The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) has awarded nearly $900,000 in Nuclear Equipment Funding (NEF) grants to four institutions to support the expansion of nuclear education and workforce training programs across the state. Tennessee Technological University received $250,000 in grand funding; Roane State C...

Early Voting for the May 5th Cumberland County Primary will be held at the temporary Election Commission Office in the former Lansford Kawasaki building at 2876 North Main Street in Crossville. Early Voting begins April 15th and ends on April 30th, 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday, and Saturday from 8am to 12 noon. Ma...

The TWRA is investigating a fatal boating incident Friday in Coffee County. Around 11:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to an unoccupied boat that was drifting on Normandy Lake. Later that afternoon, authorities received a phone call that 21-year-old Ashton Matney, of Lawrenceburg had gone out on the lake and never r...

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has signed a law that prohibits municipalities from regulating hunting inside of city limits. Senate Bill 2028, as introduced, "clarifies that local governmental entities shall not regulate the manner and means of taking wildlife, including the discharge of a firearm while lawfully hunt...

A bill advancing in the Tennessee legislature would prevent municipalities from fining business for shopping carts found abandoned on public property. House Bill 1514, as introduced, "prohibits the assessment of a fee, fine, or cost against the owner of a shopping cart found on public property unless the shopping ...

The White County Sheriff's Office and Tennessee Highway Patrol issued 25 warnings during Saturday night's DUI Checkpoint on Crossville Highway. A total of 165 vehicles were contacted during the operation. In addition to the warnings the checkpoint netted: 3 Registration Violations 2 Simple Possession Charges 2 Insura...

A Jamestown woman has been charged in connection to a fatal shooting in Jamestown. Fentress County Deputies responded to the 100 block of Whippoorwill Lane just before 9am Thursday (4/9/2026) where they located Samuel Jennings suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. The susp...