Category Archives: (WOWF 102.5 WOW COUNTRY) Local News
Gov. Lee Extends Executive Order Restricting TSSAA Sports Attendance
Governor Bill Lee has issued an Executive Order to extend the restrictions pertaining to TSSAA sporting events attendance. Large scale attendance by spectators and students will continue to be banned ...
Ronni Chase Jan 19, 2021
Gov. Lee Pushes For Teacher Raises And Phonics
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee wants to give a pay raise to every teacher in Tennessee and is proposing to increase the salary component of the funding formula by 4%. In his address to the General Assemb...
Ronni Chase Jan 19, 2021
Cumberland County’s COVID-19 Deaths At 73
Cumberland County's death toll rose to 73 on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. Positive cases went up by 21 to 5,421. Hospitalizations are 111. Active cases fell by 81 to 548. Putnam County reports 140 COVID...
Ronni Chase Jan 19, 2021
Multi-Agency Drug Investigation Results In Arrests In Putnam County
(Susan Niland,Public Information Officer,Tennessee Bureau of Investigation) Press Release: PUTNAM COUNTY - A joint investigation by Special Agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee...
Ronni Chase Jan 19, 2021
Putnam County Sheriff Says Price Of Illicit Drugs Has Gone Up Due To Pandemic
(Putnam Co. Sheriff Facebook page/Peg Broadcasting News) Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris says the price of illegal drugs has gone up due to the pandemic. Speaking in reference to the arrest of a Mo...
Ronni Chase Jan 18, 2021
UT Says It Won’t Have To Pay $12 Million Owed Jeremy Pruitt
(WVLT/Peg Broadcasting News) Jeremy Pruitt was fired as UT's head coach on Monday after an investigation into potential recruiting violations. Because Pruitt was fired "for cause", UT says it will not...
Ronni Chase Jan 18, 2021
TN COVID-19 Data For Monday, January 18, 2021
The total COVID-19 case count for Tennessee is 687,751 as of Monday, January 18, 2021 (up 2,430 from Sunday) including 8,430 deaths (up 39); 2,660 current hospitalizations (down 39) and 614,720 inacti...
Ronni Chase Jan 18, 2021
Jeremy Pruitt Fired As UT Head Football Coach/Phillip Fulmer Retiring As Athletic Director
(WVLT/Peg Broadcasting News) Jeremy Pruitt has been fired as UT's head football coach, WVLT reports. The decision comes after a weeks-long investigation into potential recruiting violations. Pruitt wa...
Ronni Chase Jan 18, 2021
AAA: TN Gas Prices Up Five Cents
(AAA/Peg Broadcasting News) The Tennessee gas price average has increased for two consecutive weeks, up five cents over last week. The Tennessee Gas Price average is now $2.19 which is 22 cents more t...
Ronni Chase Jan 18, 2021
Missing Boater Recovered At Chickamauga Reservior
On Sunday, crews searching the Chickamauga Reservior recovered the body of missing boater, Theresa Parker of Hamilton County around 2:30 p.m. Eastern time. The search began Friday, January 15 when Par...
Ronni Chase Jan 17, 2021