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Lady Vol Basketball - Transfer Avery Strickland Signs With Tennessee
The Ace is coming home! The Farragut High School graduate has transferred to the University of Tennessee for lady Vols basketball. Tennessee women's basketball head coach Kellie Harper confirmed Thurs...
Paxton Elmore Apr 20, 2023
Unemployment Across Tennessee Decreases in March
New data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) showed the statewide preliminary unemployment rate for March decreased to 3.4% after the statistic has held steady at 3.5% for t...
Apr 20, 2023
Former Putnam County Teacher Under Investigation
(PCSO Press Release) On Wednesday, April 19, 2023, Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris confirmed that there is an open and active investigation of a former Putnam County teacher. A school official noti...
Apr 20, 2023
Body Of Missing Person Found In Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The body of a missing person was found Sunday, April 16, 2023 at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The deceased was discovered near the Low Gap Trail in Cosby, Tennessee. The person is believed...
Apr 20, 2023
VOLeaders Academy Class of 2023-24 Announced
Tennessee Athletics recently announced its VOLeaders Academy Class of 2023-24. The program once again will be split into two cohorts that participate simultaneously. The ninth annual collection of VOL...
Paxton Elmore Apr 20, 2023
SPARTA MAN CHARGED IN JACKSON COUNTY MOTEL FIRE
(TBI Press Release, photo submitted) An investigation by special agent fire investigators with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation into a motel fire last year in Bloomington Springs has resulted in ...
Apr 20, 2023
GAINESBORO MAN INDICTED ON ARSON CHARGE
(TBI Press Release, photo submitted) JACKSON COUNTY - An investigation by special agent fire investigators with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation into a residential fire in Jackson County has resu...
Apr 20, 2023
NWS: Fire Weather Watch Late Thursday Morning Through Thursday Evening For All of Middle Tennessee
The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch for all of Middle Tennessee, including Cumberland County, from late Thursday morning (4/20/2023) through Thursday evening due to dry, windy...
Apr 19, 2023
Cumberland County Reports Two More COVID-19 Deaths
Cumberland County's reported two more coronavirus deaths bringing the death toll to 352 on Saturday, April 15, 2023. The county's positive cases went up 203 in a week's time for a total since pandemic...
Apr 19, 2023
#4 Lady Vols Defeat Kennesaw State, 7-2
McKenna Gibson hit her fifth home run in as many games Tuesday night as the third-ranked Lady Vols took down Kennesaw State, 7-3, at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. Tennessee (35-5) used the long ball to d...
Paxton Elmore Apr 19, 2023