
INCREASE IN ELECTRIC PRICES STARTING IN OCTOBER
Get ready to pay more for electricity in October as the annual TVA power rate increase was passed by their board last month. The increase happens seemingly each year as a result of the 2006 TVA ash s ...

MAN IN CUSTODY AFTER BARRICADE SITUATION AT APARTMENT IN OAK RIDGE
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – A man is in custody following a barricade situation at the Tara Hills Apartment complex on Edinboro Lane in Oak Ridge on Wednesday. Glen Duncan, 28, of Oak Ridge has been taken int ...

ONE KILLED AFTER ROCKWOOD HEAD-ON COLLISION
Rockwood, TN- One person has died as a result of a head-on crash east of Rockwood on Highway 70 (Roane State Highway) at the entrance to College Grove Estates. The accident happened around 7:20 (Easte ...

Glenda Pauline Melton, age 65
Glenda Pauline Melton, age 65, of Kingston, passed away Monday at her home, surrounded by her family. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Kingston where she enjoyed singing in the choir as lon ...

Maylen Rogers, age 62
Maylen Rogers, age 62 of Harriman passed away September 5, 2023, at Roane Medical Center. She was born on February 27, 1961. Maylen was an amazing lady who loved and enjoyed staying at home taking c ...

Harrison Hickey, infant
Harrison Hickey was born on July 28, 2023, at UT Hospital and passed away on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, at Children's Hospital in Knoxville. He is preceded in death by his aunt Michalla Sisson and g ...

Charles G. Nance, age 52
Mr. Charles G. Nance, age 52, a resident of Harriman, Tennessee passed away Monday, September 4, 2023, in Harriman, Tennessee. He was born December 16, 1970, in Rockwood, Tennessee. He was a machine o ...

Worth J. Carlson, 79
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Worth J. Carlson on August 29, 2023, at Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Worth was a beloved husband, brother, uncle, friend ...

HIGH-SPEED CHASE LEADS TO ROCKWOOD MAN’S ARREST
On Tuesday, a Rockwood City officer observed a man he knew to have warrants driving on Roane State Highway, heading east. When the officer attempted a traffic stop, the driver accelerated to speeds o ...

COUPLE WITHDRAWS $20K AT CROSSVILLE BANK AFTER DEPOSITING FRAUDULENT CHECK
City officers were dispatched to a bank in Crossville Tuesday for a possible fraudulent check. When speaking to the Branch Manager, he told officers that a couple identified as Jacob and Rachel Brewe ...

KINGSTON CRASH CAUSED MAJOR DELAYS THIS MORNING ON I40
KINGSTON, TN- A two-vehicle accident on Interstate 40 near Kingston occurred just after 7:00 (Eastern time) this morning shutting down westbound traffic near the 354-mile marker. A box-type cab-over ...