RETALIATION CASE LEADS TO CHARGES FOR LEDBETTER
Special agents with the TBI obtained indictments charging 42-year-old Miles Harold Ledbetter, Jr. of Kingston with intimidating the lives of law enforcement officers who previously investigated him. ...
LAYNE CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER
Law enforcement responded Monday to a shooting in Grundy County at 288 Armory Road in Monteagle. They arrived on scene and found 72-year-old Yancie Dee Layne with a gunshot wound to his arm and a 16-y ...
FIREWORKS SAFETY TIPS FOR THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY
The 4th of July can be a fun and festive occasion for all, but the improper use of fireworks can be dangerous, causing serious burns and eye injuries. You can help prevent fireworks-related injuries b ...
POLICE: ROBERTS CHARGED AFTER REPEATEDLY BEATING MOTHER FOR HOURS
Reports state 31-year-old Justin Lee Roberts was taken into custody by Knoxville police after holding his own mother down and repeatedly beating her for hours at a home on Coker Avenue. Roberts is cha ...
TROPICAL STORM ELSA FORMS, HEADED FOR CARIBBEAN
Tropical Storm Elsa formed overnight as it headed toward the Caribbean. Heavy rainfall and possible isolated flash flooding and mudslides will likely hit Barbados and the Windward and Leeland Islands ...
PROSECUTOR TO ASK GRAND JURY TO INVESTIGATE SURFSIDE COLLAPSE, VANDERBILT STUDENT FOUND IN RUBBLE
A state prosecutor announced she will ask a grand jury to investigate the building collapse in Surfside, Florida. Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said in a statement the grand ju ...
MICHELENE BLAYLOCK NORROD, AGE 92
Funeral services for Michelene Blaylock Norrod, age 92, of Crossville, will be conducted at 11 a.m. central Friday, July 2, 2021, at Goff Funeral Home in Monterey. Interment will follow in Davis Cemet ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: INFORMATION IN BOLD INDICATES RISES IN NUMBERS FROM DAY BEFORE. BLEDSOE – 6 active remaining cases (UP 2) out of 2,217 t ...
CRABTREE, HOWARD, KEY, ROSENBAUM AND WRIGHT TO SERVE PRISON SENTENCES
Fentress County Criminal Court Judge E. Shayne Sexton sentenced five individuals to prison this week. Each defendant was found to have violated the terms and conditions of their respective probation. ...
COOK AND RIDENOUR INDICTED FOR MURDER AND ABUSE OF A CORPSE
A grand jury in Roane County indicted 21-year-old Casey Lee Ridenour and 33-year-old Samuel Lee Cook for second-degree murder and abuse of a corpse. The charges stem from an incident last December aft ...
FIRST RESPONDERS RUSH TO SCENE OF TRACTOR-TRAILER FIRE
I-75 southbound in Loudon County at the 76 mile marker Sugarlimb Road exit was closed for a short time earlier today for a flatbed tractor-trailer fire. Deputies and Tennessee Highway Patrol responded ...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES FLASH FLOOD WATCH
The National Weather Service has issued a FLASH FLOOD WATCH for the following counties: ANDERSON, BLOUNT, KNOX, MORGAN, ROANE, AND SCOTT The watch goes into effect Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 8 a.m. e ...
