TWO BLOUNT COUNTY MEN DIE AS A RESULT OF A MOTORCYCLE CRASH
Two Blount County men died in a motorcycle crash last night. Officers say 22-year-old Chase Edward Eden of Greenback, and 22-year-old Nicholas R. Wilson of Tallassee were both pronounced dead at the s ...
PEDESTRIAN DIES AFTER BEING HIT BY ALLEGED DUI DRIVER IN PUTNAM CO.
A Cookeville, Tennessee man was arrested for DUI and reckless endangerment after reportedly striking and killing a pedestrian with a vehicle Saturday. Authorities identified the deceased as 49-year-ol ...
NRC NAMES NEW SENIOR INSPECTOR AT WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officials in Atlanta have named Wesley Deschaine as the new NRC Senior Resident Inspector at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant near Spring City. Each U.S. commercial nuc ...
SEVERAL COUNTIES IMPLEMENTING BURN BANS
With dry conditions persistent in the listening area, several counties implemented burn bans in an effort to prevent forest fires. The state of Tennessee is requiring all residents to acquire a permi ...
NEAR OR ABOVE 90 DEGREE WEATHER…..IN OCTOBER?
Apparently Mother Nature did not get the memo that it is about to be October in the area. Hot air continues its grip on the Cumberland Plateau and in the valley. The National Weather Service is call ...
EXPLOSIVE OPERATIONS DETECTION DOG JOINS PUTNAM CO. SHERIFF DEPT.
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office has a new addition to the K-9 Division. Niko, a two-year-old German shepherd, has joined the pack as the unit’s new Explosive Operations Detection K-9. His primary r ...
KAUFFMAN ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES IN RHEA COUNTY
A Spring City man is facing numerous charges after deputies reportedly found him unconscious in his vehicle in Evensville. Officers responded to the scene near Evensville Mountain Road and Liberty Hil ...
BLEDSOE COUNTY EMS DIRECTOR SUSPENDED
(DEVELOPING STORY) - Bledsoe County's Emergency Medical Services director has been suspended. County officials confirm Director Will Angel is off the job pending an inquiry. The district attorney’s of ...
PUTNAM CO. MAN ARRESTED, ACCUSED OF SOLICITING SEX FROM MINOR
Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have arrested and charged a Putnam County man accused of attempting to solicit a minor for the purpose of illicit sex. Agents received inform ...
WANTED ROANE CO. SUSPECT ARRESTED IN HOME WHERE STANDOFF HAPPENED IN BLOUNT CO.
Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong said deputies took a man into custody yesterday at the same trailer where two individuals were arrested following a three hour stand-off in Rockford on Tuesday. ...
LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST BLEDSOE COUNTY AND PIKEVILLE FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE
A $1.75 million lawsuit has been filed against Bledsoe County, the City of Pikeville and two law enforcement officers claiming excessive force. James Evans of Pikeville says Deputy Chase Roberts and P ...
STUDENT IN MONROE CO. FLOWN TO HOSPITAL AFTER REPORTED VAPING INCIDENT
A student at Sequoyah High School in Monroe County was flown to U.T. Medical Center yesterday after suffering a medical emergency reportedly because of vaping. "We are greatly saddened as a school co ...
