GOV. LEE SIGNS LAW GUARANTEEING ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL AND FERTILITY TREATMENTS
On April 24, 2025, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed HB 533, the "Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act," into law, ensuring Tennesseans' access to birth control and fertility treatmen ...
PROSECUTORS DISAGREE ON PUNISHMENT FOR FORMER COP WITH CSAM CHARGES
Federal prosecutors and the defense attorney disagree on the appropriate punishment for former Knoxville police officer Dan Roark, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sexually exploit a child and rece ...
DOG DRAGGING VIDEO DEEMED’ TRAGIC ACCIDENT’
From the Bledsoe County Sheriff's Office: On April 15, 2025, at approximately 8:47 pm, Bledsoe County 911 Center received a call about a vehicle pulling a dog tied to the vehicle. The responding ...
ROCKWOOD CITY COUNCIL TO MEET TONIGHT AT 6 P.M. EST
The Rockwood City Council will convene on April 28, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall, with Mayor Jolly opening the meeting, followed by a prayer, pledge, and roll call of council members Bobby Anderson ...
JACK IN THE BOX PLANS TO CLOSE OVER 150 LOCATIONS; MAY ALSO SELL DEL TACO
Jack in the Box plans to close 150-200 underperforming stores (10% of its 2,200 locations) by 2025 to improve cash flow and reduce $300 million in debt over two years. The company is also consideri ...
MAN REPORTS $18,000 STOLEN FROM HIS GUN SAFE
On April 24, 2025, Deputy Shawn Aytes responded to a theft report at Pigeon Ridge Road. The complainant reported $18,000 stolen from a gun safe in an upstairs bedroom. The safe showed no signs of forc ...
STEPP NO LONGER SCHOOL DIRECTOR; FARLEY TAKES OVER AS INTERIM DIRECTOR
As of tonight's Cumberland County School Board meeting, William Stepp is no longer the Director of Schools for Cumberland County, as a mutual agreement between him and the school board was voted upon ...
MAN KILLED IN ANDERSON COUNTY MOTORCYCLE CRASH
Anderson County, TN – April 24, 2025 A man was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash Saturday evening in Anderson County, according to a preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol. T ...
Ellen Marietta Hamby, 89
Ellen Marietta Hamby, age 89, of Rockwood, Tennessee passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at Spring City Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on February 11, 1935, in Hebbertsburg, Tennessee. ...
Timothy Wade Adams, 56
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Timothy Wade Adams from COPD on April 22, 2025. Timothy was born on May 2, 1968, in Crossville, TN to Jonah & Betty Adams. Timothy was a talented maso ...
Robert Edwin (Ed) Smylie, 95
Robert Edwin (Ed) Smylie was born to Robert and Leona Smylie on a snowy Christmas Day December 25, 1929 at his grandfather’s farm in Lincoln County, Mississippi. He spent his early years in Mississipp ...
POSSIBLE LANE CLOSURES ON HIGHWAY 70 IN ROANE COUNTY
From the Roane County (TN) Office of Emergency Services & Homeland Security: TDOT Update: ROANE COUNTY, US 70/ SR 1 between SR 326 and Loudon County Line: Motoris ...
