Man, 60, Dies While Fishing On Kentucky Lake On Sunday

  • Monday, May 23, 2022

A 60-year-old Tennessee man lost his life on Sunday, on Kentucky Lake while fishing. 

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Wildlife Officers responded to a call about an unoccupied boat on Kentucky Lake at approximately 11:15 a.m.  A bass boat owned by Daniel E. Keeling from Humboldt, Tn., was found without any occupants near the West Sandy portion of Kentucky Lake. 

TWRA Wildlife Officers searched for the missing boater in the vicinity of the unoccupied boat.

The body was recovered a few hours later. Mr. Keeling was not wearing a life jacket.

Local agencies assisting were the Henry County Sheriff's office and the Henry County Rescue Squad.

This is the 10th boating-related fatality on Tennessee waters this year.


Outdoors
Buzzing For Bees At Chester Frost Park Is May 20
Buzzing For Bees At Chester Frost Park Is May 20
  • 5/9/2025

Buzzing For Bees event at Chester Frost Park will be held on Tuesday, May 20 from 5-7 p.m. at CFP Shelter #4, 305 Causeway Road in Hixson. "Learn the Buzz, Build a Home: Become a Bee-liever," ... more

Rep. Fleischmann Introduces Bipartisan Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act
  • 4/30/2025

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann introduced the bipartisan Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act, which would authorize a study to designate a 287-mile trail linking Georgia, ... more

CDOT Has Public Meeting On E. 14th Street Bikeway Project Wednesday
  • 4/29/2025

The city of Chattanooga Department of Public Works Transportation Division will host an information session for constituents and neighborhood partners to learn more about the E. 14th Street Neighborhood ... more