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 ...
GRAND JURY HANDS DOWN MURDER CHARGES AGAINST PARKS, HOLLOWAY AND AIKENS
A Roane County grand jury handed down first-degree murder charges against 40-year-old Shane Douglas Parks of Harriman, 40-year-old Nicholas Ryan Holloway of Rockwood and 36-year-old Joshua Keith Aiken ...
TENNESSEE NATIONAL GUARD HEADS TO TEXAS THIS SUMMER FOR TRAINING
Nearly 3,000 members of the Tennessee Army National Guard are headed to Fort Hood, Texas, this summer for a training exercise as part of their Annual Training. Soldiers from the 278th Armored Cavalry ...
ALMA JOYCE DAVIS, AGE 79
Funeral services for Alma Joyce Davis, age 79, of Crab Orchard, will be held Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 7 p.m. central at Bilbrey Funeral Home in Crossville. Visitation will be held prior to the servic ...
