MONROE SHERIFF ISSUES SCAM ALERT; SCAMMER MIMICKING SHERIFF PHONE NUMBER
From Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones: We want to provide an important update to our recent scam alert. Today, we received several more calls from concerned citizens, and it appears the scamme ...
USDA APPROVES TN WAIVER TO BAN CANDY AND SODA FROM SNAP BENEFITS IN 2026
On December 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved a waiver requested by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to restrict the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, ex ...
TN TECH ALUM AND COMPOSER JEREMY MARTIN WINS EMMY AWARD
Tennessee Tech University alumnus Jeremy S. Martin has been honored with an Emmy Award for his original musical composition, “Normandy, 1944,” a stirring tribute created in recognition of the 80th ann ...
JOSEPH MCKINNEY WANTED BY PUTNAM DEPUTIES ON FORGERY CHARGES
Sheriff Eddie Farris and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Joseph McKinney. Mr. McKinney is 47 years old, 6’01, approximately 170lbs, with brown hair, ...
SKRMETTI ANNOUNCES PHASE 2 OF ‘OPERATION ROBOCALL ROUNDUP’
Nashville, TN – Today, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced Phase 2 of Operation Robocall Roundup, expanding the crackdown on illegal robocalls to include four of the largest telecom ...
DETAILS RELEASED ON YESTERDAY’S FATAL CRASH ON I-40 IN PUTNAM COUNTY
On December 9, 2025, a deadly multi-vehicle crash occurred on Interstate 40 West near mile marker 277 in Baxter in Putnam County, shutting down the westbound lanes for several hours. According to ...
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE REQUESTED IN MONROE COUNTY ARSON CASE
From Sheriff Tommy Jones: In the early morning hours of August 22, 2025, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies and detectives responded to a camper fire at 137 Hooper Road in Tellico Plains. Th ...
TEEN SON DENIED BOND AFTER CONFESSING TO BEATING MOTHER TO DEATH AND BURNING BODY
On December 8, 2025, 18-year-old Gabriel Vilchez and his 64-year-old stepfather, David Gardiner, appeared in a Sequatchie County preliminary hearing on charges of criminal homicide and abuse of a corp ...
MONROE SHERIFF WARNS OF PHONE SCAM
From Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones: The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is once again warning our community about a major phone scam currently circulating. Over the last 24-hours, we have receiv ...
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ADDRESSES LIVINGSTON ACADEMY HAZING INCIDENTS
From the office of the 18th District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway: RE: Livingston Academy Incidents Recently, there have been incidents of hazing and bullying involving students at Livingston A ...
AAA: TENNESSEE GAS PRICES DOWN FOUR CENTS
NASHVILLE, Tenn., (December 8, 2025) — Gas prices continue to fall across the state, falling four cents, on average, over last week. The Tennessee Gas Price average is now $2.56 which is four cents le ...
GEORGIA DOUBLE HOMICIDE SUSPECT ARRESTED IN ROBERTSON COUNTY
In Robertson County, Tennessee, 54-year-old Javier Aragon Ruiz was arrested Saturday morning by Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers in connection with a double homicide in Gwinnett County, Georgia. ...












