
MAN INVOLVED IN HIGH-SPEED CHASE LAST WEEK BOOKED ON TWENTY CHARGES
Walter Stephen Lawson, 41, from Rockford, Tennessee was arrested on July 21 after a high-speed chase through Crossville. He is booked with 20 charges and a bond amount of $520,000. Court date is sched ...

VILLAGE INN CLOSED AFTER NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION LEADS TO SAFETY CONCERNS
The Village Inn has been permanently closed for safety concerns that were found during an ongoing, long-term narcotics investigation by local authorities. The Village Inn, located at the corner of ...

JUVENILE ESCAPEE FOUND ASLEEP AT ROCKWOOD WALMART PARKING LOT
According to Roane County Sheriff Jack Stockton and Rockwood Police Chief Bill Stinnett, around 9:00 Tuesday morning, an area of the Rockwood Walmart parking lot was roped off after an investigation o ...

MCMINN COUNTY MAN SHOT HIS WIFE AFTER ACCUSING HER OF HAVING AFFAIR WITH BIKER
On Sunday, July 24 McMinn County Sheriff’s Office detectives responded to a reported call regarding a man who had shot his wife in the stomach. When the detectives arrived at the residence along Count ...

Jean Biddix, age 78
Jean Biddix, age 78, of Kingston, passed away early Sunday morning, July 24, 2022 at her home. She was born May 27, 1944 in Avery County, North Carolina. Jean attended Union Chapel Baptist Church as ...

LOCAL DENTIST AGREES TO PAY SETTLEMENT FOR SUBMITTING FALSE CLAIMS TO TENNCARE
The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Dr. Don Flanagan, D.D.S. from Cloudland dental has agreed to pay $1,500,000 to resolve allegations that they knowingly and improperly submitted false ...