CRITICAL BLOOD SHORTAGE
MEDIC Regional Blood Center is reminding people in the area that there is a critical shortage in blood supplies right now in East Tennessee and Southeastern Kentucky. MEDIC says that O Positive blood has...
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DOLLYWOOD TURNS 35
Dollywood celebrated a milestone yesterday…as they marked their 35th anniversary. Dollywood originally opened on May 3, 1986 at the site of the former Silver Dollar City. It’s hard to believe but there were concerns...
K9 APPREHENDS SUSPECT
There was some action last night in the area of the Sunoco on route 25/70 near I-40. Two K9 Deputies were advised a man was in that area in a vehicle with stolen tags....
BROADBAND INTERNET COVERAGE
Tennessee is starting a project to find out where those who do not currently have access to high speed internet live in the state. Estimates are that there are hundreds of thousands of residents...
THP CONDUCTING CHECKPOINTS IN MAY
The Tennessee Highway Patrol will be conducting drivers license checkpoints in the month of May. THP announced that this week they will be in Hamblen County on route 343, the week of May 23rd,...
Elroy Tippits Sings About Coffee!!
Elroy Tippits returns with another INSTANT classic! This time he’s singing about coffee and how important it is to you’re Monday morning!
RIGHT TO WORK AMENDMENT
When Tennesseans go to the polls in November of 2022, voters will have a chance to amend the state’s constitution. For years, Republicans in the state ligislature have worked to get an amendment to...
BODY FOUND IN NEWPORT
Newport police found a dead body in a building on Wednesday afternoon. Officer Justin Shelton was dispatched to a building on Old Knoxville Hwy owned by Richard Foust. Foust had called 911 about a...
UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN
The latest unemployment numbers are out. Last week for the first time since late March new jobless claims in the state dropped to less than 10,000 new cases. The state Department of Labor and...
JD WHITBURN HOME
A Hartford man is back home after giving his family a scare on Thursday. 77 Year old JD Whitburn left his home in his car yesterday morning telling his family he was going to...
