ESCAPED INMATE FOUND BY SWEETWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones is asking the public for information on a missing inmate, Rodney Wayne Presley, who was being held for misdemeanor charges at the Monroe Cou ...
GOV. LEE ANNOUNCES $100 MILLION FUND TO HELP FIGHT CRIME ACROSS TN
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee launched the $100 million Violent Crime Intervention Fund and invited local law enforcement agencies to apply for grants that will be used to stre ...
24 YEAR OLD HIT BY A TRAIN IN MURFREESBORO
Murfreesboro Police Department and Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department responded to a man hit by a double locomotive behind Beaman Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram on Tuesday morning. The preliminary details s ...
MEIGS COUNTY OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF MISAPPROPRIATING MORE THAN $1 MILLION DOLLARS
MEIGS COUNTY, Tenn. — The Tennessee Comptroller's Office says the former director of the Meigs County Emergency Communications District misappropriated at least $1,084,188.60. However, investigator ...
MAN CHARGED WITH ARSON IN BENTON COUNTY FIRE
CAMDEN – An investigation by special agent fire investigators with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Carroll County man on arson and other charges. On October 3r ...
TN FOOTBALL SAFETY JAYLEN MCCOLLOUGH WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY
KNOXVILLE, Tenn - Tennessee Football Safety Jaylen McCollough was arrested on Sunday on assault charges. Knoxville Police Department officers were called just before 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9 to an ...
ONE PERSON DEAD AFTER DOWNTOWN GATLINBURG FIRE SUNDAY
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WVLT) - One person died and another was injured in a large fire in downtown Gatlinburg Sunday. A spokesperson for the city said the Gatlinburg Fire Department was dispatched to the ...
TWO DEAD AFTER ATV CRASH IN CAMPBELL COUNTY
CAMPBELL COUNTY Tenn. (WVLT) - Two men are dead after an ATV crash in Campbell County Saturday evening, according to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report obtained by WVLT News. The men were traveling in ...
FALL BREAK FOR MANY STUDENTS THIS WEEK
Fall Break starts today for Cumberland, Roane, Rhea, Fentress, and Knox Counties. October 10-14th.
COLUMBUS DAY: CLOSINGS THAT MAY AFFECT YOU
Most banks will be closed today to observe Columbus Day. The United States Postal Service will be closed and will not deliver mail or packages. However, all FedEx services will operate, including Ex ...
ONE DEAD AFTER CAR TRAVELED DOWN WRONG SIDE OF INTERSTATE IN ROANE COUNTY
According to the Tennessee Highway Police report, one person is dead after a car traveling the wrong way on I-40 and hitting another car head-on. On Friday night, after midnight, Eric White, age 59 ...
MINOR ARRESTED, FOUND WITH NOTEBOOK OF “CONCERNING ENTERIES” RELATED TO MEIGS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
The Meigs County Sheriff's Office said Thursday they're investigating after a minor was arrested and found to have a notebook containing "concerning entries" about Meigs County High School. Officia ...
