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Tennessee has surpassed 1,000 traffic fatalities across the state for 2018.Through Friday, 1,021 people have died in traffic incidents in Tennessee, an increase of 25 deaths from 2017 or three percent.The increase in deaths came in the second-half of the year as fatalities were down in four of the first five months of 2018.Deaths rose… Continue reading Traffic Deaths Increase in 2018

Tennessee Gov.-elect Bill Lee releases inauguration scheduleGov.-elect Bill Lee has released his schedule of events leading up to inauguration on Jan. 19.Lee’s transition team announced Friday that the newly elected Republican will hold events that include free tours of the Tennessee State Capitol and the governor’s mansion.The inaugural ceremony will be held Saturday morning in… Continue reading Inaugural Plans Announced

Wildlife officials in Tennessee are implementing an emergency plan after at least 13 cases of chronic wasting disease were discovered in deer. The sick deer were found in Fayette and Hardeman counties in Tennessee.The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission says chronic wasting disease has no known risk to the health of humans or livestock. It… Continue reading Deer Disease Found in Tennessee

The Tennessee Highway Safety Office has increased their impaired-driving enforcement during the holiday season.This is part of the THSO’s statewide Booze It and Lose it campaign .More messages about the dangers of drunk driving will be seen on highways across the state and nation alike.Police are urging this message pointing out that even those who… Continue reading Authorities Warn Against Impaired Driving

Beulah Mae Powers McBee, 88, of McMinnville died Sunday. Funeral services will be Wednesday, Dec. 26th at 3pm at Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Graveside service and interment will be Thursday at 12 noon at Gum Creek Cemetery in Franklin County. Visitation is Wed. 11am until service at the church.

Peggy Joyce Brady Higgins, 64, of McMinnville died Monday. Funeral services will be Wednesday, Dec. 26th at 3pm at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory Cemetery. Visitation is Wed. 1pm-3pm.

Gov. Bill Haslam says the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has dropped by 0.1 percentage points in November to 3.6 percent.A news release from the governor says employers added 3,400 nonfarm jobs between October and November. It says the biggest jumps were in retail; transportation and warehousing and utilities; and the accommodation and food services… Continue reading Tennessee Nov. Unemployment

Christmas came early for millions of Americans hitting the road for the holidays. Gas prices, which are already at 2-year lows for this time of year, should drop even lower in the coming days, after the price of oil and wholesale gasoline tumbled on Thursday. Gas prices in Tennessee are 14 cents less than the… Continue reading Gas Prices

George Allen King, 82, of Walling, died Nov. 18th. A memorial service will be Saturday, Dec. 22nd at 2pm at the Fraternal Order of Eagles, 567 C.O. Hillis Rd, Rock Island.

Road construction will not delay travelers during the Christmas and New Years holidays. The Tennessee Department of Transportation is once again halting all lane closure activity on interstates and state highways in anticipation of higher traffic volumes across the state. No temporary lane closures will be allowed for road construction in Tennessee beginning at 12… Continue reading TDOT Lane Closures