REWARD OFFERED FOR INFO IN CASE OF MISSING KENTUCKY MOM
The family of a missing Kentucky woman is offering a reward for information leading to her safe return or recovery. Twenty-two-year-old Savannah Spurlock has been missing for nearly three months. S ...
ROANE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET WEDNESDAY, HOPES TO SELECT NEW DIRECTOR
Wednesday evening, the Roane County School Board will meet in a special called session with the intent of selecting the next Director of Schools for Roane County. Two finalists, Thomas Sisk, the curre ...
CONCRETE RAILING FALLS FROM BRIDGE, CRASHES ONTO I-75 IN CHATTANOOGA
One lane of I-75 northbound remains closed today after a large slab of concrete railing fell from a bridge over the roadway at the I-24W split. The Tennessee Highway Patrol in Chattanooga tweeted t ...
TBI INVESTIGATING OFFICER-INVOLVED FATAL SHOOTING IN LaFOLLETTE
At the request of 8th District Attorney General Jared Effler, TBI agents are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting Monday in LaFollette. Preliminary reports indicate just before 7 a.m., LaFo ...
DEPUTY INJURED ATTEMPTING TO DISABLE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE
Last Thursday, just before midnight, Morgan County sheriff’s deputies attempted to stop 29-year-old Lee Alexander Walker, Jr., in a vehicle headed south on Highway 27. When Walker refused to stop, de ...
MONTEREY MAN ARRESTED AFTER ENGAGING DEPUTIES IN PURSUIT
Sunday afternoon, while patrolling along Highway 70 North, a Cumberland County deputy saw the driver of a car with a broken windshield turn off the highway without using a turn signal. The deputy acti ...
MULTI-AGENCY PURSUIT ENDS WITH ARREST OF THREE SUSPECTS
A police pursuit that began in the Anderson County portion of Oliver Springs Thursday evening ended in Roane County when the pursuing officer forced the fleeing suspect off the road. Shortly after 6:3 ...
JERRY L. TURNER, AGE 77
Memorial services for Jerry L. Turner, age 77, of Fairfield Glade, will be Sunday, April 7, at 2 p.m. at Fairfield Glade United Methodist Church. Survivors include widow, Joyce Turner, sons, Steven Tu ...
NEW YELLOW PERCH STATE RECORD SET BY VISITOR FROM MICHIGAN
A Michigan man of Michigan now holds the Tennessee state record for yellow perch after catching a two pound five ounce fish March 26. Jeremy Lorenz was visiting his cousin, Eric Reed of Birchwood, ...
OVERPASS BARRIER FALLS FROM BRIDGE ONTO I-75/I-24 SPLIT IN CHATTANOOGA
TDOT spokesperson Jennifer Flynn says crews have opened up one lane of I-75 southbound after part of the overpass barrier fell to the roadway below yesterday morning. Flynn says it will remain at one ...
PEARL CARTER HENDRICKSON, AGE 91
Funeral services for Pearl Carter Hendrickson, age 91, of Harriman, will be Thursday, April 4, at 1 p.m. at Trenton Street Baptist Church in Harriman, with graveside service to follow in Roane Memoria ...
DERRICK FOISTER ARRESTED FOR FORGERY, THEFT
Friday evening, Cumberland County deputies arrested 38-year-old Derrick Kane Foister of Monterey for two counts of forgery and a single count of theft. At the end of February, Foister attempted to ...
