FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ANNOUNCES ROBOCALL SCAM ALERT
The Federal Communications Commission is warning consumers about a robocall scam that’s been popping up around the country, and recently made its way into East Tennessee. According to the FCC, the so ...
PHOENIX HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION SLATED
Graduation ceremonies for the Phoenix High School Class of 2019 will be Wednesday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Stone Memorial High School. Seniors should plan to be there no later than ...
SMOKIES’ TRILLIUM GAP TRAIL CLOSED WEEKDAYS UNTIL NOVEMBER FOR REHAB
Monday, the popular Trillium Gap Trail begins undergoing a two-year rehabilitation project and access will be closed Monday through Thursday from May 13 to Nov. 15. The trail will be fully open on Fr ...
ANDERSON COUNTY DEPUTIES ASSIST WITH FLORIDA CHILD SEX-ABUSE ARREST
In a press release issued this afternoon, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office reported it arrested 55-year-old David Andrew Cox last month on a warrant from Gilchrist County, Florida. The release all ...
WITNESSES SAY WRONG-WAY DRIVER ON I-40 DELIBERATELY CAUSED FATAL CRASH
Witnesses to a wrong-way accident on I-40 Westbound in Knoxville early Saturday say 30-year-old Kara D. Wakefield of Knoxville seemed to be deliberately trying to hit other vehicles. Investigators sa ...
LATEST TBI MOST-WANTED ADDITION IS SUSPECT IN FATAL HIT-AND-RUN
Knoxville police investigators have been looking for 55-year-old Juan Francisco in connection with the hit-and-run death of 52-year-old Debbie Burgess. And now Francisco has been added to the TBI’s M ...
BRISTOL DRAGWAY CONCERT VENUE SIGNS ALABAMA AS FIRST HEADLINER
Bristol Motor Speedway General Manager Jerry Caldwell announced this week Alabama will be its first headliner at the brand-new Bristol Dragway concert venue. The Thunder Valley Amphitheater will seat ...
SALT & LIGHT MOVEMENT MARKS FIVE YEARS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Nearly two dozen donors, supporters and school counselors gathered at Christ Lutheran Church this morning to celebrate this year’s achievements through the Salt & Light Movement and its collective ...
HARRIMAN CITY COUNCIL MEETING RECAP
At the Harriman City Council meeting Tuesday night, Mayor Wayne Best said he wants the council to look at their role as committee members and keep him and others informed about what’s going on within ...
GROUND BROKEN ON NEW OAK RIDGE COMPUTING, QUANTUM INFORMATION FACILITY
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry helped break ground this week on a new research facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The groundbreaking ceremony for the 100,000-square-foot Translational R ...
KNOX COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT LOOKING FOR MISSING 71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
The Knox County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a missing North Knoxville woman. Patricia Ann Price was last seen May 1 at her home near the Emory Road area. When her br ...
BETHANIE CARRIKER MAKES BRIEF FIRST COURT APPEARANCE
Thirty-four-year-old Bethanie A. Carriker appeared before Judge Robert L. Headrick in Blount County General Sessions Court yesterday afternoon. The Seymour mother was led into court by a public defen ...
