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Putnam County Jail Addition Expansion Project Remains On-Track
Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris recently gave an update on the jail addition expansion project. Sheriff Farris said this new addition will add approximately 500 new beds giving the Putnam County ja...
Jan 01, 2023
Cumberland County TN Students Return To School Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Cumberland County students return to school on Wednesday, January 4. Tuesday, January 3 is an Administrative Day with no students present. The next break for students comes on Monday, January 16, 2023...
Jan 01, 2023
Morristown Fisherman Dies After Falling Into Cherokee Lake
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reports that an East Tennessee fisherman died Saturday morning after falling from his boat into Cherokee Lake. Jeremy Gene Kene, 47, of Morristown, was fishing ...
Jan 01, 2023
#6 Tennessee Volunteers Win The Orange Bowl!
The 6th ranked Tennessee Volunteers faced off with the 7th ranked Clemson Tigers in the Capitol One Orange Bowl. Coming into this year's Orange Bowl the Vols were 1-3 in this bowl game with their last...
Paxton Elmore Dec 30, 2022
$1,300 Reward For Information Leading To Charges In Puppies Thrown Off Bridge In Morgan County
A Morgan County animal shelter is offering a $1,300 reward for information leading to charges after six puppies were thrown off a bridge in Sunbright, Tennessee on Christmas Day. The reward, which sta...
Dec 30, 2022
TWRA Requests Public Input on Proposed Chronic Wasting Disease Strategic Plan
A 30-day public comment period is now open for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's new five-year chronic wasting disease (CWD) strategic plan. Hunters have an important role in helping manage CW...
Dec 30, 2022
McCoy Family Memorial Fund At First National Bank of Tennessee
A Memorial Fund Account has been set up at First National Bank of Tennessee for the McCoy Family who tragically lost six family members in an early morning house fire on December 26, 2022 (in Cumberla...
Dec 30, 2022
Human Remains Found In Putnam County Believed To Be Missing Person, Perry Isaac Bowman
Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris has announced that skeletal remains found Wednesday (12/28/2022) are likely those of 35-year-old Perry Isaac Bowman of Baxter. Mr. Bowman was reported missing on Dec...
Dec 29, 2022
Body Scanner Screening Required At All TDOC Facilities
Beginning January 2023, the Tennessee Department of Correction will require every person entering a TDOC prison to be screened by a full body scanner. The scanners will allow security staff to identif...
Dec 29, 2022
TN Winter Storm Death Toll Now 8
The Tennessee Department of Health has confirmed 8 weather-related fatalities due to the recent winter storm. Six people, 4 adults and 2 children, died in a house fire in Cumberland County early Monda...
Dec 29, 2022