MCCLEAN ARRESTED AGAIN FOR VIOLATING SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
Roane County law enforcement took 44-year-old Ralph Rollin McClean into custody yesterday for violation of the sex offender registry and violation of probation or parole. McClean was ordered onto the ...
POSSIBLE ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE UNDER INVESTIGATION
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office recently responded to the report of several deceased cattle near 785 Lake Hill Road in Monterey. Authorities said today this is now an active investigation involving ...
FUNDRAISER ESTABLISHED FOR NEWBORN AND MOM
Bailey Myers from Cumberland County is presently at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville with her daughter who was delivered by C-section last week at 28 weeks old. Jesse Jo (J.J.) weighed just 2 po ...
SEVERAL DR. SEUSS BOOKS TO STOP BEING PUBLISHED BECAUSE OF RACIST IMAGERY
The sales of six Dr. Seuss books will cease over racist and insensitive imagery, according to the business that preserves and protects the author's legacy. The news comes today on National Read Acr ...
SHEILA ANN HANES, AGE 81
Sheila Ann Hanes, age 81, of Crossville, passed away March 1, 2021. She is survived by her husband: Louis Richard Hanes, Sr.; children: Kimberlee (Kenny) Gagnon, Denise Hanes, and Richard Hanes, all o ...
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF DEADLY PUTNAM COUNTY TORNADO
Citizens will come together to remember the lives lost and the devastation left behind one year ago tomorrow (March 3, 2021) from a deadly tornado outbreak. In the early morning hours of March 3, 202 ...
FLOODING IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE LEADS TO WATER RESCUES
Dozens of counties throughout the eastern U.S. remained under flood warnings yesterday following heavy rainfall over the weekend that resulted in the water rescues of toddlers in Kentucky and Tennesse ...
LAWMAKERS CONSIDER MAKING DOLLY PARTON’S VERSION OF ‘AMAZING GRACE’ OFFICIAL STATE HYMN
A bill introduced into the Tennessee General Assembly has proposed making Dolly Parton’s rendition of “Amazing Grace” an official state song. The bill introduced by State Representative Mike Sparks an ...
PROPOSED BILL WOULD GIVE CRIMINAL IMMUNITY TO DRIVERS HITTING PROTESTERS IN STREET
A bill is being considered by Tennessee lawmakers that would bring criminal immunity to drivers who hit protesters illegally blocking the road. It states motorists won’t face prosecution if they hurt ...
CUMBERLAND CO. MURDER SUSPECT ON TBI 10 MOST WANTED LIST CAPTURED
A fugitive wanted for murder in Cumberland County was captured last night. Law enforcement says 33-year-old John Michael Poss was arrested in Warren County. Assisting with Poss taken into custody inc ...
FIRE CONTAINED AT SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
Firefighters responded to a small blaze at the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department last night. Officers detected smoke in an upstairs office and called for assistance. Sheriff Wayne Potter requested ...
SCORES FROM TSSAA SEMIFINAL GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT – MAR. 1, 2021
The semifinals of the TSSAA girls high school basketball tournament took place last night. In Class A, Tellico Plains over Wartburg 49 to 43, Oneida 50 Sunbright 42 and Clarkrange defeated Whitwell 6 ...
