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JCFD to host child safety seat checkpoint
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Johnson City Fire Department (JCFD) will host a child safety seat check on Thursday. Certified car seat technicians with the department will install and inspect child safety seats at the event. “Statistics show a majority of child safety seats are installed incorrectly,” JCFD Chief David Bell said in a […]
Tennessee basketball to play in West Palm Beach Classic
The 2024-25 women’s basketball season will be the first for Tennessee under head coach Kim Caldwell. The Lady Vols will play in the West Palm Beach Classic, Dec. 20-21, at Keiser University. Opponents, game times and broadcast information will be released on a later date. Arkansas, Baylor, Illinois, Illinois-Chicago,...
Top Tennessee baseball signee Anson Seibert turns down Tigers, coming to school
Baseball signee Anson Seibert will not sign with the Detroit Tigers and will come to school, GoVols247 learned on Monday. Seibert was drafted by the Tigers in the 16th round of the 2024 MLB Draft last week with the No. 476 overall pick. Seibert, a right-handed pitcher from Overland Park,...
Drew Beam makes it official with Royals, signs professional contract
Former Tennessee pitcher Drew Beam has inked his first professional contract with the Kansas City Royals after being drafted in the third round. The post Drew Beam makes it official with Royals, signs professional contract appeared first on On3.
Ashley Frye: A survivor finds her family at LCSO
Today’s Our Town Hero is an Our Town Survivor: Ashley Brea Frye. Frye has survived foster homes, a mother now in St. Louis, who has been in and out of prison and is not part of her life … and won’t be. She has two brothers – one older, one younger – she has no contact with today. One has been in and out of jail; the other is in a Chattanooga rehabilitation center. She’s never met her biological father.
Gillespie Woman Seeks Funds For Final Tennessee Mountain Trip
GILLESPIE - Anna Reiniesch, a 39-year-old woman from Gillespie, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to fulfill her final wish of visiting the Tennessee mountains. Reiniesch, who is on hospice care due to liver failure and Stage 5 kidney failure, hopes to make the trip at the end of August. "I...
La Vergne Man Wins $1,000 a Week for Life in Cash 4 Life Drawing
July 22, 2024 – A change to what had become a “morning coffee routine” led to a very lucky happenstance for a La Vergne man, who won $1,000 a week for life playing the Tennessee Education Lottery’s Cash 4 Life drawing-style game. “The store where I...
Nazi hate group accused of yelling 'racial slurs' at Black children in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A troubling trend continues in Middle Tennessee as a Nazi group was seen yelling racial slurs at young Black kids in downtown Nashville this past weekend. The Nazi hate group, made up of adult white men, allegedly used racist language against the children, a statement...
Community asking for prayers for father and daughter seriously injured in hiking accident
WOODFORD CO., Ky. (WKYT) - For nine months, Captain Logan Forrest was deployed in the Middle East. He was welcomed home by his family and community at the end of May. It was just a little over a month later, when a family vacation turned tragic. “It’s unimaginable. I can’t...
‘Diverging Diamonds’ Interchange Patterns Emerging in Tennessee
A unique traffic route may be coming to an interstate new you. However, it may cause you to drive on the “wrong” side of the road. It’s called a Diverging Diamond Interchange (or DDI for short) and the first DDI in middle Tennessee opened at the end of May in Spring Hill on Interstate 65 at June Lake. More of these unique intersections are planned for the middle Tennessee area.
Man wanted in shooting of Tennessee trooper arrested in Caldwell Co.
A suspect in the shooting of a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper has been arrested in Caldwell County. Kentucky State Police said Blaze Rucker, 29, was an occupant in a vehicle along with another male when, on Friday, a Tennessee trooper conducted a traffic stop on I-40 in Putnam County near the Burgess Falls exit. During the stop, Trooper Adam Cothron was shot, with the vehicle then fleeing the scene.
Tax-free weekend set for July 26-28
Tennessee’s tax-free weekend returns July 26-28 with savings on clothing and school supplies $100 or less and computers $1,500 or less. Qualifying items may be purchased in-store or online, with more information about qualifying items available online at tntaxholiday.com. “With the start of the school year around the corner,...
Military veterans turned farmers receive new produce logo in Tennessee
"This gives them an easy way when they are out shopping wherever that be at a farmers market, and we have some members that are selling in grocery stores," Kacey Troup, TDA's Business Development Consultant, said. "When they see that they instantly know that I am supporting both a Tennessee producer and a farmer veteran."
Miss Tennessee Volunteer contestants prepare for the crown
One winner will be crowned Miss Tennessee Volunteer this weekend. Miss Tennessee Volunteer contestants compete for crown, scholarships. One of Tennessee's top scholarship providers comes from a pageant in Jackson.
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