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(Putnam Co. Sheriff Facebook page/Peg Broadcasting News) Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris says the price of illegal drugs has gone up due to the pandemic. Speaking in reference to the arrest of a Mo...

(WVLT/Peg Broadcasting News) Jeremy Pruitt has been fired as UT's head football coach, WVLT reports. The decision comes after a weeks-long investigation into potential recruiting violations. Pruitt wa...

(AAA/Peg Broadcasting News) The Tennessee gas price average has increased for two consecutive weeks, up five cents over last week. The Tennessee Gas Price average is now $2.19 which is 22 cents more t...

On Sunday, crews searching the Chickamauga Reservior recovered the body of missing boater, Theresa Parker of Hamilton County around 2:30 p.m. Eastern time. The search began Friday, January 15 when Par...

A Tennessee Department of Corrections employee found himself behind bars after he allegedly tried to bring contraband into the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution. According to reports, 26-year-old...

The total COVID-19 case count for Tennessee is 685,321 as of Sunday, January 17, 2021 (up 4,474 from Saturday) including 8,391 deaths (up 36); 2,699 current hospitalizations (down 106) and 610,796 are...

(WVLT/Peg Broadcasting News) A section of I-40 in Putnam County was shut down Saturday morning after a tractor trailer caught fire. It happened around 9:30am in the eastbound lanes at Exit 273 in Silv...

(TWRA/Peg Broadcasting News) Crews have continued searching Saturday for Theresa Parker of Hamilton County. Parker was one of three whose boat capsized while canoeing near shore on Chickamauga Reservo...

(TN Dept. Of Health) The total COVID-19 case count for Tennessee is 680,847 as of Saturday, January 16, 2021 (up 4,808) including 8,355 deaths (up 44); 2,805 current hospitalizations (down 61) and 605...

Director Of Schools, Dr. Ina Maxwell, has announced that Cumberland County Schools will continue to operate in the "red" metric January 19-22, 2021. That means grades 3-12 will continue remote learnin...