TRAFFIC STOP IN PUTNAM COUNTY LEADS TO FENTANYL EXPOSURE
From the Putnam County Sheriff's Office: On Friday, July 25, 2025, PCSO Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a Black Ford Ranger traveling eastbound on 1-40, near mile marker 284, for failure t ...
FOUR FOUND DEAD IN LAKE COUNTY; BELIEVED CONNECTED TO ABANDONED BABY
Four people were found dead in Lake County, Tennessee, on Tuesday night, and the Dyer County Sheriff’s Office believes this is connected to an earlier case where a seven-month-old girl was found aband ...
17-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO KNOXVILLE SHOOTING
A 17-year-old male has been arrested and charged in connection to a Minnesota Avenue shooting that injured two on Tuesday night. At just before 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, Knoxville Police De ...
TN TECH PROFESSORS CHOSEN TO GIVE AWARD LECTURE
Tennessee Tech University professors Pedro E. Arce and Andrea Arce-Trigatti were recently selected to give the prestigious Thomas C. Evans Award lecture at the annual meeting of the American Society f ...
Edward “Ed” Jones, 75
Edward "Ed" Jones age 75, passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2025. Ed was born in Crossville, Tennessee to Fred Jones and Elsie Elmore Jones on June 9, 1950, where he lived much of his life. Mr. Jone ...
T.V.A. EXEC. VICE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION
Tim Rausch, the Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), has announced his resignation, marking the end of his tenure overseeing the agency’s nuclear ...
ROCKWOOD POLICE RESPOND TO BOMB THREAT
On July 28, 2025, at approximately 10:00 p.m., Rockwood Police and Fire Department officials responded to a report of a possible explosive device at a rental property on the west end of Baldwin Street ...
ROCKWOOD CITY COUNCIL APPROVES SEWER RATE INCREASE FIRST READING
The Rockwood City Council met in regular session last night with all members present. The council unanimously approved the first reading of a sewer rate increase for Rockwood wastewater customers, add ...
Shirley Jean (Polston) Bryant, 74
Mrs. Shirley Jean (Polston) Bryant of Burkesville, Kentucky, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the Cumberland County Hospital in Burkesville, Kentucky, having attained the age of 74 years, 1 mon ...
Jacob William Bradley, 95
Jacob William Bradley known to many as Jaybird or just JW, and big Brother, Daddy, or Papaw to his family, passed away July 27, 2025, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Preceded in death by his ...
Melinda Garrett, 57
Melinda Cherie GarrettOctober 23, 1967 – July 26, 2025 Melinda Garrett, age 57, passed away surrounded by the love of her family. Born on October 23, 1967, to Henry “Jerry” Taylor and Leta Garrett, ...
