
TRIAL DATE SET FOR BLEDSOE COUNTY WOMAN CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY
A trial date has been set for a Bledsoe County woman charged with animal cruelty. Authorities say Caroline Adkins of Pikeville stands accused of having more than 200 animals inside her home last month ...

MISTRIAL DECLARED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY RAPE CASE
A judge declared a mistrial after a Cumberland County jury could not reach a unanimous verdict in a rape case. Court officials say 39-year-old Benny Mullins stood accused after a teenager accused him ...

HARRIMAN CITY HALL TO CHANGE LOCATION
The Harriman City Council voted last night to move city hall to a new location in the Covenant Health Care Doctors Plaza on North Roane Street. The two story structure is directly across from the form ...

RIVERFRONT PARK IN HARRIMAN TO CLOSE IN OVERNIGHT HOURS
Harriman Parks and Recreation Director Charles Jones approached the Harriman City Council last night about closing Riverfront Park at 11 p.m each night and opening back up at 5 a.m. The council agreed ...

SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED IN ROANE COUNTY
A registered sex offender was arrested by Oliver Springs police yesterday. Officers say 54-year-old Chester Lynn Phillips of Oak Ridge was taken into custody in Roane County for failure to register in ...

MAN EJECTED, VEHICLE COMES TO REST ON TOP OF HIM IN CROSSVILLE
DEVELOPING STORY - A single vehicle rollover accident on Sparta Highway in Crossville this morning left one injured. Medics and law enforcement arrived on the scene just after 7 a.m. to learn that a s ...

FUGITIVE WANTED BY GEORGIA AUTHORITIES ARRESTED IN CROSSVILLE
A call to a convenience store on Peavine Road in Crossville turned into the apprehension of a fugitive. Police responded there Labor Day for a possible drunk driver and encountered 36-year-old James R ...

RURAL KING ISSUES STATEMENT ON FIREARMS ISSUE
While Walmart announced yesterday it will no longer sell rounds for firearms, one major retailer intends to continue to do so. Rural King says they are proud to stand with Americans to protect and def ...

ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED IN BLOUNT COUNTY MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
Blount County authorities say a 69-year-old man passed away after crashing his motorcycle on Calderwood Highway yesterday. Eugene David Tice, Jr. of Myrtle, Mississippi was pronounced dead at Blount M ...

HURRICANE DORIAN’S OUTER BANDS HIT EASTERN FLORIDA COAST
Torrential rains and tropical storm-force winds lashed central Florida’s east coast early this morning as a weakened Category 2 Hurricane Dorian moved north toward the eastern seaboard. The 105 mph w ...

ACCIDENT REPORTED ON SPARTA HIGHWAY IN CROSSVILLE
There is an accident reported on the 1000 block of Sparta Highway in Crossville. Use caution in this area (7:08 a.m. central, Wednesday, September 4, 2019)

MAJOR GROCERY CHAIN ASKING CUSTOMERS TO NOT OPEN CARRY FIREARMS
Kroger announced last night it is requesting customers to no longer openly carry firearms into its stores, even in states where open carry is legal. The announcement comes just hours after Walmart ma ...