VOELKER CHARGED WITH STATUTORY RAPE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A Cumberland County grand jury has indicted an individual for a sex crime. Deputies arrested 22-year-old Trent Austin Voelker yesterday for statutory rape. Court documents state Voelker stands accused ...
SENATOR BAILEY TO INTRODUCE “SLOW POKE LAW”
State Senator Paul Bailey plans to introduce a bill in the upcoming session that would make it illegal for a driver to go slow in a fast lane on four-lane divided highways or interstates. The “Slow Po ...
COURT DATE SET FOR ROANE COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER
A court date has been scheduled for a young man in Roane County accused of murder. Authorities say 18-year-old Dorian Joseph Heiss of Harriman stands accused of the shooting death of 19-year-old Georg ...
PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING KINGSTON FOSSIL PLANT SET
State environmental regulators will be holding a hearing tonight (Thursday, August 28, 2019) on a future expansion of the Kingston Fossil Plant’s coal ash and gypsum landfill. The meeting will focus o ...
TWO ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY IN FAIRFIELD GLADE
Officers with the Fairfield Glade Police Department responded yesterday to a burglary in progress in the Wilshire Hills area. Officers were given a description of the vehicle by the property owner who ...
CROSSVILLE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER PURCHASE OF NEW K-9 OFFICER
The Crossville City Council will meet for a work session this Tuesday afternoon (September 3, 2019). One of the items for the council is a request for the purchase of a new K-9 officer for the police ...
LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE OUT IN FORCE FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND
Law enforcement in every county in the listening area will be out on force this Labor Day weekend for many reasons. The grace period for the hands-free law will be over and officers will be pulling ov ...
VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS MEMORIAL COMING TO FAIRFIELD GLADE
In recognition of and to honor all veterans who have served in our country’s Armed Forces and all first responders, a significant memorial in Fairfield Glade will become a reality with a planned openi ...
SUSPICIOUS DEATH BEING INVESTIGATED IN ROANE COUNTY
The Harriman Police Department is investigating a suspicious death. Police responded Tuesday to Roane Medical Center after a group of individuals brought a deceased female to the emergency room. The s ...
CROSSVILLE COUPLE ARRESTED AFTER 2-YEAR-OLD FOUND PLAYING IN STREET
Two are facing charges in Crossville after their two-year-old was found by police playing in a street. A police officer noticed a little boy in the middle of the road near Burnett and Main Street arou ...
POLICE CHASE IN ROANE COUNTY ENDS WITH ONE IN CUSTODY
A police chase in Roane County yesterday ended with an arrest. An officer spotted a vehicle driven by a wanted man trying to leaving a residence on Roddy Lane. The arrest report states 51-year-old Der ...
ARREST MADE IN DEADLY ROCKWOOD SHOOTING
Rockwood police arrested a subject in a deadly shooting that happened early yesterday morning on South Ridge Avenue. Police Chief Bill Stinnett and officers went to a home on Bates Street in Rockwood ...
