Category Archives: Local News
Sunday, July 26, 2020 Over 3,100 New COVID-19 Cases Statewide
More than 3,100 new cases of coronavirus were reported in a single day statewide on Sunday, July 26, 2020. The total COVID-19 case count for Tennessee is now 93,936 (an increase of 3,140 from Saturday...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 26, 2020
Federal judge blocks sweeping anti-abortion law in Tennessee
A federal judge has ruled that Tennessee will not be allowed to enforce one of the strictest abortion bans in the country as a legal battle over the measure?s constitutionality moves through court. U....
Ciphertek Systems Jul 25, 2020
Attorney general: Mask mandates are legally defensible
Tennessee’s attorney general says mask mandates are constitutionally defensible and the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that communities have the right to protect themselves against an epidemi...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 25, 2020
One Injured In Three Vehicle Crash On I-40 Friday Morning
The THP has released more details about Friday’s early morning crash on I-40 that snarled traffic for several hours near the eastbound 334 mile marker. Thirty-three-year-old Lorenzo Graham Jr., ...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 25, 2020
Roane Co. Records First COVID-19 Death As Active Cases Nearly Double In Less Than Week
Roane County has recorded its first death from COVID-19. Active cases in Roane County have nearly doubled in less than a week, up from 60 on Sunday, July 19th to 115 on Saturday, July 25. The positive...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 25, 2020
Denny Hamlin Scores 5th Win of 2020 Season in The Sunflower State
NASCAR held a midweek race Thursday night at Kansas Speedway for the Super Start Batteries 400. NASCAR is inching closer to the 2020 Playoffs while they are 7 races out from the 10 race playoff. Enter...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 24, 2020
Nurse Dies From COVID-19 In Rhea Co., Doctor Infected
We are now learning that Rhea County’s first death from COVID-19 was a nurse. A doctor is also infected with the virus. Channel 3 in Chattanooga reports they both worked at the Rhea County Prima...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 24, 2020
Early Morning Crash Ties Up Traffic For Hours On 1-40 in Cumb. Co.
Traffic was tied up for several hours on the eastbound lanes of I-40 in Cumberland County early Friday morning (7/24/20) after a semi-truck overturned at Mile Marker 334. It happened just after 4 a.m....
Ciphertek Systems Jul 24, 2020
UT Knoxville will not require ACT, SAT for 2021 applicants
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville announced it will make submitting standardized test scores (ACT/SAT) optional for the fall 2021 admissions cycle. WVLT reports that University officials made the...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 24, 2020
Driver Escapes Injury After Striking Cable Barrier In Cumberland County
A young woman was lucky to escape injury Friday when she wrecked her car on I-40 in Cumberland County. Shortly before 1 p.m., 19-year-old Katie Davis was driving west when she lost control of her 2017...
Ciphertek Systems Jul 24, 2020