Category Archives: Local News
TN COVID-19 Case Count For Sunday, December 6. 2020
The total COVID-19 case count for Tennessee is 400,594 as of Sunday, December 6, 2020 (up 12,342 from Thursday) including 4,943 deaths (up 162 from Thursday) , 2,504 current hospitalizations (up 39 fr...
Dec 06, 2020
Cumb. Co. Schools COVID-19 Data For December 4, 2020
Cumberland County Schools COVID-19 data as of Friday, December 4, 2020:-23 positive active student cases-17 positive active staff cases-178 total students quarantined due to being determined to have h...
Dec 06, 2020
Gov. Lee Authorizes National Guard To Fill Nursing Roles, Drive Ambulances
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has authorized medically trained National Guard members to fill nursing roles, drive ambulances and perform coronavirus testing for overstretched hospitals. The Republican?s ex...
Dec 06, 2020
Chattanooga Librarian Accused Of Burning Conservative Books
A Chattanooga Public Library employee has been placed on leave after he was accused of burning library books by conservative authors. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports an Instagram video showed...
Dec 06, 2020
Crossville Man Victim in Burglary
According to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office a Crossville man reported one afternoon he left to go to a doctors appointment and left the front door unlocked because he nieces were in thei...
Dec 04, 2020
Trailer & Equipment Stolen from Cumberland Trails Conference
Officers with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office stated the spoke with an employee of Cumberland Trails Conference and stated a trailer and a "ditch witch" was missing. The employe...
Dec 04, 2020
School board takes steps to address bus driver shortage
During the regular meeting of the Cumberland County Board of Education, board members approved an agreement with an employment agency to provide temporary bus drivers in hopes of recruiting permanent ...
Dec 04, 2020
BOE approves cheerleader trip to Florida
In a 6-2 vote, the Cumberland County Board of Education gave reluctant approval to a request by the CCHS cheerleaders to travel to Disney World in February, despite possible risks. Several board membe...
Dec 04, 2020
TN Sets New Daily Records Thursday For COVID-19 Deaths And Positivity Rate
Tennessee set a new daily record for coronavirus fatalities with 93 new deaths on Thursday, including the death of a child and also a new daily COVID-19 positivity record on Thursday of nearly 20 perc...
Dec 04, 2020
Tennessee inmate's execution put on hold due to COVID-19
The Tennessee Supreme Court has indefinitely postponed the execution of death row inmate Byron Black "because of the multiple issues caused by the continuing COVID-19 pandemic." Black was co...
Dec 04, 2020