JOINT MEETING BETWEEN ROANE COUNTY COMMISSION & SCHOOL BOARD
It was the same-ol’ same-ol’ last night in Roane County, as commissioners met with Roane County school board members in a joint workshop at the Harriman High School auditorium. The topic was again pos ...
15-MONTH-OLD INFANT OVERDOSES ON SUBOXONE IN HOME SOUTH OF ROCKWOOD
Lifestar landed at the Roane County Health Department helipad in Rockwood last night around 9 to pick up a 15-month-old infant who was the apparent victim of an overdose. According to Roane County She ...
SWEETWATER POLICE SEARCH FOR MISSING TEEN
Police in the city of Sweetwater are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teen. Fifteen-year-old Anneka Carver was last seen leaving her home Tuesday and getting into a dark-colored Audi ...
FIGHT AT GAME STOP LANDS CROSSVILLE WOMAN IN JAIL ON DRUG CHARGES
Crossville police were called to Game Stop Tuesday night for a fight between two women. Cumberland County deputies were on scene with one of the parties, who said she got into a physical altercation w ...
HARRIMAN MAN WINS BIG ON HIS BIRTHDAY
Devon Brown of Harriman walked into the Highway 27 Citgo in Harriman and bought a Tennessee Lottery $1 million Platinum Payout instant-game ticket earlier this week. He walked out one million dollars ...
SYRINGES AND PILLS GALORE SEIZED FROM JOYRIDERS AT WOODMERE EXXON
Late Monday night, Crossville police stopped a vehicle reported missing from out in Cumberland County. Originally reported stolen, the report was downgraded to joyriding. Police identified the driver ...
SPARTA MAN ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION, POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN WHILE INTOXICATED
Just before 1 this morning, police were dispatched to Bullfrogs for a report of a fight in progress. One suspect, Cody Page of Sparta, attempted to flee on foot. Police caught up with him and discove ...
TRAILER IN MIDTOWN PARK CIRCLE MOBILE HOME PARK CATCHES FIRE
When temperatures plummet, many turn up the heat to stay warm. But that can prove dangerous. A mobile home in the Park Circle Mobile Home Park, just off of Keylon Drive in Midtown, caught fire around ...
DOTSON GOES ON TRIAL FOR STARVING DEATH OF HIS 2-YEAR-OLD SON
Jury selection wrapped up Tuesday afternoon and the trial of Matthew Dotson began today for his role in the 2012 starving death of his son near Lenoir City. Last year, Amanda Dotson pleaded guilty to ...
DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE REGARDING ROANE COUNTY JAIL EXPANSION
Discussions are ongoing regarding the expansion of the Roane County Jail. A recent meeting of the Jail Study Committee revealed the need to expand, because of continuing overcrowding issues. The 175-b ...
ROANE COUNTY MAN ARRESTED FOR VIOLATION OF BOND CONDITIONS
Just after 3 p.m. Tuesday, Roane County deputies spoke with a resident about her husband, 53-year-old Daniel Walter Devrieze, having violated his bond restrictions by texting her all day and making th ...
TWO-VEHICLE CRASH ON NORTHSIDE DRIVE INJURES ONE
Crossville police, fire and EMS crews responded to a two-vehicle crash on Northside Drive, near the intersection with U.S. Highway 127 shortly before 2 this afternoon. Traffic was tied up in the vicin ...
