Author Archives: Ronni Chase

The new State Route 9 bridge over the Clinch River in Anderson County is now open, replacing the old steel truss bridge. Cost for the project was $27.6 million. Officials say drivers will benefit from...

Millard V. Oakely, age 91, and wife J.J. have donated $5 million to Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. It's the largest donation in the university's 180-year history. The Oakleys live in Liv...

After four straight weeks of increases at the pump, gas prices across Tennessee appear to have stabilized. Gas prices, on average, remain the same this week as they did last week. The Tennessee Gas Pr...

The Tennessee Department of Transportation's (TDOT) Nobody Trashes Tennessee announces No Trash November, a month-long statewide initiative encouraging Tennesseans to participate in cleanup events in ...

In the middle of the night Saturday, Tennessee's GOP-controlled General Assembly passed numerous measures to curb COVID-19 protections, but stopped short on threats to ban mask mandates by businesses ...

Don Wells, the father of missing 5-year-old Summer Wells, was arrested Sunday morning for DUI and multiple other charges. The 56-year-old was released on a $5,750 bond, according to Hawkins County She...

The 2021 statewide muzzleloader/archery season for deer opens in Tennessee on Saturday, Nov. 6 and continues through Friday, Nov. 19 in all of Tennessee's deer hunting units, according to the Tennesse...

Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster has announced that the Cumberland County Health Department is currently offering the Pfizer COVID 19 Vaccine and Booster. The Moderna Booster is not available at t...

Cumberland County's active COVID cases fell by 3 from Thursday to 130 on Friday, October 29, 2021. Total positive cases increased by 11 to 11,095 on Friday. Deaths remained the same at 224. Statewide,...

Cumberland County's September unemployment rate dropped to 3.8 percent, down 0.7 percent from August's rate of 4.5 percent. The September 2021 rate is 3.1 percent less than the 2020 rate of 6.9 percen...