Category Archives: Local News
Tennessee lawmakers advance 6-week abortion ban
Amid nationwide unrest and a global pandemic that wrecked the state budget, Tennessee lawmakers wrapped up a legislative session by advancing an anti-abortion proposal that includes some of the strict...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 19, 2020
Coal ash landfill plans put on hold at Tennessee plant
A federal utility is putting plans on hold to build a dry coal ash landfill at a Tennessee power plant. The Tennessee Valley Authority says it is withdrawing applications for permits for the proposed ...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 19, 2020
Body of Oliver Springs officer found in Clinch River
A body found in an SUV pulled from Clinch River on Thursday has been identified as Oliver Springs police officer James Perkins. His vehicle was discovered in the river behind the Food City Plaza in Ki...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 19, 2020
Financial Assistance Available for Families That Qualify for Free and Reduced School Lunches
Tennessee families are now eligible to receive financial support for their children’s nutritional needs through the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program. The program will provide...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 19, 2020
Spring Ends, Summer Begins On Saturday, June 20, 2020
This Saturday, June 20, 2020 will be the last day of spring and the first day of summer. The summer solstice will occur at 4:43 p.m. CT on Saturday, June 20. The solstice occurs when the sun is direct...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 19, 2020
Tennessee unemployment rate falls in May after record April
Tennessee’s jobless rate in May fell compared with a record increase the month before, as more than 300,000 people continued to receive unemployment payouts during the new coronavirus outbreak. ...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 19, 2020
Tennessee leader: Lawmakers reach budget deal, aim to finish
A legislative leader says Tennessee lawmakers have struck a deal on a state spending plan hampered by the coronavirus economic downturn and are looking to wrap up their session. Republican Senate Majo...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 19, 2020
Lee to sign Juneteenth proclamation
Gov. Bill Lee has announced Tennessee will soon recognize Juneteenth, the cultural holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved black people in the United States. Lee said Thursday that he would...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 19, 2020
Morgan Co. Records 1st COVID-19 Death, White Co. Records 2nd And Cumb. Co. Its 3rd This Week
In a week that saw Cumberland County’s COVID-19 death toll rise to 3, neighboring Morgan County recorded its first death to the novel coronavirus and White County recorded its second death. Morg...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 19, 2020
Tennesseans Aid In Western Wildfires
Firefighters with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Division of Forestry deployed this week to help fight fires affecting the western United States. Twenty highly trained forestry person...
Ciphertek Systems Jun 18, 2020