Category Archives: (WOWF 102.5 WOW COUNTRY) Local News
Coffey-McNally Building Temporarily Closed At Roane State’s Oak Ridge Branch
Due to a recent increase in self-reported COVID-19 cases on the Oak Ridge Branch Campus of Roane State, the Coffey-McNally Building will be closed temporarily as a precautionary measure. The building ...
Ronni Chase Jan 20, 2021
Increase in Boating Traffic, Incidents Reported by TWRA Officials in 2020
(TWRA) After a record-low year of eight boating-fatalities in 2019, the most boating-related fatalities in 37 years with 32 occurred on Tennessee waters in 2020, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Re...
Ronni Chase Jan 20, 2021
High School Basketball
The SMHS teams traveled to Cookeville Tuesday night for District games. In action aired live on Mix 99.3 the Lady Panthers suffered their first District loss of the season and had their 14 game winnin...
Jan 20, 2021
Cumberland County Commission
The Cumberland County Commission met in regular session Tuesday by electronic means. Resolutions approved included the acceptance of the 2021 Cumberland County Road List. The list includes 1,752 roads...
Ronni Chase Jan 20, 2021
Cumberland County’s COVID-19 Deaths At 73
Cumberland County's death toll rose to 73 on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. Positive cases went up by 21 to 5,421. Hospitalizations are 111. Active cases fell by 81 to 548. Putnam County reports 140 COVID...
Ronni Chase Jan 19, 2021
Gov. Lee Extends Executive Order Restricting TSSAA Sports Attendance
Governor Bill Lee has issued an Executive Order to extend the restrictions pertaining to TSSAA sporting events attendance. Large scale attendance by spectators and students will continue to be banned ...
Ronni Chase Jan 19, 2021
Gov. Lee Pushes For Teacher Raises And Phonics
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee wants to give a pay raise to every teacher in Tennessee and is proposing to increase the salary component of the funding formula by 4%. In his address to the General Assemb...
Ronni Chase Jan 19, 2021
Multi-Agency Drug Investigation Results In Arrests In Putnam County
(Susan Niland,Public Information Officer,Tennessee Bureau of Investigation) Press Release: PUTNAM COUNTY - A joint investigation by Special Agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee...
Ronni Chase Jan 19, 2021
UT Says It Won’t Have To Pay $12 Million Owed Jeremy Pruitt
(WVLT/Peg Broadcasting News) Jeremy Pruitt was fired as UT's head coach on Monday after an investigation into potential recruiting violations. Because Pruitt was fired "for cause", UT says it will not...
Ronni Chase Jan 18, 2021
TN COVID-19 Data For Monday, January 18, 2021
The total COVID-19 case count for Tennessee is 687,751 as of Monday, January 18, 2021 (up 2,430 from Sunday) including 8,430 deaths (up 39); 2,660 current hospitalizations (down 39) and 614,720 inacti...
Ronni Chase Jan 18, 2021