BREAKING NEWS – RHEA COUNTY AUTHORITIES SEARCHING FOR ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBER IN SPRING CITY
(BREAKING NEWS) - The Rhea County Sheriff’s Department and Spring City Police are currently investigating an attempted robbery of Simply Bank in Spring City today. Authorities are currently looking fo ...
LOUDON COUNTY MAN ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE CHILD ABUSE CHARGES
A Loudon County man is facing multiple child abuse charges. Officers responded to a Dailey Avenue in Loudon after witnesses saw one small child walking in the road and a second one allegedly locked ou ...
TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS ADVANCE 6-WEEK ABORTION BAN
Tennessee lawmakers advanced an anti-abortion proposal yesterday that includes some of the strictest restrictions in the country. Under the bill, abortions would be banned once a fetal heartbeat is ...
DEADLINE APPROACHING TO FILE TAXES WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
If you have not already filed your taxes for this year, time is running out after the Treasury Department moved the deadline to help Americans impacted by the coronavirus. The final day to file is Jul ...
ROANE STATE STUDENT IN OAK RIDGE TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
A Roane State Community College student at the Oak Ridge campus tested positive for COVID-19. The student has not shown any symptoms and is in quarantine at home. The college closed the Coffey-McNally ...
DAILY TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: TENNESSEE – 10,880 (up 19 cases from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 32,829 total cases (up 686 cases since y ...
DAILY TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: TENNESSEE – 10,861 (DOWN 259 cases from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 32,143 total cases (up 313 cases sinc ...
TWO ARRESTED FOR HOME BURGLARY IN SPRING CITY
Rhea County deputies responded this morning to a home burglary on King’s Hill in Spring City. A brief chase took place and a short time later, officers took 34-year-old Daniel Akers of Loudon and 39-y ...
MURFREESBORO ATTORNEY INDICTED ON RAPE CHARGES
An investigation by the TBI resulted in the arrest of a Rutherford County attorney for multiple counts of rape. At the request of 16th District Attorney General Jennings Jones, agents began investiga ...
EVERETT AND BRITTAN ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES IN RHEA COUNTY
The Rhea County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at 225 True Road in Evensville this week and allegedly found heroin, fentanyl and several firearms. Deputies arrested 23-year-old Jamison ...
ELLIS OFFERED CONTRACT TO BE BLEDSOE COUNTY DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS
The Bledsoe County Board of Education unanimously voted to offer Pikeville Elementary School Principal James Ellis a contract to become the new director of schools. Members chose between Ellis and Mil ...
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS EMPLOYEE ARRESTED IN MORGAN COUNTY
An arrest was made after an internal investigation into a scheme to introduce contraband into the Morgan County Correctional Complex. After being questioned by agents, Tennessee Department of Correcti ...






