Category Archives: (WOWF 102.5 WOW COUNTRY) Local News
Update: HCSO Reports All Escaped Inmates Now In Custody
Update: All four inmates who escaped from the Silverdale Detention Center in Chattanooga early Saturday morning have been captured. Authorities caught up with two of the inmates shortly after they bro...
Jul 23, 2022
Get Ready For Tennessee's Sales Tax Holidays
Tennessee's traditional sales tax holiday on clothing, school supplies and computers begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 29, 2022, and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 31, 2022. During this time cl...
Ronni Chase Jul 23, 2022
2022 TWRA WMA Big Game Quota Hunt Application Period Deadline Approaching
NASHVILLE --- The July 27 application deadline is approaching for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency 2022 Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Big Game Quota Hunts, the regular elk hunts, youth elk hun...
Jul 22, 2022
Boater Allegedly Shot By Group Of Men Drinking And Firing Guns
WVLT reports that five young men were arrested after they allegedly shot a boater while they were drinking and firing guns on the Holston River. The men were reportedly shooting at a target on the riv...
Jul 22, 2022
"Elvis" Actress Found Dead In Nashville Apartment Thursday Morning
Actress Shonka Dukureh, who recently made her big screen debut as Big Mama Thorton in the movie "Elvis", was found dead in the bedroom of her Nashville apartment Thursday morning. She was 44. One of h...
Jul 21, 2022
Manufacturing Plant Explosion Near Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge Airport Thursday
Officials are investigating Thursday's explosion at a manufacturing plant near the Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge Airport. It happened at Johnson Matthey Catalysts and there were no injuries. Sevierville Fir...
Jul 21, 2022
Update: Morgan County Murder Suspect Caught In Illinois
Update: Christopher Falls was captured in Illinois Thursday afternoon (July 21, 2022) in Illinois. Original story: Authorities are searching for a man charged with the murder of a Morgan County Woman....
Jul 21, 2022
Jobless Numbers Across Tennessee Hold Steady in June
The rate at which people looked for new jobs across Tennessee held steady in June, according to newly released data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). The latest statistic...
Jul 21, 2022
Tennessee National Guard Aircrew Rescues Hiker In GSMNP
A Tennessee Army National Guard medical flight crew responded to an emergency air evacuation mission when a hiker began suffering a life-threatening illness while hiking in the Great Smoky Mountain Na...
Ronni Chase Jul 21, 2022
Cumberland County's COVID-19 Deaths Now 330
Another person has died from COVID-19 in Cumberland County over the past week, bringing the county's coronavirus death toll to 330 as of Saturday, July 16, 2022. Positive cases in Cumberland County gr...
Jul 20, 2022