
NEW EVIDENCE IN 58-YEAR-OLD MURDER POINTS TO FORMER MCNAIRY COUNTY SHERIFF
New evidence in the 58-year-old murder case of Pauline Pusser, announced at a press conference on August 29, 2025, by District Attorney General Mark Davidson, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TB ...

T.V.A. TO DEMOLISH HARTSVILLE COOLING TOWER
WZTV reports that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is set to demolish a 500-foot-tall cooling tower, a long-abandoned relic of an unfinished nuclear plant project in Hartsville from the 1970s, in ...

DEKALB COUNTY TEEN CHARGED WITH MAKING THREATS OF MASS VIOLENCE
WVLT reports that on August 27, 2025, a 17-year-old student from DeKalb County High School in Tennessee was charged with making a threat of mass violence on school property after allegedly threatening ...

SEQUATCHIE COUNTY MAN ARRESTED AFTER UPLOADING C.S.A.M. TO BING
SEQUATCHIE COUNTY – A TBI Investigation involving agents with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force has resulted in the arrest of a Sequatchie County Man, charged with sexual exploita ...

FORD ISSUES RECALL ON 103,000 F-150 TRUCKS
NewsNation reports that Ford Motor Company is recalling approximately 103,000 F-150 pickup trucks from the 2023-2025 model years due to a safety issue involving weakened rear axle hubs, which could ca ...

ROCKWOOD AIRPORT REPORTS SUCCESS OVER PAST YEAR
Rockwood City Council members and city staff attended a presentation by Scott Brun, manager of Rockwood Aviation LLC, who highlighted the airport's success over the past year since Rockwood Aviation L ...

PEDESTRIAN HIT AND KILLED LAST NIGHT ON I-40 IN ROANE COUNTY
Last night, just after midnight, a vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian on I-40 westbound near the Harriman-Rockwood exit in Roane County. The victim, identified as Michael Bullard from Harriman, ...

EAST TENNESSEE AND LOWER EAST AND UPPER CUMBERLAND ROADWAY ACTIVITY
ANDERSON COUNTY, I-75 South between Mile Markers 131 and 127: On Thursday, August 28, 2025, motorists should be alert for possible temporary lane closures between the hours of 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. the fo ...

DUI AND LICENSE CHECKPOINT LOCATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER
Below is a list of DUI and license checkpoints planned for the month of September: | 9/1/2025 | Jackson | | S.R. HWY. 56/.2 NORTH OF HESTAND LN. | Sobriety | | 9/5/2025 | Warren | | South Chancery ...

PUBLIC CONCERNS REGARDING DROUGHT RAISED AT C.P.W.A. MEETING
The Crossville Chronicle reports that, at the August Cumberland Plateau Water Authority meeting, Steve Stone raised concerns about drought planning, emphasizing the need for a public education program ...

NEW TANKER ADDED TO ROANE COUNTY O.E.S. FLEET
From the Roane County (TN) Office of Emergency Services & Homeland Security: We’re excited to share that the Roane County Office of Emergency Services was recently awarded a Community Developme ...

TENN. HIGHWAY SAFETY OFFICE ANNOUNCES $33.5 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDS
On August 28, 2025, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO), a division of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, announced the distribution of $33.5 million in federal grant fun ...