TRAFFIC BACKUP ON I-40 EASTBOUND IN ROANE COUNTY
Motorists driving on Interstate 40 Eastbound toward Roane County are advised to be aware of high traffic volumes at mile marker 353. Traffic is backed up from past the Highway 326/Gallaher Road exit t ...
MADISONVILLE FIRE CLAIMS LIFE OF 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD
A three-year-old child was killed in yesterday morning’s trailer fire on Belcher Road in Madisonville. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says the fire, which crews responded to just before 9:30, l ...
DRAKE MCCAIN TAYLOR HEADS TO HAWAII
Seventeen-year-old Drake McCain Taylor from Rhea County has survived Hollywood and is on to his next American Idol adventure. Last night, Drake delighted audience members, viewers and judges alike wit ...
COMBATIVE, UNCOOPERATIVE MAN ARRESTED BY ROANE COUNTY AUTHORITIES
Early this morning, deputies were dispatched to an address on Webster Road in Harriman for a fight between two men possibly involving knives. One suspect ran around to the back of the trailer. One dep ...
ROCKS IN HANDS, CROW BAR IN PANTS – MAN WAS READY FOR A FIGHT
Tuesday evening, Roane County deputies responded to the area of Clax Gap Road in search of a man in a red shirt and plaid shorts, with a blue shirt around his neck, running down the road, claiming to ...
TWO WOMEN HELD FOR THEFT OF WEED EATER FROM ROANE COUNTY HOME
Tuesday afternoon, Roane County deputies went to a home on Brownlow Drive for a report of suspicious activity. A resident of Rolling Acres said she saw someone steal her neighbor’s weed eater. The wit ...
PROPOSED TN LAW ALLOWS GUN CARRY PERMIT HOLDERS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH A GUN
A Tennessee bill to eliminate penalties when carry permit holders bring guns to some private properties and immediately leave when they realize firearms are banned is headed toward floor votes. A H ...
ROCKWOOD CITY COUNCIL TAKES UP ISSUE OF BED & BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENTS
Rockwood City Council members decided Monday night to be proactive on bed and breakfast establishments that might seek to open there in the future. On first reading the council passed an ordinance to ...
CROSSVILLE CITY COUNCIL TO MEET IN SPECIAL SESSION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
The Crossville City Council will meet in a special session tomorrow, March 27, at 4:30 p.m., at Crossville City Hall to approve three consent-agenda items on second reading. They include ordinances am ...
I-40 TRAFFIC STOP NETS NEARLY TWO AND A HALF POUNDS OF POT
Cumberland County deputies conducted a traffic stop on a car at mile marker 317 on Interstate 40 Westbound last week for inoperable taillights. When asked if there was anything illegal in the vehicle, ...
THEFT REPORTED FROM ROCKWOOD HOME
A resident of Ashburn Drive in Rockwood contacted Cumberland County deputies to say he suspects his son and the son’s girlfriend of theft in the disappearance of several items from his late wife’s clo ...
SUSPECT SOUGHT IN AGGRAVATED BURGLARY OF BLUEBIRD DRIVE HOME
Saturday night, Cumberland County deputies were dispatched to a home on Bluebird Drive for a burglary. The homeowners stated that when they returned home, they found picture frames and photos througho ...










