STATE NEWS — Each day patients across the U.S. need blood every two seconds. Much of a patients successful recovery depends on the steady supply of blood from healthy donors … and right now those supplies are low. Blood supplies across Tennessee, and much of the U.S., are at dangerously low levels due to recent...
STATE NEWS — Each day in Tennessee, at least three people die from an opioid-related overdose. That’s more Tennesseans than the number of daily traffic fatalities. Tennessee exists in the top 15 states in drug overdose deaths and according to the state website, “more opioid prescriptions are written than there are people living in Tennessee,...
STATE NEWS — A new handgun permit type, continuing education requirements for residential contractors, and an elder abuse act are just several examples of Tennessee state laws that will go into effect at the stroke of midnight tonight. Tennessee will now offer a conceal carry only permit that includes no “live fire” requirement. As of...
Five easy ways to de-Christmas and un-clutter while doing a little local good
Sheep farmer and part-time moonshiner Tom Sparks knew something wasn’t right that afternoon in 1920 as he walked in the woods behind his home. His flock responded nervously. They fidgeted and stayed close together. The last time they’d acted this way, a bear had been nearby, so Sparks examined his surroundings carefully. Moments later something...
STATE NEWS | Mount Pleasant — Luke Bryan knows that rain makes corn and corn makes whiskey but a still unknown hunter in Maury County got a little too frisky with the country music singer’s red stag last week. According to the Maury County Sheriff Department’s (MCSD) Facebook page, a hunter killed the red stag...
STATE NEWS — Eight locations including a bank in Loretto and a church in Lewisburg have been added to the National Register of Historic Places, according to a press release from the Tennessee Historical Commission. The Register is the official list of our country’s historic buildings, districts, sites, structures, and object worthy of preservation. It’s...
A Lynchburg couple recently reunited with the emergency responders who helped them deliver their son in the back of an ambulance
STATE NEWS — According to the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Tennessee ranks among the 12 states spiking with flu-like illness this month. The virus seems to be spreading more widely in southern states with Tennessee and Virginia among the top two. The Tennessee Department of Health latest numbers show a...
LOCAL NEWS | Sports — Based on the number of individual honors the 2019 squad received recently, next year’s Raider football future looks bright. The TSSAA recently awarded all Region 5A honors to several MCHS players, most of whom are juniors. They named MCHS kicker Chase Bradford (junior) as All Region 5A Kicker of the...