Category Archives: (WOWF 102.5 WOW COUNTRY) Local News
April Unemployment Rate Highlights State's Economic Recovery
(tn.gov/Peg Broadcasting News) Tennessee's statewide unemployment rate for April 2021 decreased by double digits when compared to data from the previous year. In April 2020, the state's jobless rate r...
Ronni Chase May 20, 2021
Tennessee Will Not Receive 2020 County Population Data Until September 2021
(TN Comptroller/Peg Broadcasting News) Due to delays from the U.S. Census Bureau, Tennessee will not receive its 2020 county-level population data until September 2021. The statutory deadline to compl...
Ronni Chase May 20, 2021
Crossville Woman Arrested After Police Deploy Spike Strips on I-40
A Crossville woman faces multiple charges after she reportedly led police on a lengthy chase. According to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, a deputy observed a Mazda 6 with an expired registrat...
Ronni Chase May 20, 2021
Car Stolen From Lawson Road Driveway
A Crossville man reports the theft of a 2000 BMW 323 from his driveway on Lawson Road. The victim told the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office that he had washed his car and went inside to sleep. He ha...
Ronni Chase May 20, 2021
Crossville city council proposes a fifteen-cent property tax hike
The Crossville City Council, in special session on Tuesday, approved the second reading of the 2021-22 budget and tax rate in title only. Mayor James Mayberry proposed a fifteen-cent increase in prope...
Ronni Chase May 19, 2021
City to auction property on Sparta Highway
During a special called session of the Crossville City Council, council members approved a motion to seek requests for proposal for an auctioneer to dispose of property at 1140 Sparta Highway. The lan...
Ronni Chase May 19, 2021
To-go Orders of Alcoholic Beverages and Beer Authorized Until July 1, 2023 In Tennessee
Persons and entities that are licensed to sell beer and alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises are now allowed to sell to-go orders of such beverages until July 1, 2023 in Tennessee if said b...
Ronni Chase May 18, 2021
Search For Missing Hiker In Rhea County Continues, Volunteers No Longer Needed
It has been more than a week since a North Carolina hiker went missing in the Pocket Wilderness area of Rhea County and the search continues. However, the Rhea County Sheriff's Department no longer ne...
May 18, 2021
Volkswagen Chattanooga Suspends Production For Two Weeks Due To Global Shortage of Semiconductors
Volkswagen Chattanooga has announced that it will suspend production for two weeks due to a global short of semiconductors. The plant will stop producing vehicles during the weeks of June 7 and June 1...
Ronni Chase May 18, 2021
Morgan County To Receive Grant Under Volkswagen Settlement Environmental Mitigation Trust
(TDEC/Peg Broadcasting News) Morgan County will receive grant funding to replace class 4-7 local freight trucks (medium trucks) and class 8 local freight trucks (large trucks) across the state. The to...
Ronni Chase May 18, 2021