May 29, 2026
News
Strawberry Plains men nabbed in poaching operation
A coordinated investigation by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has resulted in multiple convictions for illegal hunting activities spanning both states.
West High alum and ETSU grad Morrison chosen for Tennessee Rural Fellowship
The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) announced recently the five applicants selected for the Tennessee Rural Fellowship, one of whom, Noah Morrison, is a Morristown West alum who is graduating from ETSU.
Hagerty fields questions regarding SAVE Act, housing at Morristown gathering
U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee) fielded some questions during his appearance Thursday morning at Davy Crockett Restaurant in Morristown.
UAE reports drone and missile attack after US says it traded fire with Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates said it responded to another Iranian missile barrage on Friday, hours after the U.S. said it traded fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest blows to a shaky month-old ceasefire.
US stocks rise toward records as the job market holds up better than expected despite the Iran war
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising toward records Friday following the latest sign that the nation's job market is doing better than economists expected.
Canvas system used by thousands of schools is back online after a cyberattack disrupted studies
A system that thousands of schools and universities use to support instruction was back online Friday after it went down during a cyberattack that created chaos as students tried to study for final exams. The hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach at Canvas, said Luke Connolly, a threat analyst at the cybersecurity firm Emisoft. Instructure, the company behind Canvas, said in an update late Thursday that the system was available for most users. Canvas is used to manage grades, course notes, assignments, lecture videos and more. The hacking group posted online that nearly 9,000 schools worldwide were affected, with billions of private messages and other records accessed, Connolly said. Screen shots Connolly provided showed that the group began threatening Sunday to leak the trove of data. By Friday, Instructure and Canvas had been removed from a dedicated leak site created by the ransomware group on the dark web to publish stolen data. Canvas went down Thursday at the worst possible time. Students quickly took to social media, with many panicking that they could no longer view course materials housed within the platform to study for their final exams.
Pentagon begins releasing new files on UFOs and says the public can draw its own conclusions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has begun releasing new files on UFOs, saying members of the public can draw their own conclusions on 'unidentified anomalous phenomena' like an object that a drone pilot says shone a bright light in the sky and then vanished.
Joint proclamation to Honor National Police Week
Hamblen County Mayor Chris Cutshaw and City Mayor Gary Chesney presented a joint proclamation to officially recognize the week of May 10th-16th as National Police Week.
Covenant Health’s Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System Earns Another ‘A’ Safety Grade
Covenant Health’s Morristown- Hamblen Healthcare System has earned another “A” Hospital Safety Grade for Spring 2026 from The Leapfrog Group. This marks the seventh consecutive “A” grade the hospital has received.