MADISONVILLE FIRE CLAIMS LIFE OF 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD
A three-year-old child was killed in yesterday morning’s trailer fire on Belcher Road in Madisonville. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says the fire, which crews responded to just before 9:30, l ...
DRAKE MCCAIN TAYLOR HEADS TO HAWAII
Seventeen-year-old Drake McCain Taylor from Rhea County has survived Hollywood and is on to his next American Idol adventure. Last night, Drake delighted audience members, viewers and judges alike wit ...
COMBATIVE, UNCOOPERATIVE MAN ARRESTED BY ROANE COUNTY AUTHORITIES
Early this morning, deputies were dispatched to an address on Webster Road in Harriman for a fight between two men possibly involving knives. One suspect ran around to the back of the trailer. One dep ...
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 ...
