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Downtown parking matter tabled until next month by Crossville City Council
Due to the absence of the city attorney at Tuesday's Council meeting, the Crossville City Council tabled action on a potential lease for downtown parking. Council is considering an agreement with Dr. ...
Ronni Chase Oct 13, 2021
Chrislee Frantz named Student of the Month by Crossville City Council
Crossville Mayor, James Mayberry, presented the Student of the Month award to Chrislee Frantz during the Tuesday meeting of the council. Chrislee is in Ms. Blake Barnett's kindergarten class at Martin...
Ronni Chase Oct 13, 2021
Memphis Postal Worker Dead After Fatally Shooting Two Other Employees At Sorting Facility
Three people are dead after a postal worker in Memphis fatally shot two other employees at a sorting facility. It happened Tuesday and officials say the shooter is also deceased. Officials have not re...
Ronni Chase Oct 12, 2021
New Curfew For Chattanooga Teens
Teenagers in Chattanooga will have to be at home much earlier after the Chattanooga City Council passed a new curfew ordinance. Seventeen year-olds must now be at home or accompanied by an adult from ...
Ronni Chase Oct 12, 2021
Cumberland County's COVID-19 Deaths Climb By 9, Toll Now 212
Cumberland County's COVID-19 deaths rose by 9 over the Columbus Day holiday weekend and the toll is now 212. Active cases went up by 10 to 344. Statewide, 129 more people died from the coronavirus bri...
Ronni Chase Oct 12, 2021
TDOT Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for SR-136 South Jefferson Avenue Project in Cookeville, Putnam County
On Tuesday, the Tennessee Department of Transportation held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the beginning of the State Route 136/South Jefferson Avenue improvement project in the Cookeville com...
Ronni Chase Oct 12, 2021
TBI Agents Investigating Officer-Involved Shooting in Knoxville
TBI special agents are investigating the circumstances leading to the shooting of a man during an interaction with officers with the Knoxville Police Department on Tuesday morning. The incident occurr...
Ronni Chase Oct 12, 2021
Timber Theft Suspect to Pay Restitution in Bledsoe County
A Pikeville man has been ordered to pay restitution for damages arising from the wrongful taking of timber logs from Bledsoe State Forest. In June, John T. Simmons was charged with theft, trespass, an...
Paxton Elmore Oct 12, 2021
AAA: TN Gas Price Average Jumps to $3.00 per Gallon
For the first time since October 2014 the Tennessee gas price average rose above $3.00 per gallon. Over last week, Tennessee gas prices jumped nearly 12 cents to the most expensive gas price average s...
Ronni Chase Oct 11, 2021
TN National Guard Sgt. Arrested In Nashville Sex Trafficking Operation
A Tennessee National Guard member was arrested during last week's sex trafficking sting in Nashville. Police say Sgt. William Moore solicited sex from a teenage girl and has since been placed on leave...
Ronni Chase Oct 11, 2021