ROCKS IN HANDS, CROW BAR IN PANTS – MAN WAS READY FOR A FIGHT
Tuesday evening, Roane County deputies responded to the area of Clax Gap Road in search of a man in a red shirt and plaid shorts, with a blue shirt around his neck, running down the road, claiming to ...
TWO WOMEN HELD FOR THEFT OF WEED EATER FROM ROANE COUNTY HOME
Tuesday afternoon, Roane County deputies went to a home on Brownlow Drive for a report of suspicious activity. A resident of Rolling Acres said she saw someone steal her neighbor’s weed eater. The wit ...
PROPOSED TN LAW ALLOWS GUN CARRY PERMIT HOLDERS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH A GUN
A Tennessee bill to eliminate penalties when carry permit holders bring guns to some private properties and immediately leave when they realize firearms are banned is headed toward floor votes. A H ...
TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS WANT YOU TO LEARN HOW TO SPEAK ‘APPALACHIA’ CORRECTLY
Lawmakers give the pronunciation lesson in a resolution calling for an official state manual called the Tennessee Blue Book to discuss how people in Appalachia talk. A Senate panel advanced ...
100+ OFFICERS TO GRADUATE THURSDAY FROM TENNESSEE LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY
More than 100 newly certified officers are slated to graduate from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Al Menah Shrine Temple, 1354 Brick Church Pike, in Nashvill ...
ROCKWOOD CITY COUNCIL TAKES UP ISSUE OF BED & BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENTS
Rockwood City Council members decided Monday night to be proactive on bed and breakfast establishments that might seek to open there in the future. On first reading the council passed an ordinance to ...
HARRY BAILEY, AGE 73
Funeral services for Harry Bailey, age 73, of Crossville, will be Thursday, March 28, at 11 a.m. at Rinnie Baptist Church, with burial to follow in Rinnie Cemetery. Family will receive friends Wednesd ...
TENNESSEE TOPS NEW LIST FOR DEMENTIA-RELATED DEATHS IN U.S.
It’s a number-one ranking no one wants. Tennessee has the highest rate of dementia-linked deaths in the United States. The ranking, compiled by financial news and opinion company 24/7 Wall St., cam ...
CHILD ON BIKE FAILS TO STOP AT STOP SIGN, STRIKES SUV IN ROCKWOOD
Rockwood police were sent to the 600 block of South Chamberlain Avenue at Evans Street around 7 last night, where an 8-year-old bicyclist failed to stop at a stop sign on Evans Street and slammed into ...
GOOD SAMARITAN, DRIVER KILLED AFTER I-40 CRASH
The Knoxville Police Department said two people died after a crash Saturday on I-40 Eastbound near the Papermill exit. The police report indicates 23-year-old Sarah Kasunic of Pennsylvania crashed ...
EXTENSIVE TRAFFIC DELAYS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON I-40 THIS AFTERNOON
In Roane County, Interstate 40 is backed up with heavy traffic in both directions from Kingston to the I-75 split – between mile markers 353 and 365 – for roadwork. Delays are expected until about 5 p ...
ACCIDENT ON TAYLOR’S CHAPEL ROAD
Motorists are advised to use caution in the vicinity of Taylor's Chapel Road. There was an accident with possible injuries just reported in front of 1798 Taylor's Chapel Road. Emergency vehicles are e ...
