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Morgan County: 8-year-old Boy recovering from accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound
An 8-year-old Morgan County boy is recovering after he accidentally shot himself last weekend. According to a press release from 9th Judicial District Attorney General Russell Johnson, shortly after 7...
Sep 10, 2023
Cumberland County Sheriff's Office Investigates Two Deaths
9:53pm 9/10/2023 Sgt. Gary Howard, Public Information Officer Press Release: September 10, 2023 - Crossville, Tennessee- The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is actively investigating the unexplaine...
Sep 10, 2023
High School Football
The Stone Memorial High School Panthers, the 6th ranked team in the state in the latest Associated Press State Top 10 in Class 4A, traveled to White County for a Region game on Friday. SMHS recorded a...
Sep 08, 2023
THSO Announces $28 Million in Federal Grant Funds
On Thursday, Sept. 7, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) announced $28.5 million in federal grant funds to be distributed statewide from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHT...
Paxton Elmore Sep 07, 2023
TDEC Issues Precautionary Fish Consumption Advisory For Largemouth Bass on Fall Creek Falls Lake
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today issued a precautionary fish consumption advisory for largemouth bass due to mercury on Fall Creek Falls Lake in Van Buren County. ...
Paxton Elmore Sep 07, 2023
Cumberland County Homicide Victim Identified Nearly 4 Decades After His Killer Convicted
Skeletal remains found in 1983 in Cumberland County have been identified as a result of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Unidentified Human Remains DNA Initiative. On August 26, 1983, skeletal re...
Sep 06, 2023
High School Football
The Stone Memorial High School Panthers moved up to number 6 in the state in this week's Associated Press State Top 10 in Class 4A. Two other Region teams are in the top 10 with Upperman number 4 and ...
Sep 06, 2023
Woman Charged with Elder Abuse after Break-In Ocurring in Knoxville
In a news report, reported by Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey from WVLT out of Knoxville, A woman has been charged with elder abuse after breaking into a Knoxville home Friday, according to a police report obt...
Paxton Elmore Sep 05, 2023
Speaker Sexton Appoints Cumberland County 911 Director Eric Ritzman to State's Emergency Communications Board
Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) announced he has appointed Eric Ritzman to the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board (TECB). The nine-member board within the Tennessee Departm...
Sep 05, 2023
Multi-Agency Crews Rescue Injured Hiker From Glade Creek Area Labor Day Weekend
A multi-county effort lead to the rescue of an injured hiker in White County over Labor Day weekend. According to a post on the White County Firefighters Association's Facebook page, around 4:30 Satur...
Sep 04, 2023