Fallen Trees Increasing Livingston Power Outages
The number of homes without electricity is climbing in Livingston with fallen trees causing outages. Police Chief Greg Etheredge said the Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation has crews on ground working on restoring power. “We are having some trees coming down and some power lines down,” Etheredge said.”Specifically, here over around Carr and Airport Road. […]
Trees, Power Lines Down Across Overton
Overton County is experiencing downed limbs, power lines and outages on a countywide level. Sheriff John Garrett said this started occurring at about 2:00 PM and expects more downed lines and trees as rain continues. Garrett said roads are wet for the most part right now. but However, He said he expects problems as temperatures […]
Many Clay Co. Back Roads Are Impassable
Some Clay County roads have been named impassable by the Sheriff’s Department as icy conditions worsen. According to Sheriff Brandon Boone, rural back roads have severely worsened. “All the side roads and off roads are very slick and treacherous at this time,” Boone said. “The main roads are looking better now that T-DOT crews have […]
Volunteer Energy Trying To Restore Pickett Co Power
Virtually all Volunteer Energy customers in Pickett County are without power as of 3pm. 3,333 of 3,343 customers are without service. 31 percent of the utility’s customers in Fentress County are currently without service. Some 903 Overton County customers are currently without service.
Power Outages Ramping Up With Increased Precip
Upper Cumberland Electric reports Jackson County outages growing over the last hour. Across Gainesboro, outages are being reported on Bethel Palk, Lester Fox, Shepardsville, East Hill Rd, Mal Allen, Gilmer Montgomery, Flatt Dyer, Landmark, Roaring River, Brady Ln & Morrison Creek. Upper Cumberland Electric reports more than 4,000 Putnam County customers without power due to […]
Overton Sheriff’s Dept. Asking Citizens To Stay Home
The Overton County Sheriff’s Department is asking citizens to stay home unless absolutely necessary due to the inclement weather and current road conditions. “The fewer people there are on the road at this time, the safer the community will be,” Overton County Sheriff John Garrett said. It is asked that you be prepared if you […]
UC Residents Advised To Avoid Dangerous Roads
Residents around the Upper Cumberland are being advised to stay home due to Winter weather conditions. Van Buren County is experiencing dangerous driving conditions after a three-car wreck occurred on Baker Mountain Road. EMS Director Tiwanna Bricker said there have been four wrecks this morning. Including accidents on Andrew K. Parker Road and Highway 30. […]
Putnam County Roads “Very Bad”
Putnam County Sheriffs Dispatchers reported side roads “very bad” across the county as freezing rain fell overnight. Multiple calls of vehicles off the road and not able to move, according to dispatchers. As of 6:45am, roads in the county are reported “horrible” with better conditions being reported in the city of Cookeville. Still, Sheriff Eddie […]
Track Of Storm Will Be Key To UC Weather Monday
The track of the storm developing Monday morning will determine just how big a Winter Storm this will be for the Upper Cumberland. News Talk 94.1 Meteorologist Rob Carolan said the storm is developing this morning over Louisiana creating snow as far south as Houston. Current models bring the center of the low just west […]
Two White Co. BOE Members Want To Review Quarantine Guidelines
Two members of the White County Board of Education want outside medical opinions to revisit quarantine times after concerns of learning loss. The idea was first mentioned by District 1 Member Diana Haston during Thursday’s board meeting. Haston said some students have missed up to 40 days of in-person learning without testing COVID positive. “We […]
