PICKETT COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
From 13th District Attorney Bryant C. Dunaway: WADE ELLIS WILLIAMS, age 52, appeared before the Criminal Court of Pickett County this morning and entered a plea of GUILTY to Sexual Exploitation of ...
HUMAN REMAINS DISCOVERED IN MEIGS COUNTY
On August 18, 2025, Meigs County Sheriff’s Office deputies, conducting a welfare check in a remote area off Bowerman Lane, discovered human remains believed to belong to Monty Ritter, a man in his mid ...
UPDATE: FRIENDSVILLE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL CLEARED OF WRONG-DOING
From Blount County Sheriff's Office: On Friday, August 15, 2025, the Blount County Sheriff’s Office received allegations of potential misconduct involving Friendsville Elementary School Princip ...
RACE CAR DRIVER FROM HAMILTON COUNTY DIES IN ARKANSAS PLANE CRASH
On the night of August 18, 2025, a tragic plane crash in a remote, wooded area of Lafayette County, Arkansas, claimed the life of 54-year-old Barry Boes, an Ooltewah, Tennessee resident and race car d ...
OAK RIDGE WOMAN FACES TERRORISM CHARGE AFTER THREATENING ANIMAL SHELTER
In Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 65-year-old Kathryn Watson faces a terrorism charge following an incident on August 16, 2025, at the Oak Ridge Animal Shelter, a no-kill facility operated by the city. Acco ...
SEQUATCHIE COUNTY TEACHER CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
From Sequatchie County Sheriff's Office: On 08-19-25, Sequatchie County deputies were notified of a reported assault of a student by a care-taker at Griffith Elementary School. Upon investigation, ...
PUTNAM DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR MICHAEL ANTHONY HOLLIS
From the Putnam County Sheriff's Office: WELCOME BACK TO WARRANT WEDNESDAY Sheriff Eddie Farris and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Michael A ...
MARYVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH 8 COUNTS OF CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
Blount County, Tennessee – Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong said investigators arrested a 21-year-old Maryville man Monday following an investigation that revealed actual and AI generated image ...
BLOUNT COUNTY PRINCIPAL SUSPENDED DURING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
On August 15, 2025, Friendsville Elementary School Principal Stan Painter was suspended amid a criminal investigation by the Blount County Sheriff’s Office, prompted by allegations regarding his actio ...
WBIR ANCHOR BILL WILLIAMS PASSED AWAY AT 91
Bill Williams, a revered figure in East Tennessee journalism and WBIR anchor emeritus, passed away at the age of 91. Born in Missouri in 1934, Williams pursued his education in Oklahoma before embarki ...
FREE HUNTING DAY SET FOR AUGUST 23
NASHVILLE --- Tennessee residents are allowed to hunt without a license on Saturday, Aug. 23, which coincides with the opening day of squirrel season. Free Hunting Day is an annual event provided b ...
SCOTT COUNTY MAN ARRESTED AFTER THROWING MOLOTOV AT WALMART PROPANE TANK
WVLT reports that a Scott County man named Martin Robbins was arrested after throwing a Molotov cocktail at a propane tank outside a Walmart, as confirmed by Oneida Police Department Chief Darryl Laxt ...
