COACHING LEGENDS LANDERS, DAVIS AMONG INDUCTEES INTO ROANE STATE ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME
Coaches Andy Landers and Jim Davis and the 1984 national champion women’s basketball team will be the inaugural members inducted into the new Roane State Community College Athletics Hall of Fame. The ...
LOCAL STUDENTS INITIATED INTO PHI KAPPA PHI COLLEGIATE HONOR SOCIETY
Nearly a dozen area students attending Tennessee Technological University were recently initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. T ...
YATES ARRESTED IN ROANE COUNTY FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION
Shortly before 7 Tuesday night, Roane County deputies were dispatched to Blue Springs Cemetery on Buckner Road in Philadelphia for a call about a man in jeans and a blue-and-white striped shirt, parke ...
“SUSPICIOUS”-ACTING CROSSVILLE MAN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF (FAKE) DRUGS
Crossville police were called to the McDonald’s on North Main Street yesterday, for a report of “suspicious” suspects in a red Yukon parked in a handicap space. When they arrived, officers made conta ...
RESCUE ONGOING FOR MAN TRAPPED IN GAINESBORO, TENNESSEE, CAVE
Emergency services personnel in Gainesboro are trying to reach a man trapped in a Jackson County, Tennessee cave. According to the Jackson County Emergency Management Office, a man is trapped in a ca ...
GOOD SAMARITANS TO HOST LUNCHEON AND TOUR
The public is invited to join the Good Samaritan Society Wednesday, April 24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for lunch and a tour of the facilities. Space is limited and reservations are required. For informa ...
NINE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE CHARGED IN FEDERAL OPIOID BUST
As part of a federal indictment, following a four-month investigation, nine Middle Tennessee medical professionals were charged this morning for alleged involvement in illegal opioid prescription and ...
BREAKING: TAZEWELL MAN FOUND GUILTY OF CHILD RAPE
Today, after a two-day trial a Claiborne County jury found Bobby Lovin, of Tazewell, Tennessee, guilty of two counts of rape of a child. Claiborne County Criminal Court Judge E. Shayne Sexton revoked ...
BILL BANNING HAND-HELD PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING ADVANCES IN STATE HOUSE
The Tennessee House of Representatives has passed legislation that would ban motorists from using hand-held cellphones while driving. Lawmakers voted 53-38 Wednesday after lengthy debate. Supporters ...
AGGRAVATED BURGLARY REPORTED; WEAPONS, JEWELRY STOLEN
Sunday afternoon, a Cumberland County man returned to a Takesa Drive home to find his front door open – it had been shut and locked when he left two days earlier. Several weapons were stolen, includin ...
BURGLARY REPORTED AT LANTANA ROAD BUSINESS
Friday morning, Cumberland County deputies responded to a report of a burglary at PJ’s Dog Grooming on Lantana Road. The owner arrived to find the front window of her business shattered, possibly by a ...
HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES ON I-40 EASTBOUND IN ROANE COUNTY
Motorists are advised to be prepared for high traffic volumes along Interstate 40 Eastbound in the vicinity of mile marker 347 (the U.S. 27/Harriman/Rockwood exit). Delays are expected to be cleared b ...
