RHEA COUNTY TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR STATE ROUTE 68/WASSOM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
Rhea County Sheriff’s Department officials said today TDOT Community Relations Officer Jennifer Flynn reported the agency has no plans to close State Route 68 for slope repairs. “TDOT is planning to ...
A LOOK AT ADDRESSING MENTAL-HEALTH ISSUES IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY JAIL
Over the past few months, with repeated arrests of the same people, the seeming catch-and-release structure in place within the criminal-justice system has been thrust into the local spotlight. One q ...
MORE COUNTERFEIT $100 BILLS SURFACING IN CROSSVILLE
Late Monday night, a Crossville police officer conducting a traffic stop noticed a $100 bill in the seat beside the driver. He asked if it was real. The driver told him it was fake and handed the offi ...
COMPLAINT ABOUT DRUGS AT EXECUTIVE INN NETS TWO ARRESTS, DRUGS, GUN
Responding to a complaint about possible drug activity at the Executive Inn Motel earlier this week, Cumberland County deputies encountered 35-year-old Erica Danielle Bebley of Crossville and 53-year- ...
MAN ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER DOMESTIC SITUATION ESCALATES
Quick response by a Roane County deputy yesterday afternoon may have saved a life as a domestic situation escalated. As a deputy approached a Griffith Point home near Kingston, he saw a man and a woma ...
ONE-MAN CRIME SPREE ENDS WITH ARREST; MULTIPLE CHARGES EXPECTED
Oliver Springs police have wrapped up an investigation of multiple crimes perpetrated by one individual in less than three days’ time. Investigators took 22-year-old Marcus Lively of Oliver Springs in ...
OLIVER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL HONORED WITH TN STEM SCHOOL DESIGNATION
Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn announced today Oliver Springs High School is among 11 schools receiving the Tennessee STEM School Designation, bringing the total number of STEM-designated school ...
DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER ROANE COUNTY TRAFFIC STOP
Early this morning, Roane County deputies conducted a traffic stop on Highway 70 in Harriman. The driver, 40-year-old Kathy Lynn Stegall was found to have a suspended license. Deputies asked Stegall ...
KINGSTON WOMAN SPOTS “ONE IN A MILLION” YELLOW CARDINAL IN HER YARD
When a retired biologist from Oak Ridge National Laboratory noticed an unusual, brightly colored bird in her backyard in Kingston, she contacted Jimmy Tucker, president of the Knoxville Chapter of the ...
COMMUNITIES OBSERVE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK WITH MEMORIAL CEREMONIES
Crossville and Cumberland County conducted a memorial service for law-enforcement personnel yesterday morning on the courthouse lawn led by the Fraternal Order of Police. Cumberland County Sheriff Ca ...
OAK RIDGE CITY MANAGER MARK WATSON EARNS NEW TITLE… DOCTOR
Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson received his doctoral degree in philosophy from the University of Tennessee May 9. In March, Watson successfully defended his dissertation, “City Managers, Mayors an ...
BUDGET DISCUSSIONS IN ROANE COUNTY; TAX INCREASE LIKELY
There are ongoing discussions within the Roane County Budget Committee about a property-tax rate increase this year. During the May County Commission meeting, Commissioner David Bell asked County Exec ...
