LOCAL TROOPERS USE SIRENS TO LOCATE DOMESTIC ASSAULT VICTIM
Troopers were recently able to use a unique way to locate a female being attacked in a vehicle. It also resulted in two arrests. Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) Knoxville Regional Dispatch Operator Za ...
IDENTITY RELEASED OF POSSIBLE DROWNING VICTIM IN ANDERSON CO.
The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department released the identity of a possible drowning victim. Yesterday, officers and medics responded to Bull Run Park where a man was pulled from the water. Authoriti ...
ONE DEAD IN CAR CRASH INVOLVING MCMINN CO. DEPUTY CRUISER
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says one was killed yesterday in a car crash involving a McMinn County Sheriff’s Department cruiser. Officers say 60-year-old Frankie Greer of Athens was heading north on ...
TWO HURT IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON HWY. 70 NORTH
A two-vehicle accident late yesterday in Cumberland County injured two. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a 2002 Chevy Silverado driven by 82-year-old Noal Brown of Crossville struck an oncoming 2005 ...
DEKALB COUNTY JURY CONVICTS BILLINGS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER
Today, after a two day trial, a DeKalb County jury found 31-year-old Andrew Lafate Billings guilty of attempted first-degree murder of his wife. Andrew Billings took his wife in a vehicle to a remote ...
LINDA ANN REDIKER, AGE 67
Memorial services for Linda Ann Rediker, age 67, of Crossville, will be held Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 11 a.m. at Crossville Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be prior to the service from 10 t ...
ACCIDENT REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 70 NORTH
There is an accident reported on the 5600th block Highway 70 North in Cumberland County near the race track. Use caution in this area (3:20 p.m. central time, August 14, 2019)
DEATH ROW INMATE REQUESTS EXECUTION BY ELECTRIC CHAIR
The Tennessee Department of Correction announced this afternoon death row inmate Stephen Michael West has requested execution by electric chair. West was found guilty of the 1986 kidnapping and stabb ...
WATSON ARRAIGNED IN COURT FOR MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES
The arraignment for escaped inmate, Curtis Watson, was held this afternoon. He faces first-degree murder, especially aggravated burglary, aggravated sexual battery and escape charges. In court today, ...
CROSSVILLE POLICE RESPOND TO MAN REPORTEDLY JUMPING IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC
Crossville police responded yesterday to a report of a subject jumping in front of traffic on Highway 127 South. Officers came into contact with 36-year-old Shane Douglas Parks of Harriman who was des ...
FOUR ARRESTED IN 24 HOURS FOR METH IN CUMBERLAND CO.
Cumberland County deputies arrested four individuals in a 24 hour time period for meth. Two took place yesterday (August 13, 2019) following a traffic stop at McDonald’s on Peavine Road. A K9 reported ...
SMITH GIVEN PRISON SENTENCE IN FENTRESS COUNTY MURDER CASE
A judge handed down a 10 year prison sentence in a Fentress County murder and arson case. Court officials say 48-year-old Jonathan Donovan Smith of Morgan County stood accused of the death of Melissa ...
