Flash Flood Concern Remains, More Storms Til AM
Another round of tornado warnings Wednesday night produced scattered damage, but the biggest concern remains flooding heading into the latter part of the evening. A tornado warning issued for Dekalb, Smith and Putnam Counties around 6:45pm Wednesday night. Rotation concerns centered on Carthage. Aarons Branch Road in Jackson County reported impassable due to flooding. Trees […]
UC Farmers Eligible For Loans After Fall Drought
Farmers in several Upper Cumberland counties are eligible for federal loans in the aftermath of the fall drought conditions. The US Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency offering loans to help producers recover. Farmers in Cumberland, Dekalb, Fentress, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren and White Counties are eligible. Greer Gill is outreach and public affairs […]
Carthage Woman Jailed On Aggravated Assault Charge
A Carthage woman was arrested and jailed on an aggravated assault charge. TBI agents investigating a shooting at a residence on the 700 block of Jefferson Avenue Thursday developed information that when a victim came home to retrieve items, 61-year-old Sharon Camp, the homeowner, confronted her and a fight ensued. Investigators detailed that at some […]
Two Dead After Smith Co. Semi-Truck Collision
Two people have died after a two semi-truck crash on I-40 in Smith County Thursday morning. 30-year-old Omar Sosa De La Cruz of Bradenton, Florida was traveling with 37-year-old Erisbel Cruz Cid of Hialeah, Florida in a 2010 Freightliner. De La Cruz struck the 2021 Peterbilt driven by 68-year-old Gene Lundgren of Shenandoah, Iowa causing […]
Emergency Officials Urge Caution Sunday Morning
Emergency officials finding widespread flooding this Sunday morning across the Upper Cumberland after five to six inches of rain fell Saturday. Some parts of Jackson, Smith and Clay Counties received seven to nine inches of rain. The rain will be out of the Upper Cumberland by mid morning Sunday, In Putnam County, Highway 70 is […]
About 15,000 UCEMC Customers Without Power
The Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation is working on restoring power for about 15,000 reported outages. Executive Director Jennifer Brogdon said the worry is that progress over the last two days could be lost with more winter weather on the horizon. “I am concerned, however, that if the pattern continues that we get things fixed, […]
