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Tennessee's Unemployment Rate Holds Steady in the New Year
Tennessee started 2023 with continued low unemployment, according to the latest data released by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). The rate for January 2023 came in at 3.5%, t...
Mar 02, 2023
NWS Confirms EF0 Tornado In Birchwood Community Thursday Morning
The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF0 tornado touched down in the Birchwood community early Thursday morning. EMA officials confirmed "many falling trees and power lines as well as a few s...
Mar 02, 2023
White County Man Charged With Murder
A White County man has been arrested and charged with the murder of an acquaintance and the assault of another following a joint investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the White Co...
Mar 02, 2023
Proposed TN Bill Requires No Helmets For Some Motorcyclists
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it legal for some motorcyclists to ride without a helmet. As introduced, House Bill 0042 creates a four-year pilot program, during which drivers and pa...
Mar 02, 2023
High School Basketball - Region Tournament
The Stone Memorial High School Panthers and the White County High School Warriors met for the fourth time this season Wednesday night at TN Tech. This time around, the Region 4AAA Championship was on ...
Mar 01, 2023
Tennessee's COVID Deaths Down Slightly From Previous Week
Tennessee saw slightly fewer deaths from COVID-19 for the week ending Saturday, February 25, 2023. The statewide coronavirus death toll rose by 54 to 29, 223. Fifty-six COVID-19 deaths were reported a...
Mar 01, 2023
TN Bill Would Require Some Bars To Supply Narcan
Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill that would make some bars supply Narcan at their own expense. As introduced, SB 0200 "requires establishments that have gross sales of alcoholic beverages of...
Mar 01, 2023
Crossville Businessman, Bob Mitchell, of Mitchell's Drug Store, Passes Away At 93
Longtime Crossville businessman, James Robert "Bob" Mitchell, age 93, has passed away. Bob Mitchell began working with his Uncle Joe Mitchell as a pharmacist at Mitchell's Drug Store on Main Street, C...
Mar 01, 2023
TN Firing Squad Bill Passes House Criminal Justice Committee
A bill that would allow Tennessee inmates on death row to choose to be executed by firing squad has passed the House Criminal Justice Committee and is headed to the Finance, Ways, and Means Committee....
Mar 01, 2023
#12 Tennessee Dominates Arkansas on Senior Night, 75-57
It was Senior Night on Rocky Top as the #12 Tennessee Volunteers hosted the Arkansas Razorbacks on Tuesday night. It was all Tennessee from start to finish as the Volunteers defeated the Razorbacks wi...
Paxton Elmore Mar 01, 2023