
KINGSTON JOINS HARRIMAN & ROANE COUNTY IN LAWSUIT
The City of Kingston has voted to enter into a lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority and Jacobs Engineering in regards to seeking additional punitive and compensatory damages from the coal as ...

PLANS FOR OAK RIDGE AIRPORT SUBMITTED TO FAA
Oak Ridge may be getting a new airport. The Metro-Knoxville Airport Authority is looking to develop the facility in the heritage Center Industrial Park near the former K-25 area. They are proposing a ...

CHESTNUT HILL ROAD RESIDENCE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY BURGLARIZED
Cumberland County deputies say a resident on the 1000 block of Chestnut Hill Road reported his garage had been broken into and several items stolen. Deputies noticed pry marks on the side door of the ...

TERRY EDWARD BYRD, AGE 68
Terry Edward Byrd, age 68, of Oak Grove Road in Monroe, Tennessee, passed away at his home Tuesday, January 8. Funeral services will be Friday, January 11 at 1 p.m. at the Oak Grove Baptist Church in ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY RESIDENT ARRESTED FOR AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC ASSAULT
Late Monday night, Cumberland County deputies were called to a home on Cherokee Lane for a welfare check. The woman, who had bruises under her jawline on both side of her throat consistent with strang ...

MULTIPLE THEFTS REPORTED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department has reported multiple thefts within the county this week. Yesterday, a Turner Road resident discovered her red, two-seater mud buggy missing from her yard. O ...

TWO SPARTA RESIDENTS ARRESTED ON METH CHARGES IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
While patrolling on Browntown Road Tuesday evening, Cumberland County deputies conducted a routine traffic stop. The driver, 42-year-old Mark Christophe Brown of Sparta, stated his license had been re ...

FUGITIVE FROM NORTH CAROLINA NABBED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County deputies stopped a vehicle traveling eastbound on I-40 at mile marker 323.6 for a registration violation Monday night. A warrants check through dispatch revealed the driver, 45-year- ...

AXELL ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, OTHER CHARGES
Early Wednesday morning, while conducting a welfare check, Roane County deputies found 30-year-old Jaret Shonn Axell slumped over behind the wheel of a car parked in front of the Pilot gas station on ...

MONROE COUNTY FUGITIVE APPREHENDED IN KINGSTON BASEMENT
Acting on a tip, Roane County deputies conducted a consent search of a home on the 400 block of West Ridgecrest Drive in Kingston yesterday evening. There they found 32-year-old Richard James Ashcraft ...

LEE APPOINTS FIRST FEMALE CABINET MEMBER
Gov.-elect Bill Lee has appointed Tennessee's only female Court of Appeals judge to a Cabinet-level position. Brandon Gibson is the first woman on his team of senior advisers. She currently serves as ...

ROANE COUNTY DEPUTIES APPREHEND FUGITIVE WANTED IN MISSOURI
Yesterday afternoon, Roane County deputies responded to a call from Cumberland County deputies requesting backup, due to the possibility of drug involvement. Deputies initiated a traffic stop on a veh ...