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The Cumberland Plateau Water Authority met for their July meeting on Monday. The authority is planning a 1-day summit for August to meet with area water districts and for a strategic planning session....

One worker is dead after a 10-foot-deep trench collapsed in South Knox County. It happened around Noon on Monday (7/10/23). Workers were installing a waterline along Berry Road when the trench caved i...

Former Tennessee State Senator Roy Herron died Sunday (7/9/2023) after he was seriously injured in a jet ski accident on July 1 on Kentucky Lake. He was 69. In 1986, Herron was elected to the State Ho...

A Tennessee Avenue man found a gun while weed eating his grass. Crossville Police were dispatched to the residence on Sunday where the homeowner told them he found the .38 caliber firearm on his lawn ...

An 80-year-old Crossville woman has lost $700 in a gift card scam. Crossville Police responded to a call Friday from the woman's daughter who said she thought her mother was being scammed. At the time...

The Fentress County Sheriff's Department has partnered with the Regional Overdose Prevention Specialist in becoming the first county to be a part of the "Leave Behind Program". This program offers Law...

For the third time in the last four years, Tennessee baseball had a player selected in the first round of the MLB Draft, as pitcher Chase Dollander was taken with the No. 9 overall pick by the Colorad...

Tennessee standout Rickea Jackson scored a game-high 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds, but it wasn't enough as the USA dropped the FIBA AmeriCup gold medal game to a veteran Brazil squad, 69-58, o...

At least one person was injured in a boat fire at Edgar Evins Marina over the weekend. DeKalb County Fire Department and Smithville-DeKalb County Rescue Squad were dispatched to the marina Friday nigh...

The price of first-class mail stamps rose by 3 cents on Sunday (7/9/23) to 66 cents. Metered 1-ounce letters now cost 63 cents, up from 60 cents; domestic post cards went up from $0.48 to $0.51, and i...