ JOBS
Micronics Engineered Filtration Group and Team Title Services have announced plans to move their respective operations to Chattanooga. The two companies are relocating to 1201 Riverfront Parkway, the ...
MOCK DUI CRASH THIS MORNING AT CCHS TO TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT DRIVING IMPAIRED
It looked real. It sounded real. But it wasn't. It was a mock DUI crash this morning in front of CCHS, with hundreds of students watching. It was all part of a drill to demonstrate to the students the ...
NO COURT APPEARANCE TODAY AFTER ALL FOR ACCUSED VANDEVER KILLER
Today was the day John Patrick Fields was due to appear in court to answer charges of first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder. Fields was charged in the March 12 slayings of 47-year-old ...
FEDERAL DISASTER MONEY APPROVED FOR TENNESSEE STORM DAMAGED COUNTIES
President Trump has declared a disaster in the State of Tennessee and has ordered federal aid following the February floods. According to a press release from the Office of the Press Secretary, feder ...
PROTESTERS REMOVED FROM GOVERNORS OFFICE DEMANDING REP. BYRD’S REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
Activists with the Enough is Enough Tennessee campaign held a sit-in at Governor Lee's office to demand the resignation of Representative David Byrd. Allegations of sexual assault surfaced last y ...
COACHING LEGENDS LANDERS, DAVIS AMONG INDUCTEES INTO ROANE STATE ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME
Coaches Andy Landers and Jim Davis and the 1984 national champion women’s basketball team will be the inaugural members inducted into the new Roane State Community College Athletics Hall of Fame. The ...
YATES ARRESTED IN ROANE COUNTY FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION
Shortly before 7 Tuesday night, Roane County deputies were dispatched to Blue Springs Cemetery on Buckner Road in Philadelphia for a call about a man in jeans and a blue-and-white striped shirt, parke ...
“SUSPICIOUS”-ACTING CROSSVILLE MAN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF (FAKE) DRUGS
Crossville police were called to the McDonald’s on North Main Street yesterday, for a report of “suspicious” suspects in a red Yukon parked in a handicap space. When they arrived, officers made conta ...
NINE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE CHARGED IN FEDERAL OPIOID BUST
As part of a federal indictment, following a four-month investigation, nine Middle Tennessee medical professionals were charged this morning for alleged involvement in illegal opioid prescription and ...
BREAKING: TAZEWELL MAN FOUND GUILTY OF CHILD RAPE
Today, after a two-day trial a Claiborne County jury found Bobby Lovin, of Tazewell, Tennessee, guilty of two counts of rape of a child. Claiborne County Criminal Court Judge E. Shayne Sexton revoked ...
BILL BANNING HAND-HELD PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING ADVANCES IN STATE HOUSE
The Tennessee House of Representatives has passed legislation that would ban motorists from using hand-held cellphones while driving. Lawmakers voted 53-38 Wednesday after lengthy debate. Supporters ...











