
EARLIER VEHICLE FIRE I-40 MM 325 STILL CAUSING CONGESTION
An earlier afternoon vehicle fire involving a charter type bus is still causing congestion around the 325 MM area of I-40 eastbound in Cumberland Co. The right lane is blocked. Please use caution and ...

Barbara Jean Hammitt, 81
Barbara Jean Hammitt, age 81 of Rockwood, formerly of West Virginia, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. She was born on July 23, 1943, in Yaeger, WV. She attended church at Fi ...

Lolita J. “Lita” Miller, 72
Mrs. Lolita J. “Lita” Miller, age 72, a resident of Harriman (Midtown), Tennessee passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born September 17, 1952 in Harriman ...

Cellie Marie Rector, 83
CELLIE MARIE RECTOR, age 83 of Spring City, TN passed away peacefully at her home on April 17, 2025. She was born April 27, 1941, in Grandview, TN, the daughter of Raymond and Ludie Hinch Reed. She re ...

KINGSTON MEXICAN RESTAURANT GETS NEAR-FAILING HEALTH INSPECTION SCORE
Last month, Don Eduardo’s Mexican Grill located at 1202 N. Kentucky St in Kingston barely passed its health inspection with a score of 70, the minimum passing grade. Issues included an employee not ...

CASSIDY JACKSON MURDER SUSPECT LEADS POLICE CHASE IN GEORGIA WITH FATAL END
Robert E. Smith Jr., a 35-year-old suspect from Cookeville, Tennessee, accused of murdering 23-year-old Cassidy Jackson in Nashville, died by suicide after a series of crimes and a police pursuit in G ...

DISABLED VEHICLE ON I-40 CAUSING CONGESTION FOR OVER 4 MILES
On April 18, 2025, TDOT reported a disabled vehicle at 11:46 AM at Mile Marker 360 on Interstate 40 Eastbound in Roane county which caused the right lane and shoulder to be blocked. This led to conges ...

RAIDERS LOOKING FOR TURNAROUND AGAINST MOTLOW
RSCC - Roane State has dropped eight of its last nine games, but the Raiders are looking to turn that around this weekend against Motlow State. That could be a tall order against a Bucks team that has ...

ENOKI MUSHROOMS RECALL; LISTERIA CONTAMINATION
Harvest NYC Inc of Brooklyn, NY 11231 is recalling its 200g packages of Enoki Mushroom, because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes ...

GERBER RECALLS TEETHING STICKS; CHOKING HAZARD
On January 31, 2025, Gerber Products Company initiated a recall and discontinuation of all batches of GERBER® SOOTHE N CHEW® TEETHING STICKS due to a potential choking hazard for babies and young chil ...

TWO ARRESTED IN OLIVER SPRINGS FOR METH
From the Oliver Springs Police Department: What began as a traffic stop yesterday afternoon for speeding – 48 MPH in a 35 MPH zone on E Spring St – led to the arrest of a 20-year-old male and an 18 ...

GATLINBURG WOMAN DRAGGED OFF HER PORCH BY BLACK BEAR; BEARS EUTHANIZED
Last night, a woman in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, was bitten and dragged from her porch by a black bear, but sustained no injuries. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) officers found a yearling bea ...