Category Archives: Local News
2020 Deer Archery Hunting Season Opens September 26
The 2020 deer archery-only hunting season opens statewide in Tennessee on Saturday, Sept. 26. The archery-only season dates are the same statewide Sept. 26-Oct. 30 and Nov. 2-6. You can use archery eq...
Sep 26, 2020
Cumb. Co. I-40 At Daddy's Creek Bridge Reduced To One Lane
CUMBERLAND COUNTY I-40 Resurfacing from the SR-101 ramp (MM 321) to east of SR-1 (US-70) (MM 329): Beginning Friday night September 25th thru Thursday October 1, 2020, I-40 at Daddy’s Creek Brid...
Sep 25, 2020
Cumb. Co. Unemployment Rate Falls 1.5 Percent For August 2020
Cumberland County’s August unemployment rate fell 7.2 percent, down 1.5 percent from July’s rate. That is still 3.1 percent higher than the August 2019. Unemployment rates decreased in 94 ...
Sep 25, 2020
Tennessee Releases Data Showing Significant Learning Loss Among K-12 Students
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Tennessee Department of Education released estimated data regarding learning loss for Tennessee students resulting from COVID-19 school closures through the summer ...
Sep 25, 2020
Pac-12 football to kick off in fall
The Pac-12 on Thursday set a Nov. 6 start date for a six-game football regular season, following the Big Ten in overturning its August decision to postpone until spring because of concerns about playi...
Sep 25, 2020
Panthers and Jets Have Home Games Friday Night
Friday, September 25, the Panthers and Jets have home games on the schedule. SMHS will host Kingston. The action begins at 6:30 and live coverage will air on Mix 99.3 and listen online at www.mix993.c...
Sep 25, 2020
Vols Play Gamecocks In S.C. Saturday
The Vols ppen the season with a road trip to South Carolina to play the Gamecocks on Saturday, September 26. WVLT reports that Saturday’s game marks the first opening game the Vols have played a...
Sep 25, 2020
TDH Issues Scam Alert
SCAM ALERT: Tennessee residents are being warned that the Tennessee Department of Health’s main telephone number and some county health department numbers have been spoofed. As a reminder, Healt...
Sep 25, 2020
TN COVID-19 Case Count For Thursday, September 24, 2020
The total COVID-19 case count for Tennessee is 187,544 as of Thursday, September 24, 2020 (up 835 from Wednesday) including 2,310 deaths (up 35), 708 current hospitalizations (down 86) and 171,153 rec...
Sep 25, 2020
Judge won't halt Tennessee ban on giving out mail vote form
A federal judge will not block a Tennessee law that makes it a felony for anyone other than election officials to distribute absentee ballot applications. The decision by U.S. District Judge Eli Richa...
Sep 25, 2020