The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission is holding its April meeting in Henry County at the Holly Fork Shooting Complex near Paris.
Committee meetings will start Thursday, April 25 at 1:00 while the regular commission meeting is Friday morning at 9:00.
TWRA Fisheries Division chief Frank Fiss will present information on the agency teaming with commercial fishermen […]
Indictments were announced Thursday against 15 West Tennessee residents, including several medical doctors and nurse practitioners, for illegally distributing prescription opioids.
The indictments were part of a coordinated effort by several U.S. Attorneys and Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force.
In a press conference Thursday, U.S. Attorney for West Tennessee Michael Dunavant outlined the task force’s operation.
Of […]
The Tennessee Department of Health is investigating the first case of measles, after a positive test for the illness in a resident of the East Tennessee.
All Tennesseans should now be aware of measles and its symptoms, that includes fever, runny nose, body aches, watery eyes and white spots in the mouth.
The illness is typically accompanied […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Tennessee.
President Donald Trump approved the request to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides from February 19th to March 30th of this year.
Fifty-six counties were named […]
Two Union City High School band members have been recognized with All-State honors.
Communications Director Mike Hutchens said Caleb Parker and Nijel Smith were selected for the distinguished Tennessee Music Association All-State honors.
Parker is a junior who earned first chair status playing the oboe, while Smith is a senior who was selected as a sixth chair […]
Union City police are now seeking the identity of the driver of a tractor trailer truck, which caused extensive damage to power and telephone lines in Union City on Wednesday.
The damage at the intersection of West Main Street and Old Lake Road, caused multiple hours of labor intensive work for the Union City Energy Authority […]
The Marshall County School District has been awarded a $460,000 dollar grant to help in recovery efforts following the January 23, 2018 school shooting that took two lives and injured 14 others.
The Project School Emergency Response to Violence, or SERV, grant was announced Wednesday by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (duh-VOSS’) and Kentucky Governor […]
A Fulton man has been arrested for child sex charges in Obion County.
Sheriff’s Office reports said 29 year old Antwain Valdez Porterfield was taken into custody on the charge of rape of a child less than 13 years old.
Sheriff Karl Jackson said due to the case involving a minor, details of the case are not […]
Evelyn Blythe, the founder of Community Developmental Services, passed away Tuesday in Martin at the age of 85.
Miss Blythe’s longtime friend and eventual successor at CDS, Cathy Cate, says Miss Blythe’s determination to help her developmentally-challenged son, Roger, get an education, was the driving force that began CDS in 1971.
Thanks in part to Miss Blythe’s […]
Federal authorities have charged 60 people, including 31 doctors, for their roles in illegal prescribing and distributing of opioids and other dangerous drugs.
The charges resulted from the federal Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force and includes defendants in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
More than half of those charged were from Tennessee.
Authorities […]
