Category Archives: Local News

After almost twenty years, the owners of Autumn Acres corn maze and pumpkin patch have announced they are retiring their farming boots this season. On the Autumn Acres Facebook page, the Woods family ...

A judge has ordered Tennessee election officials to clearly communicate on absentee ballot applications that people can vote by mail if they think health conditions make voting in person too risky dur...

Tennessee Representative Mike Carter, of Ooltewah, is back home after being hospitalized with COVID-19, WTVC reports. Carter had been placed in ICU and credits a donation of COVID-19 convalescent plas...

The total COVID-19 case count for Tennessee is 147,353 as of Wednesday, August 26, 2020 (up 1,936) including 1,648 deaths (up 20); 6,603 hospitalizations (up 88); and 109,765 recovered (up 1,730). -Tw...

The Fairfield Glade Police Department announces receiving $20,000 in Federal Grant Funds to Support Highway Safety Education and Enforcement Efforts in Fairfield Glade. Over 383 federal grants exceedi...

The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development has received $25 million in CARES Act funding to remarket the severely devastated tourism industry to aid in its recovery, promote safety and inspire re...

Recently released numbers from U.S. Travel Association show tourism in Tennessee hit a record-high $23 billion in domestic and international travel spending in 2019, marking a decade of consecutive gr...

Due to the heightened threat for severe weather conditions, the Clay County @ SMHS football game has been rescheduled for Thursday, 8/27 at 7pm.

The total COVID-19 case count for Tennessee is 145,417 as of Tuesday, August 25, 2020 (up 813 FROM MONDAY) including 1,628 deaths (up 40), 6,515 hospitalizations (up 94) and 108,035 recovered (up 1,99...

In a split decision, a panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld Tennessee’s rationing of life-saving hepatitis C drugs to prisoners as constitutional. The 2-1 decision fou...