Strange fungus turns periodical cicadas into sex-crazed zombies
Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center collecting cicadas exoskeletons for research
Teen found dead in Monteagle restaurant parking lot in 2023 was pregnant, shot multiple times
A 14-year-old girl found dead Oct. 8 in a Monteagle, Tennessee, restaurant parking lot was pregnant and had been shot to death, according to an autopsy report.
Civil rights suit filed against Meigs County general sessions judge, sheriff over 2023 arrest
A Meigs County judge is accused of forcing a woman visiting the courthouse to take a urine sample and sentencing her to jail after he "guaranteed she would be dirty," according to a civil rights lawsuit filed against the judge, sheriff and others.
Northbound 153 at Chickamauga Dam to close over the weekend for road work
Starting Friday, TVA contract crews will begin repairs on the northbound side of the Highway 153 bridge over the Chickamauga Dam with the closure of the northbound lanes, according to state transportation officials.
Emergency road work backs up westbound I-24 near Belvoir after bridge patch vibrates loose
Repairs expected to take several hours
Substitute teacher charged in incident at Sequatchie elementary school
A now-terminated substitute teacher at Griffith Elementary School in Sequatchie County has been arrested on a child abuse charge related to an incident at the school April 26, according to the sheriff and the county's director of schools.
Athens, Tenn., man charged in wife’s death after she didn’t show for work
An Athens, Tennessee, man is behind bars after his arrest in connection with the death of his wife, whose body was found May 30 at a home near Sweetwater.
Lookout Mountain man’s extradition hearing in child sex abuse charges canceled
‘Not guilty’ plea entered Friday on related federal charges
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Tennessee Tech research team project probes Tennessee wastewater plants for microplastics
A graduate student and a pair of Tennessee Tech University professors in Cookeville, Tennessee, are taking a first-of-its-kind look at the presence of microplastics in the water coming from Tennessee wastewater treatment plants in today's disposable world.
Authorities now say woman was driving in crash that killed two Cleveland High students
An affidavit filed in McMinn County court puts an 18-year-old Cleveland woman behind the wheel of a car involved in an April 26 crash that claimed the lives of two Cleveland High students, rather than the man charged immediately afterward.
