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First Day Hikes at TN State Parks

Tennessee State Parks wants you to take a hike in 2022. To ring in the new year, Tennessee State Parks are promoting “First Day Hikes” at various parks across the state. The hikes will...

Batteries Close I-81 In Greene County

A traffic nightmare on Interstate 81 this morning. Around 5am, a tractor-trailer carrying 44,000 lbs. of batteries overturned in both southbound lanes…blocking the interstate. THP says the driver of the semi ran off the...

ETSU Bringing Local Coaching Hero Home

East Tennessee State has a new head football coach and is not former Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher. Instead the Buccanneers opted for a local coaching legend. George Quarles will be returning to the...

Door To Door Scam In Jefferson County

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s office is warning citizens in the Talbott area about a scam. According to the sheriff’s office 3 white male subjects are going door to door soliciting money for Mission Of...

Sonoco Acquires Ball Metalpack

One of the largest employers in Cocke County is about to get a bit bigger. Sunoco announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ball Metalpack, that’s a leading manufacturer of...

TDOT Halts Lane Closures For The Holidays

Road construction will be taking a Christmas break as well. The Tennessee Department of Transportation announced on Monday the halt of all temporary lane closures on Tennessee roadways through the Christmas and New Year’s...

New Laws Take Effect Jan 1

There are just 9 days left in 2021, as the new year approaches we want to remind you of some new laws that will go into effect one week from Saturday on January 1,...