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Vols Historic Baseball Season Ends Sunday
Sunday afternoon the #1 Tennessee Vols took on Notre Dame in Game 3 to determine which team will punch their ticket to the College World Series in Omaha. Tennessee started hot with Luc Lipcius sending...
Paxton Elmore Jun 13, 2022
CDC Reports One Death In Tennessee Due To Salmonella Outbreak Traced To Backyard Poultry
The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention says 6 people have gotten sick and one person has died from Salmonella in Tennessee after coming into contact with backyard poultry. In Early June, a tot...
Jun 11, 2022
FBI Investigating After Noose Found At Y-12 Facility In Oak Ridge, TN
An extensive internal investigation is underway at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge after an employee discovered a noose in a part of the building under construction. A Y-12 spokesperso...
Ronni Chase Jun 11, 2022
Cumb. Co. Rescue Squad, Cumb. Co. Fire Dept. and Cumb. Co. EMA Respond Mutual Aid To Injured Hiker In Virgin Falls State Park
(The following is based on a Facebook post by Charlie D. Tollison Assistant Chief Sparta-White Rescue, TARS State VP. Special thanks to Dustin Burgess 1st Lieutenant Cumberland County Rescue Squad for...
Ronni Chase Jun 11, 2022
Perry And Giles County, TN Sheriff's Offices Warning Public Not To Pick Up Found Folded Money, Possibly Contaminated With Fentanyl Or Meth
At least two Sheriff's Offices in Middle Tennessee are warning the public not to pick up folded money found on the ground or the floor of a business because it could be contaminated with deadly drugs....
Jun 11, 2022
Missing Former Jamestown Mayor Found Deceased At Campsite In Big South Fork
The search for a missing Jamestown man has come to a tragic end. Former Jamestown Mayor Lyndon Bill Baines, age 58, was last seen leaving his home in the West Briar Avenue area of Jamestown at approxi...
Ronni Chase Jun 10, 2022
Crossville Fire Rescue, Cumberland County Fire Department and Cumberland County Rescue Squad Respond To Bledsoe County Early Friday Morning After Car Drives Off 100FT Bluff
Crossville Fire Rescue, Cumberland County Fire Department and Cumberland County Rescue Squad personnel responded mutual aid to the Lowes Gap Road area in remote Bledsoe County at approximately 2:30am ...
Ronni Chase Jun 10, 2022
TN Sales Tax Holiday On Clothing, Computers And School Supplies July 29-July 31, 2022
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...
Jun 10, 2022
Nine Indicted Following Multi-Agency Meth Investigation In Upper Cumberland Area
TBI Press Release: DEKALB COUNTY - An ongoing drug investigation by special agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, with the assistance of multiple additi...
Jun 10, 2022
Report Ranks Crossville #71 Most Expensive City In Tennessee
(Submitted Jeff Barnes) According to a recently released report called the: 2022 State by State Bill Pay Market report, among other things, the report found that Tennessee is the #37 most expensive st...
Jun 09, 2022