TWO-YEAR-OLD ROCKWOOD CHILD FLOWN TO HOSPITAL AFTER FALL
A two-year-old Rockwood child was flown to a children’s hospital last night after an accidental fall in a home on Caney Creek Road. The call to 911 dispatch said the child landed on its head after the ...
JUDGE RULES SURVIVORS CAN SUE OVER DEADLY GATLINBURG FIRE
A federal judge has ruled that survivors of a deadly Gatlinburg wildfire can sue the National Park Service for failing to warn them of the danger. The fire began in the Great Smoky Mountains National ...
PROSECUTORS WILL NOT SEEK DEATH PENALTY FOR WAFFLE HOUSE SHOOTING SUSPECT
Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing four people at a Waffle House in Nashville back in April 2018. Instead, they are seeking life in prison without the possibility ...
NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY
Today (January 9, 2020) is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Law enforcement officers of every rank and file have chosen a profession that puts their life on the line every day for their com ...
TENNESSEE SENATOR REINTRODUCING BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE
Tennessee State Senator Janice Bowling is reintroducing a bill that would allow for the use of medical marijuana. If passed, the bill would allow qualified patients to access medical cannabis on a re ...
CATHERINE D. MUNKELWITZ, AGE 86
A Memorial Mass for Catherine D. Munkelwitz, age 86, of Crossville, will be held at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church Friday, January 17, 2020 at 10 a.m. Inurnment will be in St. Joseph’s Garden. Survivor ...
NELL WEAVER FORD, AGE 95
Nell Weaver Ford, age 95, a former resident of Rockwood, passed away January 6, 2020. Survivors include daughter: Gretchen F. Drane (Brian) of Oak Ridge; sons: Robert G. Ford (Gladys) of Rockwood, Jam ...
HAROLENE M. ROSS, AGE 86
Harolene Majesta Ross, age 86, of the Westel community of Cumberland County, passed away January 7, 2020. Survivors include daughter: Deborah Sue Ross of Knoxville; son: Jeff Ross (Betty) of Tunnel Hi ...
JAMES “JIM” BAGGETT, AGE 86
James (Jim) Ray Baggett, age 86, of Kingston, passed away January 6, 2020. Survivors include his wife: Mary Lou; children: Karen Baggett, Ronnie Baggett (Lisa), and Connie Baggett Evans; grandchildren ...
BOBBY GENE DAVENPORT, AGE 80
Funeral services for Bobby Gene Davenport, age 80, of Crossville, will be held at 2 p.m. January 12, 2020 at Crossville Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Haley’s Grove Cemetery in Crab Orch ...
FORMER POLICE CHIEF IN ANDERSON COUNTY INDICTED BY GRAND JURY
An investigation by agents with the TBI has resulted in the indictment of a former police chief for forgery and perjury. Agents began investigating allegations against 42-year-old Samuel Ogburn. The ...
PAIR INDICTED BY CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRAND JURY FOR BURGLARY AND THEFT
A man and woman in Cumberland County has been indicted by a grand jury stemming from a theft from a home. Court documents state 26-year-old Michael Boyd Hammons and 21-year-old Kelsey Lashay Bolles, b ...
