
FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR EAST TENNESSEE: HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLOODING
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for portions of East Tennessee, including Blount, Morgan, Rhea, Meigs, Monroe, Roane, Loudon, Bledsoe, Anderson, and McMinn counties. The watch re ...

TVA EMPLOYEES VOLUNTARY BUYOUT OFFERS FIVE DAYS PAY FOR EACH YEAR WORKED
Last month it was announced that federal workers would be able to resign with temporary pay if they chose not to work under the executive orders given by the administration under President Donald Trum ...

TRAFFIC STOP FOR BROKEN HEADLIGHT TURNS INTO DUI ARREST
According to a report by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, On Saturday at around 1:50 a.m. Deputy Zachary early made a traffic stop on a pickup truck because the passenger side headlight was out ...

CUMBERLAND CONVENIENCE CENTERS CLOSED FOR FEB. 17TH
All Cumberland County Convenience Centers will be closed on Monday, February 17th for President's Day.

BURGLARY AT HIGHWAY 70 EAST HOME
Yesterday, Deputy Jeffrey Brown responded to a house on Highway 70 East that was reported as being broken into. Upon arriving, the deputy made contact with the homeowner who said that the house is whe ...

CROSSVILLE MAN CLAIMS TO BE VICTIM OF IDENTITY THEFT
On Friday, Deputy Joshua alderman spoke with a man in the lobby of the sheriff's office about an identity theft. The man said he received a letter from the Department of Treasury stating that up to 15 ...

SIX STONE MEMORIAL WRESTLERS QUALIFY FOR SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT
From Stone Memorial High School: Congratulations to the following members of the SMHS Wrestling team that qualified 6 wrestlers for the Sectional tourney:Aiden Smith and Walker Biber placed 2nd in th ...

FATAL HIT-AND-RUN CRASH IN KNOXVILLE
The Knoxville Police Department is investigating a now-fatal hit-and-run crash after a woman who was struck by a vehicle last week on Walker Boulevard passed away. At around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, ...

DEPUTIES EXECUTE DRUG SEARCH ON LEYLAND PRYOR
On the 30th of January, Deputy Blake Richardson of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Department executed a search warrant on Leyland Pryor Road. The narcotics division had gained enough evidence to obta ...

OFFICER-INVOLVED CHASE AND FATAL SHOOTING IN PUTNAM COUNTY
Both the Putnam County Sheriff's Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have confirmed a traffic stop that turned into a police chase and then into an officer-involved shooting incident. The ...

KINGSTON POLICE GIVE DETAILS ON SATURDAY’S ROANE COUNTY JAIL ESCAPEE
From the Kingston Police Department: KINGSTON, TN – A large-scale search effort ended Saturday afternoon with the capture of 29-year-old Benjamin Ray Johnson, who escaped from the Roane County Jail e ...

SCHOOL CLOSINGS MONDAY FEB. 10th
The following school systems are closed Monday, Feb. 10th: Rhea Co. Roane Co.