KENTUCKY MAN ALMOST THREW AWAY A $4 MILLION LOTTERY TICKET
A Kentucky man – whose last name is Winn – who said he frequently plays Tennessee Lottery games nearly tossed a winning ticket. The ticket ended up being worth $4 million. Sean Winn of Greeneville, K ...
BREAK OUT THE TARTAR SAUCE! FATHER-SON TEAM NABS HUGE CATFISH
A father and son out for a day of fishing on Old Hickory Lake in Nashville recently reeled in a catch to feed the neighborhood. Bailey Keen and his dad caught a catfish near the Old Hickory Steam Plan ...
NASHVILLE MAN TRIES ROBBING WOMAN BEFORE HER HUSBAND SHOOTS HIM
A would-be thief was shot Monday night after the victim’s husband stopped the crime in progress, chased the man down and opened fire, police said. The suspect, 19-year-old Jordan Ponce, approached a ...
STEVEN TYLER HELPS OPEN HOME FOR ABUSED GIRLS IN MEMPHIS AREA
Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler made a visit to a special home in Bartlett, Tennessee, Monday. He was there for the opening off Janie’s House. Tyler collaborated with Memphis-based Youth Villages o ...
CROSSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES MULTIPLE MATTERS IN EVENING WORK SESSION
The Crossville City Council met for nearly an hour and a half work session this evening to discuss nearly two dozen items. First up was a presentation by Greg Davenport of J.R. Wauford & Company ...
LOCAL TEEN, MOM BOTH BATTLING CANCER; GOFUNDME PAGE STARTED
Up until a few weeks ago, 17-year-old Billy Wyatt, Jr. was a normal, active, healthy teenager. Then he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. His mom, Samantha Wyatt has also been battling multiple m ...
SPRADLING CHARGED WITH POSSESSION, INTRODUCTION OF CONTRABAND INTO A PENAL INSTITUTION
Monday night, as Rockwood police brought 36-year-old Jason Allen Spradling into intake at the Roane County Detention Facility, officers cautioned him that anything found in, on or about him could resu ...
UPDATE: ROANE COUNTY BABY MAY HAVE OVERDOSED ON SUBOXONE; CHARGES PENDING
Charges are pending in the case of a one-year-old who may have overdosed on Suboxone, authorities say. The Roane County Sheriff’s Office responded to a Rockwood home January 31, where they found a ch ...
TWRA TO HOST FREE THREE-DAY TRAPPER-TRAINING CAMP FOR ALL AGES
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and the Tennessee Fur Harvesters are hosting a free trapper-training camp March 15-17 at TWRA’s Hiwassee Refuge in Meigs County near the Hamilton County communi ...
OAK RIDGE POLICE ASK FOR HELP IDENTIFYING THEFT SUSPECT
Police in Oak Ridge are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect in a jewelry theft from Fred Meyer Jewelers in that city on Saturday. Anyone with information that could aid the investigati ...
BOND SET FOR ADOPTIVE FATHER CHARGED WITH RAPE IN CASE OF MISSING MONROE COUNTY TEEN
A judge in Monroe County set bond today at $2 million for Randall Lee Pruitt. Pruitt is the 41-year-old adoptive father of a Madisonville teen who disappeared for nearly three weeks last month. The c ...
ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT CHILI SUPPER TO BENEFIT BLAIR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Blair Volunteer Fire Department is sponsoring an all-you-can-eat chili supper this Friday, February 8, at the Blair Volunteer Fire Department, 1911 Old Harriman Highway in Oliver Springs. Dinner w ...
