DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER ROANE COUNTY TRAFFIC STOP
Early this morning, Roane County deputies conducted a traffic stop on Highway 70 in Harriman. The driver, 40-year-old Kathy Lynn Stegall was found to have a suspended license. Deputies asked Stegall ...
MEIGS COUNTY SCHOOL BUS DRIVER DISCOVERS BODY ALONG ROUTE IN DECATUR
Meigs County authorities called in the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation after a school bus driver on her morning route spotted a body on the side of Eaves Ferry Road in Decatur early this morning. T ...
KINGSTON WOMAN SPOTS “ONE IN A MILLION” YELLOW CARDINAL IN HER YARD
When a retired biologist from Oak Ridge National Laboratory noticed an unusual, brightly colored bird in her backyard in Kingston, she contacted Jimmy Tucker, president of the Knoxville Chapter of the ...
COMMUNITIES OBSERVE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK WITH MEMORIAL CEREMONIES
Crossville and Cumberland County conducted a memorial service for law-enforcement personnel yesterday morning on the courthouse lawn led by the Fraternal Order of Police. Cumberland County Sheriff Ca ...
OAK RIDGE CITY MANAGER MARK WATSON EARNS NEW TITLE… DOCTOR
Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson received his doctoral degree in philosophy from the University of Tennessee May 9. In March, Watson successfully defended his dissertation, “City Managers, Mayors an ...
GOVERNOR LEE SAYS NO CLEMENCY FOR DEATH ROW INMATE
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced yesterday he will not intervene to halt Thursday's scheduled execution of 68-year-old death-row inmate Don Johnson. Lee said he made the decision after "prayerfu ...
BUDGET DISCUSSIONS IN ROANE COUNTY; TAX INCREASE LIKELY
There are ongoing discussions within the Roane County Budget Committee about a property-tax rate increase this year. During the May County Commission meeting, Commissioner David Bell asked County Exec ...
A THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE
We have a chance of pop-up showers and thunder showers for Wednesday and Wednesday night with a high temperature near 70 degrees. Thursday is looking partly sunny and 75 degrees. We will climb above 8 ...
FY 2019-2020 TAX RATE ADOPTED ON 1ST READING BY CROSSVILLE CITY COUNCIL
Tuesday night, the Crossville City Council's May meeting had a very short agenda. After the council re-appointed Virgie Lotz to the Crossville Housing Authority, the month's consent agenda was passed ...
REGINA RAE BROWNING, AGE 83
Funeral services for Regina Rae Browning, age 83, of Crossville, will be Thursday, May 16, at 7 p.m. at Bilbrey Funeral Home, with burial to follow in Mansfield, Ohio. Family will receive friends prio ...
HARRIMAN LINK TO BRICEVILLE STORE BREAK-IN AND BATLEY VEHICLE FIRE
The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a break-in early Sunday morning at a store in Briceville. Ginger King, owner of Ginger’s Deli on Briceville Highway, called deputies to the b ...
WATER RATES MAY BE DISCUSSED AT OLIVER SPRINGS COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY
The Oliver Springs Town Council will meet Thursday evening at 7 p.m. at City Hall. At last month’s meeting, the water board decided to raise customers’ water rates 5.5 percent. City Manager Thomas McC ...
