Change To Tennessee’s Carry Law Being Debated
A new bill that is being debated on Capitol Hill in Nashville would change a word in the current law regarding carrying a gun in the state. The proposed law would change the wording...
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New State Law Requires Carbon Monoxide Alarms In Daycares
A bill that has passed the state legislature will now require all daycare centers to have carbon monoxide detectors installed in their facility. According to the bill, a carbon monoxide detector will have to...
It’s Eclipse Time
On Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse is going to be visible across a large swath of the United States. In fact NASA predicts that roughly 99% of the country will see some...
Gatlinburg Entrance To National Park To See $11 Million Improvements
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has received approximately $11 million in funding from the Great American Outdoors Act Legacy Restoration Fund to rehabilitate a two-mile section of Newfound Gap Road near Gatlinburg. That...
Hartford Road Fire Now at 65 Acres
The wildfire in Hartford continues to burn. The recent rain did have a little impact on that fire which is now 65 acres. It is still at 20% containment, but the forest service says...
CCSO Searching For Escaped Inmate
The Cocke County Sheriff’s Department is searching for an escaped inmate this morning. Steven DeWayne Jones, who was arrested recently for DUI and simple possession, escaped from the Cocke County Detention Center at appriximately...
TN State Vet Issues Dairy Cattle Restriction
The Tennessee state veterinarian has issued a movement restriction on dairy cattle coming to Tennessee. This is in response to the USDA confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)…or bird flu…being found in dairy...
Fatal Shooting In Jefferson County
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s office is investigating a fatal shooting that happened Tuesday in the Strawberry Plains area. Deputies were called to a camper trailer on Thorngrove Pike where they found two people with...
CCSO Investigating Homicide
The Cocke County Sheriff’s office is investigating the death of a woman found in a home on Battle Road Tuesday night. The death has been ruled a homicide. According to a release from the...
Argument Over Dog Leads To Arreest
One man was jailed Friday after he shot another man during an argument. According to a witness, stated that 19 year old Christopher Inman and 63 year old Ronald Douglas got into an argument...