Month: November 2016

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri- Sergeant Jason Glendenning, and Trooper Tyler Zimmerman, Missouri State Highway Patrol, have been selected as the December 2016 Employees of the Month for the Department of Public Safety. Both serve in Troop I, headquartered in Rolla.  Sgt. Glendenning and Tpr. Zimmerman were chosen as the Employees of the Month because of their heroic actions on the waterways of the Niangua River in July, 2016. Sgt. Glendenning and Tpr. Zimmerman deployed their jet boat proactively searching for trouble areas after a recent flooding event. Within four miles on the river, they located an area where the river flow...

GATLINBURG, Tennessee- The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency has released new information on a raging Sevier County wildfire. -4 people badly burned -Westgate Resorts is likely entirely gone (more than 100 buildings) -Black Bear Falls has likely lost every single cabin -Ober Gatlinburg has survived despite reports the owners say. Dangerous wildfires are still having an impact in Sevier County as local officials ordered evacuations for downtown Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and other parts of the county. Fire crews are still battling blazes in Sevier County as a heavy layer of smoke settles in many areas of the county. The Tennessee...

GATLINBURG, Tennessee –  KSDK reports Tennessee Ripley Attractions General Manager Ryan DeSear said he wasn’t sure if flames reached Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies. DeSear said the aquarium’s live web camera was still active, and the building was still standing. “As long as we have fuel in our generators, that aquarium can run on its own,” DeSear said. DeSear said a “raging fire” was about 50 yards away from the aquarium when workers were evacuated on Monday night. Workers at the aquarium were evacuated mostly due to smoke, according to DeSear. Fire has engulfed at least 30 structures in Gatlinburg late Monday, and one...