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New Tennessee Laws Will Take Effect on July 1st
According to WVLT, numerous new Tennessee Laws will take into effect on Thursday July 1st. These laws include. Evelyn Boswell's Law The bill would require parents to report their child missing within ...
Paxton Elmore Jun 30, 2021
Great Smokey Mountains Creates $1.38 Billion in Economic Benefits
According to WVLT, A new National Park Service report shows that tourism to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2020 created a cumulative $1.38 billion benefit to the local economy. The park lo...
Paxton Elmore Jun 29, 2021
Tennessee Suspending Lane Closures During the Holiday Weekend
According to WATE, Officials report that Tennessee plans to suspend construction-related lane closures on interstates and state routes during the Fourth of July holiday weekend to reduce traffic delay...
Paxton Elmore Jun 29, 2021
State of Tennessee Sending Millions of Vaccine Doses Back
According to WVLT, The Tennessee Department of Health has sent back three million doses of vaccine to the federal government as the state struggles to overcome vaccine hesitancy. Due to a lower demand...
Paxton Elmore Jun 29, 2021
Cumb. Co. Convenience Centers Closed Monday, July 5, 2021
All Cumberland County Convenience Centers will be Closed on Monday, July 5, 2021 in observance of July 4th.
Ronni Chase Jun 28, 2021
Lady Jet Basketball Under New Leadership
The administration at Cumberland County High School is extremely excited to announce that Coach Kim Cram-Torres will be taking over the Lady Jet Basketball program as the Head Coach. This past season ...
Jun 28, 2021
Suspect in double homicide found competent to stand trial
The Crossville Chronicle reports that Criminal Court Judge Gary McKenzie has ruled that Warren John Nostrom is competent to stand trial. Nostrom, age 75, was charged in the shooting death of his estra...
Jun 27, 2021
Signal Mountain Hiker Rescued Sunday Morning
An injured hiker was rescued early Sunday morning from the Prentice Cooper/Rainbow Lake area of Signal Mountain. Rescuers were called out Saturday afternoon. Due to the steep and rugged trail, it repo...
Ronni Chase Jun 27, 2021
Man Lying In Big Lick Cemetery Charged With Assaulting First Responder
A suspicious man reported lying in Big Lick Cemetery has been charged with assaulting a First Responder. The man, later identified as 43-year-old Ted Wayne Carroll, of Hohenwalde, Tennessee, gave a fa...
Ronni Chase Jun 25, 2021
Portland, TN Man Dies In Putnam County Crash Thursday Morning
A Portland, Tennessee man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on I-40 West in Putnam County on Thursday morning. According to the THP, around 8:30am Christopher Mooneyhan, age 54, was driving a tracto...
Ronni Chase Jun 24, 2021