TRAFFIC STOP UNCOVERS 14 GRAMS OF SUSPECTED FENTANYL IN PUTNAM COUNTY
On Thursday, April 9, 2026, Putnam County Sheriff’s Deputies pulled over a vehicle for failing to stop at a stop sign. The driver, Tara Rodgers, was found to have a revoked driver’s license and was ta ...
DETAILS FROM FOUR-CAR CRASH ON ROANE STATE HIGHWAY
On April 9, 2026, at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Roane State Highway in Kingston, a four-vehicle chain-reaction crash occurred under clear daylight conditions on a dry, straight section of the four-lan ...
PUTNAM COUNTY ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH THEFT
An investigation by special agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, at the request of 13th Judicial District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway, led to the arrest of James Hargis, a licensed a ...
ROANE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AWARDED NEARLY $250,000 IN NUCLEAR EQUIPMENT FUNDING
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) has awarded a total of $899,487 in Nuclear Equipment Funding (NEF) grants to four institutions to expand nuclear education and workforce training progr ...
Dorothy “Louise” Adcock, 86
Dorothy “Louise” Adcock, age 86, of Crossville, TN, passed away on April 9, 2026, at NHC Healthcare. Mrs. Adcock was born on February 13, 1940, in Fentress County, TN, daughter of the late Jessie McC ...
Winford Caraway, 81
WINFORD E. “BUDDY” CARAWAY age 81 of Grandview, TN passed away April 9, 2026. He was born February 27, 1945 in Dayton, TN the son of Albert R. and Mary Dillard Caraway. He was retired from TVA as an i ...
Deborah Hinterman, 72
DEBORAH MICHELE “DEBE” RYAN HINTERMAN age 72, a disciple of Jesus Christ, passed away March 4, 2026. She was born at St. Joseph Hospital in Flint, MI on January 4, 1954 the youngest of six children of ...
Emma Lee Hayes Eldridge, 77
Mrs. Emma Lee Hayes Eldridge, age 77, of Knoxville, TN, formerly of Rockwood, TN, passed away at Parkwest Medical Center with her family by her side. She was born in Rockwood, TN on October 6, 1948 to ...
Charles Raymond Riggs, 88
Charles Raymond Riggs died April 3, 2026. He graduated Rockwood High School, graduated from Tennessee Tech University with a BS Degree in Engineering, and he proudly served in the United States Army a ...
Richard Alan Jenkins, 69
Richard Alan Jenkins, 69, Rockwood, Tennessee passed away peacefully but unexpectedly on April 5, 2026. He was born in Akron, Ohio on May 22, 1956 to the late Betty (nee Smith) Jenkins and Albert (Ted ...
Wanda Melton Smith, 91
Mrs. Wanda Melton Smith, age 91, a resident of the Pine Orchard Community of Morgan County, Tennessee passed away March 26, 2026, at the Terra Bella of Athens in Athens, Tennessee. She was born Septem ...
Linda “Carol” Gilliam, 76
Linda “Carol” Gilliam, age 76, passed on April 10, 2026. Carol was a loving and supportive mother, grandmother, and friend. Her hobbies included reading and word puzzles. She was an avid dog lover and ...
