Scott Humphrey

The Tennessee Highway Patrol and emergency medical services responded yesterday to a vehicle accident in Pickett County. The accident report indicates a 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander operated by Kasie Racquel Lee and a 2008 Jeep Wrangler driven by 22-year-old James Andrew Garrett were traveling south on Highway 111 near Park Place. Both drivers were in the...

This story will be updated as more emergency shelters open. Last updated 10:30 p.m. Sunday, January 14, 2024 BLOUNT COUNTY First Baptist Church of Maryville - 202 West Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37801. Contact: 865-982-5531 Hours of operation are 7 PM to 7 AM CLAY COUNTY Clay County Community Center – 145 Cordell Hull Driver...

Charles Morris Douglas, age 99, of Crossville, passed away at Cumberland House on Friday, January 12, 2024.

(BREAKING NEWS) – Fairfield Glade Police, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are currently on scene at 510 Wimberly Road in Fairfield Glade on an apparent homicide investigation.

Early this morning at approximately 07:54 a.m. Fairfield Glade Police responded to 510 Wimberly Road in Fairfield Glade on a domestic in progress call with shots being fired from the back deck. As officers entered the residence, they discovered a male, who was later identified as…

There is a vehicle accident on I-40 at the 346 mile marker westbound. The left westbound lane is blocked as of 5 p.m. eastern time. Expect delays in this area

The following school systems are CLOSED Thursday and Friday, January 18-19, 2024: ANDERSON COUNTY – (Closed Thurs, Jan 18 and Fri, Jan 19)

A second abandoned home in Cumberland County has been destroyed by fire inside of 38 hours of each other. Cumberland County firefighters responded this morning (Wednesday, March 20, 2024) to a dwelling at 145 Coal Hollow Tip Street in Crab Orchard. Crews arrived to see the home fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters took a defensive...

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has appealed a ruling from a federal court in Texas that blocked its sweeping ban of noncompete agreements. As Benesch previously highlighted in August, a federal district court in Texas permanently blocked the FTC’s attempt to ban noncompete agreements, determining that the ban exceeded the FTC’s authority and, thus, was an illegal attempt to expand the FTC’s rulemaking authority. The Texas Court also found that the ban was arbitrary and capricious and in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. If it had been implemented, the FTC rule would have banned nearly all noncompete agreements between employers and employees as “unfair method[s] of competition.”

Last week, a California jury found Phillips 66 liable for misappropriating trade secrets from Propel Fuels Inc., a low-carbon renewable fuels...