AUTHORITIES SAY DO NOT ABBREVIATE THE YEAR 2020 ON DOCUMENTS
The Roane County Sheriff’s Department is offering advice on a way to prevent becoming a victim of fraud in the new year. Officers say when filling out important documents, please do not abbreviate the ...
SIX INJURED IN HEAD ON VEHICLE CRASH IN PUTNAM COUNTY
Six people were injured in a vehicle accident yesterday on the 1500 block of Shag Rag Road in Cookeville. Officers say a 2012 Dodge Journey was traveling west on Shag Rag Road when the vehicle collide ...
2.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE REPORTED OUTSIDE OF DECATUR, TENNESSEE
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) says a 2.5 magnitude earthquake occurred yesterday morning nearly 4 miles outside of Decatur, Tennessee. No significant damage was reported. The earthquake y ...
POLICE: COOKEVILLE SHOOTING VICTIM GIVES FALSE INFORMATION, SUSPECT ARRESTED
UPDATE - The Cookeville Police Department now says a woman who was shot early this morning gave them incorrect information regarding the incident. The victim initially told them an unknown individual ...
BLEDSOE COUNTY MAN DIES IN SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a Bledsoe County man was killed in a single car accident last night on Freeman Road at Highway 127.Troopers say 19-year-old Steve Freeman of Pikeville was driving a 2 ...
PROPOSED TENNESSEE BILL WOULD REQUIRE CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS TO UNDERGO CHEMICAL CASTRATION
A proposed bill to be considered soon by the Tennessee General Assembly would require certain sex offenders to be chemically castrated as a condition of their parole. House Bill 1585 says persons conv ...
WOMAN SHOT WHILE WALKING IN COOKEVILLE
Putnam County authorities say a woman was shot while walking in Cookeville early this morning. The victim was walking along Jere Whitson Road near North Willow Avenue around 1:30 a.m. when the inciden ...
FLOOD ADVISORY ISSUED FOR COUNTIES IN AREA
The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY until 9 a.m. eastern time this morning (Friday, January 3, 2020) for the following counties: Anderson, Bl ...
ACCUSED AREA SERIAL BURGLAR ARRESTED
Loudon County authorities say a serial burglary suspect has been arrested. Officers say Deshawn Rudd is suspected to around 40 convenience store burglaries between June and December 2018. At least thr ...
RHEA COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH BEATING ELDERLY WOMAN WITH GOLF CLUB
Rhea County authorities say a man has been arrested after he allegedly robbed and severely beat a woman in her 70’s with a golf club. Officers took 33-year-old Robert Ellis, Jr. into custody. The repo ...
MOTORCYCLIST KILLED IN MCMINN COUNTY VEHICLE ACCIDENT
A motorcyclist was killed in a head-on crash at the intersection of County Road 410 and U.S. Highway 411 in McMinn County yesterday. Troopers say 69-year-old Mark Hart was operating his motorcycle sou ...
BLEVINS CHARGED WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT IN LOUDON COUNTY
A woman is facing several charges including child endangerment in Loudon County. Deputies encountered 30-year-old Melissa Lee Ann Blevins walking around a vehicle on Hines Valley Road and noticed a st ...
