INMATE OVERPOWERS FENTRESS COUNTY JAILER, CAUGHT IN PICKETT CO.
Authorities in Fentress County say an inmate overpowered a jailer and stole a vehicle from the sheriff’s office yesterday. Additional information on how the inmate was able to escape the jail was not ...
IDENTITY OF MAN WHO JUMPED OFF HWY 70 BRIDGE IN ROANE CO. RELEASED
The Kingston Police Department this afternoon released the identity of the man who jumped off the Highway 70 bridge into the Clinch River Tuesday night. Rescue crews and police responded to the scene ...
BREAKING NEWS – SEARCH STARTED FOR MISSING ELDERLY WOMAN IN CUMBERLAND CO.
BREAKING NEWS – Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency is setting up a command post on the 100 block of Lakeshire Drive in Fairfield Glade. They, along with Fairfield Glade Police and other aut ...
TDOT GIVES UPDATE ON HIGHWAY 68 GRANDVIEW MOUNTAIN PROJECT
Motorists traveling State Route 68 in Rhea County are wondering just when repairs will start to a section of road that is trying to collapse. Settling problems on the curvy mountain highway between G ...
SOCIAL SECURITY PHONE SCAM REPORTED
A new phone scam involves a recording a person hears after answering stating this is a call from the Department of Social Security Administration. The recording then says the reason for the call is to ...
BLEDSOE COUNTY MAN KILLED IN HAY BALER ACCIDENT
A 30-year-old Bledsoe County man died in a hay baler accident last night. Officers say it happened on Wooden Loop near Pikeville. The victim was identified as Christopher Alex Mason. Authorities say M ...
ONE INJURED IN TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON DUNBAR ROAD
One was injured in a two vehicle accident in Cumberland County this morning. Trooper Justin Mote of the highway patrol says a 2002 Ford F150 driven by 71-year-old John Morgan of Crossville collided wi ...
KNOXVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AT SENIOR LIVING FACILITY
Knox County authorities say a Knoxville man faces a charge of attempted murder after allegedly shooting at a woman in front of Northshore Heights Senior Living. The report states 29-year-old Nicholas ...
BETTY ANN POOLE, AGE 83
Betty Ann Poole, age 83, of Harriman passed away Monday, August 19, 2019. She taught kindergarten for many years at South Harriman Elementary School. She is survived by nine nieces and nephews. Graves ...
BODY OF PERSON WHO JUMPED OFF HWY 70 BRIDGE IN KINGSTON RECOVERED
BREAKING NEWS - The person that jumped from a Highway 70 bridge over the Clinch River in Kingston last night has now been found. The identity of the individual is being withheld but it is a male. The ...
NEARLY 7,300 STUDENTS ATTENDING CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS
The Cumberland County Board of Education will get their first update on how many students are in each school at their meeting tomorrow night (Thursday, August 22, 2019). That report shows nearly 7,300 ...
REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY ARRESTED
A Cumberland County registered sex offender found himself behind bars yesterday. Officers were called to a business in the vicinity of Woodmere Mall where they found 64-year-old Carl Elsworth Straley ...
