FENTRESS COUNTY SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS SET FOR NEXT WEEK ON FRIDAY NIGHT
The Fentress County Sheriff’s Department, in collaboration with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office, will conduct sobriety checkpoints across the Fentress County area on Friday, March 13, 2026, from 6 ...
MISS VICKIE’S SPICY DILL PICKLE CHIPS RECALLED FOR UNDECLARED MILK
Frito-Lay has issued a voluntary recall for select 8 oz. bags of Miss Vickie's Spicy Dill Pickle Potato Chips due to the potential presence of undeclared milk from jalapeño-flavored chips that may hav ...
CORVETTE OVERCOMES INJURY FOR TCCAA GOLFER OF THE WEEK HONOR
Raegan Corvette, a sophomore golfer for Roane State Community College, earned TCCAA Region 7 Women's Golfer of the Week honors despite competing with a significant ACL injury in her knee. The injury l ...
SOUTH ROANE FIRE DEPARTMENT RELEASES JAN–FEB 2026 ACTIVITY SUMMARY
The South Roane County Volunteer Fire Department experienced a relatively calm start to 2026, responding to 16 calls in January and 12 in February. Despite the lower overall volume, roughly half of th ...
CONGESTION ON I-40 IN PUTNAM COUNTY DUE TO ROAD MAINTENANCE
Interstate 40 in Putnam County is undergoing other maintenance work in both eastbound and westbound directions between mile markers 286 and 304 (about 18 miles, covering areas near Cookeville to the e ...
ANDERSON, ROANE, AND MORGAN RESIDENTS MAY QUALIFY FOR UP TO $50,000 IN COMPENSATION
WBIR reports that residents of Anderson, Roane, and Morgan counties in East Tennessee may qualify for financial compensation through the Department of Justice's Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RE ...
MONROE SHERIFF WARNS OF PUBLISHER’S CLEARING HOUSE SCAMS
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office has issued a public scam alert warning residents about fraudulent phone calls where individuals falsely claim to represent Publisher’s Clearing House (PCH). These sc ...
HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN SCOTT COUNTY IDENTIFIED AS JUSTIN LOWE
The Scott County Sheriff’s Office has provided an update confirming that human remains discovered on February 28, 2026, in the Ditney Mountain area of Pioneer, Tennessee, have been positively identifi ...
KNOX COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND FBI ARREST 7 IN MAJOR DRUG AND VIOLENT CRIME OPERATION
On March 3, 2026, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics and Organized Retail Crime Units, working together with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, carried out a targeted operation aimed at viol ...
MAJOR HEATHERLY RETIRES AFTER 28 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE T.H.P.
The Morgan County Sheriff's Office has extended heartfelt congratulations to Major Stacey Heatherly on her retirement from the Tennessee Highway Patrol after 28 years of dedicated service to the state ...
DRUNK TEEN VANDALIZES HOTEL ROOM AFTER MYSTERIOUS BEATING AT RED ROOF INN IN CROSSVILLE
On February 17, 2026, at approximately 10:02 PM, officers from the Crossville Police Department responded to the Red Roof Inn in Crossville, regarding a report of a male with blood on his face claimin ...
POWER OUTAGE CONFIRMED ON MORGAN COUNTY HIGHWAY DUE TO UTILITY POLE WORK
Power is currently out along Morgan County Highway / Highway 27 due to Plateau Electric Cooperative replacing utility poles. Flaggers are directing traffic on both sides of the work zone. The outa ...
