LOCAL BUSINESSES SCAMMED BY CALLER PRETENDING TO WORK FOR CORPORATE OFFICE
The Knoxville Police Department has received multiple recent reports of scams targeting area businesses. In these particular scams, an employee of the business receives a call from an individual p ...
SPARTA RESCUE DISPATCHED TO SMITHVILLE HWY FOR SERIOUS CRASH
Sparta-White County Rescue Squad was dispatched this morning Monday, January 23, 2023, at 8:17 AM, to a motor vehicle collision with entrapment, on Smithville Hwy, just beyond OT Jones Crossroads. On ...
SIX ESCAPE HOUSE FIRE IN COOKEVILLE THIS MORNING
Cookeville, TN- This morning, Cookeville Fire Department responded to a Denton Ave residence this morning at 5 AM for a reported structure fire. Upon arrival, there was a heavy fire at the rear of ...
UPCOMING CHECKPOINTS
Upcoming Checkpoints: Sobriety 1/27/2023 Roane Hwy 58 @ Hwy 72 1/27/2023 CUMBERLAND HWY 70W @ BROWNTOWN RD 1/27/2023 Clay Hwy 52 @ Little Trace Creek 1/27/2023 Overton Hwy. 52 E a@ DOGWALK RD ...
NATIONAL AGENGY ASKING FOR HELP IDENTIFYING BODY OF BABY FOUND IN OAK RIDGE
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — On March 26, 2020, a fisherman found the body of a newborn floating along the banks of Melton Lake. Now, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is asking for ...
PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING ON I40
Crews are at I-40 East near Papermill Drive, where a small plane made an emergency landing. The pilot is okay, and it is not believed that any vehicles were struck. According to Knoxville Police, traf ...
ROANE COUNTY MAN IN JAIL FOR OVER 44 STATUTORY RAPE CHARGES
A Roane County man known as 45-year-old James Walter Gunter was taken into custody Tuesday evening at a business in Loudon County. He was brought to the Roane County Jail and booked on substantial cha ...
MISSING CHILD LOCATED IN SWIMMING POOL
Cookeville, TN – At approximately 1:15 PM on January 19, 2023, the Cookeville Police Department responded to the 1100 block of East 10th Street in reference to a missing child. On arrival, multiple of ...
TENNESSEE ENDS 2022 WITH CONTINUED LOW UNEMPLOYMENT
NASHVILLE – Tennessee ended 2022 with continued low unemployment across the state. The seasonally adjusted rate for December came in at 3.5%, which was unchanged from November. For the entirety of 202 ...
WILSON COUNTY MAN SENTENCED 475 YEARS FOR CHILD RAPE CONVICTIONS
LEBANON, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Wilson County man was sentenced on Wednesday by a judge to more than four lifetimes in prison for multiple egregious acts toward children. Judge Brody Kane sentenced Brian G ...
DA SAYS MAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY THROWING PUPPIES OFF BRIDGE WILL NOT BE CHARGED
Tyler Underwood was charged with Aggravated Animal Cruelty, a Class E felony, in the intentional killing of five of six puppies that were less than four months old when Underwood allegedly placed th ...
BODY FOUND FLOATING AT CENTER HILL LAKE INDENTIFIED
Putnam County, TN- On January 18, 2023, TWRA agents were on a training mission on Center Hill Lake near the Hickey Boat Ramp when they located a body floating in the water. Criminal Investigation Divi ...
