WRONG WAY DRIVER KILLS MOTORCYCLIST ALONG I40 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
East Bound Interstate 40 was closed most of the night after a truck managed to get onto the eastbound lane heading west Wednesday night. The truck then struck a motorcycle head-on at the 336.8-mile m ...
KINGSTON CITY COUNCIL PASSES BUDGET, APPROVES POLICE FLOCK CAMERAS
The Kingston City Council met Tuesday evening for their regular session, where they successfully passed their budget and the water and sewer budget for the next year on the first reading, both without ...
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION FAILS TO BAN WOMEN PREACHERS
61 percent of the Southern Baptist Convention members voted to ban women pastors Wednesday but that wasn’t enough. The SBC amendment required two-thirds, or 66 percent, to pass. The motion stated the ...
GIBSON COUNTY TENNESSEE SHERIFF INDICTED
A Gibson County sheriff has been indicted on various counts after an investigation found he profited from the labor and care of Tennessee inmates. A report from the Tennessee Comptroller's Office ...
7TH GRADERS ACCUSED OF STEALING TEACHER’S CAR WILL FACE CHARGES
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Two middle schoolers accused of stealing a teacher's car Tuesday will face charges in juvenile court, Metro Police say. Police say the 12-year-old students from Two Rivers ...
TN/KY ATTORNEY GENERALS SEEK TO BLOCK BIDEN’S NEW TITLE IX RULE IMPLEMENTING GENDER IDEOLOGY
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman urged a federal judge in Lexington, Kentucky to block the Department of Education’s radical new Title IX rule ...
HWY 127 S CLOSED AT PARK TRACE DR DUE TO WRECK IN CUMBERLAND CO
A two vehicle wreck on Hwy 127 South and Park Trace Drive in Cumberland Co. has the Hwy closed in both directions. Motorists need to seek an alternate route. Photo courtesy of Dale G.
CREDIT CARD SKIMMERS FOUND AT COOKEVILLE BUSINESSES
At 8:01 PM on June 10, 2024, Cookeville Police Department officers responded to Walmart at 768 S Jefferson Avenue in reference to a credit card skimmer being located on one of their self-check out cre ...
COMMENTS SOUGHT ON PROPOSED GAS PIPELINE TO SERVE KINGSTON TVA COMPLEX
A Tennessee natural gas company has proposed a 122-mile pipeline stretching across 8 Tennessee counties including five local Tennessee counties: Putnam, Overton, Fentress, Morgan and Roane counties. ...
TWO BLOUNT COUNTY DEPUTIES SHOT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
A suspect is in custody after two Blount County Sheriff’s Office deputies were shot responding to a domestic call in Rockford Tuesday afternoon, according to Marian O’Briant with the sheriff’s office. ...
SVEC PLANNED OUTAGES TODAY IN CUMBERLAND/BLEDSOE COUNTIES
As a reminder, SVEC is continually working to make system upgrades to enable us to serve our members with the most reliable power possible. SVEC will be conducting a voltage conversion Today, June 12 ...
SEVEN PERCENT RATE INCREASE APPROVED FOR CROSSVILLE WATER CUSTOMERS
The Crossville City Council voted to raise the water rate for city and county customers by seven percent in their meeting Tuesday night. Councilman Shanks made a motion for the rate increase to jus ...











