GOVERNOR, LAWMAKERS SUPPORT FETAL-HEARTBEAT LEGISLATION
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and other GOP lawmakers say they support efforts to ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected. That can be as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Tennessee is one of s ...
HARRIMAN MAN WINS BIG ON HIS BIRTHDAY
Devon Brown of Harriman walked into the Highway 27 Citgo in Harriman and bought a Tennessee Lottery $1 million Platinum Payout instant-game ticket earlier this week. He walked out one million dollars ...
SYRINGES AND PILLS GALORE SEIZED FROM JOYRIDERS AT WOODMERE EXXON
Late Monday night, Crossville police stopped a vehicle reported missing from out in Cumberland County. Originally reported stolen, the report was downgraded to joyriding. Police identified the driver ...
OAK RIDGE CITY BLUEPRINT PLAN NEARS ADOPTION; CITIZEN INPUT SOUGHT
The Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission and the City’s Community Development Department are continuing to accept citizen feedback while they finalize content for the City Blueprint Plan, a citywid ...
TRACTOR TRAILER ROLLOVER AT MILE MARKER 317 ON INTERSTATE 40 EASTBOUND
Earlier today, a tractor-trailer ran off the road on Interstate 40 eastbound and overturned in the vicinity of mile marker 317, near the U.S. Highway 127 exit in Crossville. There was no lane blockage ...
MANHATTAN PROJECT NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK BACK UP AND RUNNING… FOR NOW
Now that the partial government shutdown is over – at least for now – and federal employees are back at work, things are getting back to normal in Oak Ridge. During the five-week shutdown, no National ...
SPARTA MAN ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION, POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN WHILE INTOXICATED
Just before 1 this morning, police were dispatched to Bullfrogs for a report of a fight in progress. One suspect, Cody Page of Sparta, attempted to flee on foot. Police caught up with him and discove ...
TRAILER IN MIDTOWN PARK CIRCLE MOBILE HOME PARK CATCHES FIRE
When temperatures plummet, many turn up the heat to stay warm. But that can prove dangerous. A mobile home in the Park Circle Mobile Home Park, just off of Keylon Drive in Midtown, caught fire around ...
DOTSON GOES ON TRIAL FOR STARVING DEATH OF HIS 2-YEAR-OLD SON
Jury selection wrapped up Tuesday afternoon and the trial of Matthew Dotson began today for his role in the 2012 starving death of his son near Lenoir City. Last year, Amanda Dotson pleaded guilty to ...
DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE REGARDING ROANE COUNTY JAIL EXPANSION
Discussions are ongoing regarding the expansion of the Roane County Jail. A recent meeting of the Jail Study Committee revealed the need to expand, because of continuing overcrowding issues. The 175-b ...
ROANE COUNTY MAN ARRESTED FOR VIOLATION OF BOND CONDITIONS
Just after 3 p.m. Tuesday, Roane County deputies spoke with a resident about her husband, 53-year-old Daniel Walter Devrieze, having violated his bond restrictions by texting her all day and making th ...
TWO-VEHICLE CRASH ON NORTHSIDE DRIVE INJURES ONE
Crossville police, fire and EMS crews responded to a two-vehicle crash on Northside Drive, near the intersection with U.S. Highway 127 shortly before 2 this afternoon. Traffic was tied up in the vicin ...
