BILL TO BAN HANDHELD DEVICES WHILE DRIVING HEADS TO GOVERNOR’S DESK
Governor Bill Lee gets the final say on whether Tennessee bans the use of handheld devices – including phones – while driving. The State Senate voted 23-7 Tuesday to pass the bill; the House previous ...
STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHUTTERS ITS MEASLES HOTLINE
The Tennessee Department of Health has shut down its measles hotline after about two and a half weeks of operation. It ceased operations at 4:30 Eastern time this afternoon. The hotline had been esta ...
TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS WRAP UP SESSION BY PASSING CONTENTIOUS GUN-PERMIT BILL
Putting the cherry on top of a frenzied final day of their 2019 legislative session, Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to allow concealed carry-only handgun permits that don't require trainin ...
SMALL EARTHQUAKE RATTLED MARYVILLE FRIDAY MORNING
No one has reported feeling it but the U.S. Geological Survey says it really did happen. A 2.0-magnitude earthquake rattled parts of Maryville this morning. We’ll have to take their word for it that t ...
PAIR BUSTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN WAYNE COUNTY, KENTUCKY
While conducting surveillance on a suspected drug house Thursday afternoon, Wayne County, Kentucky, deputies noticed a man and woman leaving the residence in a car. The driver, 33-year-old Dustin R. S ...
FREDERICK COLEMAN: WANTED AND UNWANTED AT THE SAME TIME
Last night, Rockwood police were dispatched to the Evans Heights Apartments for a report of a previously banned person on the premises. When police approached him, 43-year-old Frederick Coleman gave ...
MAY IS OFFICIALLY GRAPE AND WINE APPRECIATION MONTH IN TENNESSEE
It’s official. May is Tennessee Grape and Wine Appreciation Month. Governor Bill Lee issued a proclamation declaring it so. A 2017 agriculture census determined there are 67 wineries and more than 5 ...
KNOXVILLE RECYCLING CENTER FIRE DECLARED “UNDER CONTROL”
Fire officials in North Knoxville have declared the Fort Loudon Waste and Recycling Center fire “under control”; the evacuation order that had been in place since yesterday has been lifted. Knoxville ...
SIZEABLE POT BUST IN RHEA COUNTY WEDNESDAY
Rhea County Sheriff Mike Neal reports the seizure of 55 marijuana plants in various stages of growth from a home on Wolf Creek Road yesterday. Deputies and detectives from the sheriff’s department ex ...
OFF-DUTY CUMBERLAND CO. RESCUE SQUAD MEMBER HIT BY CAR SATURDAY
A member of the Cumberland County Rescue Squad who was on his way to work Saturday night had stopped to assist after a wreck. While conducting traffic control, he was struck by a car. As of yesterday ...
EVASIVE DRIVER CHARGED AFTER SINGLE-VEHICLE ROLLOVER CRASH
THP reports just before 4 Tuesday afternoon, a vehicle traveling east on Black Jack Road in Roane County crossed the center line, ran off the left side of the road, struck a tree, rolled over and land ...
AFTER FOUR-MONTH MANHUNT, POLICE ARREST HIXSON MURDER SUSPECT
Late last night, Chattanooga police announced the arrest of a suspect in the January 11, 2019, murder of 30-year-old Taja Whiteside on the 5800 block of Moody Sawyer Road in Hixson. Police have confi ...
