
MORGAN CO. MOSSY GROVE HWY 27 REOPENED
UPDATE: Highway 27 is open once again, but with delays due to a flagger redirecting traffic. ORIGINAL STORY: In Morgan County Highway 27 is closed in the Mossy Grove area due to some utility ...

HORMEL ISSUES RECALL ON DINTY MOORE BEEF STEW FOR WOOD CONTAMINATION
WASHINGTON, May 28, 2025 – Hormel Foods Corporation, a Tucker, Ga. establishment, is recalling approximately 256,185 pounds of canned beef stew product that may be contaminated with foreign material, ...

PLANNED POWER OUTAGE AT ROCKWOOD PRIMARY SUBSTATION (JUNE 4TH AT 12 A.M.)
From Rockwood Electric Utility: We would like to inform you of a planned power outage scheduled for June 4th at 12:00 AM at the Rockwood Substation. During recent severe weather, we identified ...

CRASH ON I-40 NEAR OZONE
On May 30, 2025, at 10:51 AM, a multi-vehicle crash occurred on Interstate 40 Eastbound in Cumberland County at Mile Marker 335, near the Ozone area. According to the available information, no lanes w ...

T.H.P. IS RESPONDING TO TORNADO DAMAGE IN SWEETWATER
Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) is responding to potential tornado damage in Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee. Several homes were affected, with a camper overturned, insulation tangled in fences, a ...

POWER OUTAGE IN RHEA COUNTY (RESOLVED)
UPDATE: The Power Outage seems to have been resolved. ORIGINAL STORY: The Volunteer Energy Cooperative Outage Map is reporting an outage in Rhea County in the area of State Routes 68 and 302. ...

WEEKLY EAST TENNESSEE CONSTRUCTION REPORT (MAY 29 – JUNE 4)
BLOUNT COUNTY, SR 162 Pellissippi Parkway between Cusick Road and SR 33: SR 162 is reduced from two lanes to one through this project as construction crews perform bridge work in this area. Motorists ...

ROADWAY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR LOWER EAST AND UPPER CUMBERLAND (MAY 29 – JUNE 4)
DISTRICT 27 CLAY, CUMBERLAND, DEKALB, PICKETT, PUTNAM, AND WHITE COUNTY The ADA curb ramp upgrades ...

MOCK RESCUE EXERCISE CONDUCTED AT FALL CREEK FALLS
From Beldsoe County Emergency Management: In collaboration with VanBuren EMA, Fall Creek Falls State Park, TEMA, and TN-HART (Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team), we attended and observed a mock rescue ...

EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPOND TO TWO CRASHES IN WHITE COUNTY
Originally reported by Sparta Live, a head-on collision occurred near 7283 Crossville Highway yesterday at around 2:30 p.m., prompting a response from multiple emergency services, including the Tennes ...

LOUDON SHERIFF’S OFFICE RESPONDS TO POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
TORNADO UPDATE: Deputies and dozens of other first responders are on scene in the Philadelphia area near Holt Road and Stockton Valley following reports of a tornado touchdown. Multiple injurie ...

CONVICTED CHILD KILLER SHAWN GRELL DIED IN PRISON LAST MONTH
Shawn Ryan Grell, a 50-year-old man convicted of murdering his 2-year-old daughter in 1999, died in a Tucson prison on April 19. Grell had doused his daughter with gasoline and set her on fire in a de ...