Voices of East Tennessee

06/11/2024

06/11/2024

Safe Debris Burning Check local restrictions in your area prior to conducting any burning activity. For information on what materials may NOT be burned in Tennessee, please visit: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Open Burning Guidelines To report illegal burning, please call to...

29/10/2024

This is your yearly reminder that October and November is baby copperhead snake season! If you are hiking or walking, be sure to look carefully where you step or place your hands. Baby copperheads are small and like to hang out in damp places like logs on the trail or flowerpots in your yard. Look for the yellow-green tail tips as an additional way to spot them. Let’s respect their boundaries and co-exist safely!

28/10/2024

‘Why you don’t park in front of hydrants’ | City of Knoxville gives warning after fire crews break car windows to get to hydrant >>> https://tinyurl.com/5x3z97x2

25/10/2024

Amid a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders, Burger King and Yum Brands are pulling fresh onions from some of their own locations.

Yum is yanking the topping from some KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell locations "out of an abundance of caution." Burger King said it has asked the 5% of its locations that received onions from a Taylor Farms Colorado facility to dispose of them two days ago.

The E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states, killing one. https://cbsn.ws/40jCC6C

24/10/2024

Doak Elementary School threw itself a big party Tuesday to celebrate its 100th anniversary.

22/10/2024

On Monday, October 21,2024, at approximately 6:62 pm, Deputies were dispatched to Doane Rd on a report of domestic violence involving a firearm. Upon arrival deputies were met by the victim who stated that her son had assaulted her and pointed a handgun to her head and made threats to kill her. The victim, another female, and a three month old child were able to exit the residence safely prior to deputies’ arrival. Deputies made contact with the suspect where he made threats to shoot law enforcement. At one point the deputies heard what they thought were gunshots coming from inside the residence. Deputies set up a perimeter and continued to speak with the suspect and shortly after 9:00 pm the suspect went silent and stopped all communications. Earlier, deputies had requested assistance from the SORT Team. Teams from the Sheriffs Office, White Pine PD, Jefferson City PD and the Sevierville Police Department responded to the scene.
Team operations began to deploy tear gas into the residence in an attempt to get the suspect to surrender, which became difficult because the suspect had barricaded the windows. Sevierville SWAT used a bearcat with an extended ram to breach the windows of the residence at which time team members deployed tear gas into the residence. Shortly after the gas was deployed, the suspect appeared at the back door and surrendered. He was taken into custody and transported to JMHER for evaluation. The suspect was identified as
Joshua Mumford, age 43, and he was charged with aggravated domestic assault and is currently being held in the Jefferson County Detention without bond.

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23:52 hours.

SUSPECT IN CUSTODY

DEPUTIES ON SCENE OF A BARRICADED SUSPECT WITH SHOTS FIRED ON DOANE RD IN THE NEW MARKET AREA. DOANE ROAD IS CLOSED AT THIS TIME

20/10/2024

Hurricane Helene dropped 20 inches to over 30 inches of rain in some areas in western North Carolina and east Tennessee. That’s an estimated 40 trillion gallons of rain.
How much is 40 trillion gallons of water?

19/10/2024

18/10/2024

Among the damage at the David Crockett Birthplace State Park by Hurricane Helene was the destruction of a monument that

17/10/2024

The Tennessee Valley Authority reported on Thursday afternoon that no major damage to the Nolichucky Dam has been found during an initial inspection being conducted this week by its dam

17/10/2024

The Town of Greeneville and the Greeneville Police Department announced Wednesday that “several traffic calming devices, commonly called speed humps, will soon be placed on local streets.”

17/10/2024

Much of the area will experience near freezing conditions tonight. Areas or widespread frost is also anticipated. Frost could harm sensitive vegetation. Cover any sensitive plants or bring them indoors.