MONTY FRITTS ANNOUNCES RUN FOR GOVERNOR
State Representative Monty Fritts, a 61-year-old Republican from Kingston, Tennessee, announced his candidacy for governor on a Nashville radio show, driven by his identity as a constitutionalist and ...
TRUCK DRIVER INJURED IN SATURDAY CRASH
On September 6, 2025, a crash occurred on Interstate 40 at mile marker 331 in Cumberland County involving a 2012 Freightliner driven by 44-year-old Rasul Iskander from Kentucky. Iskander, who was wear ...
MAN PULLED OVER FOR NO SEATBELT TURNS HIS MISDEMEANOR INTO A FELONY
On September 5, 2025, at approximately 11:45 AM, Corporal Brandon Griffin of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office observed a vehicle driven by a white male, later identified as Sammy Royal Spivey Jr ...
CRAB ORCHARD MAN EVADES ARREST TWICE
On September 4, 2025, at approximately 7:36 PM, Deputies Aidyn Smith and Holden Atkinson of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office observed Gary Allen Haney, a 30-year-old white male resident of Lawto ...
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO SMUGGLE DRUGS INTO FENTRESS JAIL
From the Pickett County Sheriff's Office: The Pickett County Sheriff's Office, in partnership with The Fentress County Sheriff's Office, The Counter Drug Task Force, and the Tennessee Department of ...
PIKEVILLE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT RACKS UP ANOTHER VIOLATION NOTICE
The Town of Pikeville’s sewage treatment plant has received another violation notice from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) due to elevated E. coli levels in the Sequatch ...
CUMBERLAND SHERIFF’S OFFICE WARNS OF ROMANCE SCAM
From the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office's Director of Community Services and Criminal Investigation, Gary Howard: "Recently, I spoke with a man in our community who almost fell victim to a ro ...
COMEDIAN JON REEP ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR
Comedian Jon Reep, who performed in Harriman last week, was arrested on several counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Reep is a 53-year-old Hickory, North Carolina native is best known for winn ...
STATE REP. RON TRAVIS TO RUN FOR RHEA COUNTY EXECUTIVE
State Representative Ron Travis, after serving District 31 in the Tennessee General Assembly since 2012, has announced he will not seek re-election in 2026, opting instead to run for Rhea County Execu ...
CROSSVILLE WOMAN ARRESTED FOR OAK GROVE STREET ARSON
On August 27, 2025, Officer Jessie Henson responded to a report of a female starting a fire at Oak Grove Street. Upon arrival, he observed Ms. Allison Parson standing next to a burning couch in the ya ...
OKLO TO BUILD NUCLEAR FUEL FACILITY IN ROANE COUNTY; BRINGING 800 JOBS
A significant show of support for a new industry at the former K-25 site in West Oak Ridge, Roane County, took place yesterday at the Bill Wilcox Interpretive Center in the Heritage Center Industrial ...
MAN ARRESTED IN CROSSVILLE FOR VIOLATING SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
On September 1, 2025, city police were dispatched to Highland Courtyard Apartments following a report about Paul Ray, a registered sex offender residing at Highland Courtyard Apartments, who was alleg ...
