AMBER ALERT CALLED OFF AFTER EAST TENNESSEE TODDLER FOUND SAFE; MOTHER ARRESTED
An Amber Alert was called off this morning for a missing toddler out of Monroe County, Tennessee taken by his non-custodial mother. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reported 21-month-old Caylen ...
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: TENNESSEE – 38,693 (down 591 cases from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 100,822 total cases (up 1,778 cases s ...
ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED IN BLOUNT COUNTY VEHICLE CRASH
Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong says a Knoxville man was killed in a fatal car crash last night. Aaron M. Christopher, age 18, was pronounced deceased at the scene. A passenger in the vehicle ...
ROAD CONSTRUCTION WORKER ESCAPES INJURY AFTER BEING HIT BY SIDE MIRROR ON VEHICE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A road construction worker escaped injury after being hit by a side mirror on a vehicle Monday in Cumberland County. Officers responded to the 1600 block of Old Mail Road where 38-year-old Scottie Atk ...
LOUDON COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH RAPE AND KIDNAPPING
A Loudon County man is facing charges including rape and kidnapping. Authorities went to a home on Summer Street in Loudon where they encountered a female. She had been abused and claimed to have been ...
WARRANTS ISSUED FOR MAN INVOLVED IN HIT AND RUN INCIDENT ON LANTANA ROAD IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A hit and run in Cumberland County Monday resulted in charges against a driver. Deputies went to the 6500 block of Lantana Road where 46-year-old Jonny Dexter Ray Key of Pikeville reportedly sideswipe ...
PELFREY ARRESTED FOR EVADING ARREST AND DUI AFTER ACCIDENT IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A Rockwood man was taken into custody Monday night following a vehicle accident. A deputy reportedly observed a car operated by 20-year-old Dylan Michael Pelfrey traveling on Westel Road at a high rat ...
FOOD NETWORK LOOKING FOR FRONTLINE WORKERS WHO ARE AMAZING COOKS FOR EPISODE OF “CHOPPED”
Food Network's “Chopped” is now looking for frontline workers who are "amazing cooks" to compete in an episode of the show. The casting call is going out to individuals within a six-hour drive of Knox ...
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ISSUES GUIDANCE ON UNSOLICITED SEEDS
Citizens have contacted the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) indicating they’ve received seeds in the mail that they did not order. The seeds appear to have been shipped from China, and in so ...
CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED IN ROANE COUNTY
A Roane County sex offender was taken into custody yesterday afternoon. Harriman police arrested 59-year-old Larry Wade Gibson for failing to register. Gibson is listed as violent on the sex offender ...
FORMER STONE MEMORIAL BASKETBALL COACH NOW HEAD COACH AT RHEA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
John Walker has been hired as the boys basketball head coach at Rhea County High School. Walker replaces Daniel Curtis, who left to be head coach at McMinn Central High School. Walker was the boys a ...
JACK BRANNON, AGE 82
Jack Brannon, age 82, of Harriman, passed away July 27, 2020 at Roane Medical center. Jack was a fixer at Burlington Hosiery, retiring after 30 years. He loved being a volunteer and employee at the Ha ...
