MOTHER OF BABIES LEFT UNATTENDED IN BATHTUB APPEARS IN COURT
When 34-year-old Bethanie A. Carriker made her first appearance before Judge Robert L. Headrick in Blount County General Sessions Court this afternoon, her attorneys asked that her court date be resch ...
MINOR EARTHQUAKE RATTLED FARRAGUT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
A minor earthquake struck Farragut this afternoon, just after 1:30 local time. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the 2.6-magnitude quake’s epicenter was near Hardin Valley Road, at the corner of Cov ...
S.C.O.R.E. SELECTS 31 TEACHERS FOR 2019-20 TENNESSEE FELLOWSHIP
Two local teachers are among 31 selected for the 2019-20 class of the Tennessee Educator Fellowship through a competitive admissions process, the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) ann ...
CREWS CALLED OUT TO EXTINGUISH FLARE-UP AT RECYCLING PLANT
Knoxville Fire Department crews were called back to the scene of Fort Loudon Waste and Recycling on Monday evening, after a flare-up started after workers charged with keeping watch over the facility ...
ROCKWOOD ROTARY SPRING CRAFT FAIR SLATED FOR THIS WEEKEND
The Rockwood Rotary Club is sponsoring its Spring Craft Fair on Saturday, May 11. The fair runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the gymnasium on the campus of Roane State Community College. For information, ...
USPS CONDUCTS ANNUAL STAMP OUT HUNGER CAMPAIGN THIS SATURDAY, MAY 11
The United States Postal Service is asking for the public’s help as it embarks on its 27th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive this Saturday, May 11. Postal carriers are asking residents of Cumberland ...
MISSING MORRISTOWN TWELVE-YEAR-OLD FOUND SAFE
Officials from the Morristown Police Department aren't releasing details, but they say 12-year-old Elizaida Lugo has been found safe. The girl had been reported missing from her mother's Marshall A ...
KNOXVILLE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES PLAN FOR NEW PD, FD HEADQUARTERS
The former St. Mary’s Hospital in Knoxville could find a new purpose as the headquarters for the Knoxville City Court, as well as the police and fire departments. The Knoxville City Council voted 7-1 ...
VANDERBILT RESEARCHERS WORKING TO DEVELOP BRAINS IN A DISH
It sounds like something out of a ’60s sci-fi movie. But it’s real. Researchers at Vanderbilt University are working toward building a brain in a dish. And they say it all starts with studying brain ...
ECONOMIC REPORT SHOWS POSITIVE YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH IN STATE
Tennessee continues to see healthy economic growth. New business filings and annual reports both grew during the first quarter of 2019; these findings and more are included in a new report being relea ...
JUST AFTER I-40 REOPENS AT TN/NC LINE AFTER LANDSLIDE, CRASH FORCES LANE CLOSURES
Motorists on I-40 at the Tennessee/North Carolina border can’t catch a break. After a February landslide led to lane closures and ten long weeks of repairs, all four lanes of travel finally reopened ...
MOTHER CHARGED IN DROWNING DEATH OF TODDLER IN BATHTUB; INFANT CRITICAL
Blount County authorities have charged a Seymour woman in the death of her toddler and the attempted drowning of her infant. Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong said 34-year-old Bethanie A. Carri ...
