ESCAPED INMATE HAS TUSSLE WITH KNOXVILLE OFFICERS
An inmate on a Knoxville work detail faces several charges after he walked away and attacked two officers Thursday. Jeremy Wells is charged with two types of assault, escape, evading arrest and resist ...
AUTHORITIES TEAM UP FOR SEX OFFENDER COMPLIANCE OPERATION
This week, the U.S. Marshals’ Smoky Mountains Fugitive Task Force and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation assisted the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office with its 2019 sex offender compliance operation. ...
TEENAGER RAISING MONEY FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH
When life gives you lemons, one area teenager is making lemonade and raising money for pediatric cancer research. This is the 7th year that Drew Myers has set up his lemonade stand, giving all proceed ...
TN. FATHER DIES SAVING DAUGHTERS FROM RIPTIDE IN FLORIDA
A Tennessee father died earlier this month while rescuing his three daughters who were caught in a riptide off the Florida coast and his last words to one of his girls were, "I got you." Fred Pepperm ...
AUTHORITIES SEARCHING FOR MISSING MOTHER AND SON
The Dickson County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a mother and son who have been missing for nearly two weeks. Deputies said Casey L. Reynolds and her son, Evan, reportedly left their home in Cha ...
KASSOW INDICTED FOR FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
A Fentress County grand jury indicted a man for the death of another. Court documents state 38-year-old Wayne Ellis Kassow of Jamestown faces first-degree murder. Authorities say the victim, Mark Jenn ...
CLARK FACES SEVERAL SEX CRIME CHARGES AFTER BEING INDICTED
A Fentress County man has been indicted by a grand jury on multiple charges. Court documents state 22-year-old Skyler Chase Clark faces 18 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. The indictment indi ...
TN. WOMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER NEWBORN TWINS DIE
A Tennessee woman was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree murder after her twins, who were born prematurely days earlier with drugs in their system, died at the hospital. Tiffany Marie Rob ...
TWO DEPUTIES INDICTED ON EXCESSIVE FORCE CHARGES
Two law enforcement officers in the state have been indicted by a federal grand jury on excessive force charges. The charges are against 59-year-old Chief Deputy Anthony "Tony" Bean and 29-year-old Se ...
RAFTING ACCIDENT ON OCOEE RIVER CLAIMS LIFE OF TEEN
A teenage girl who fell into the Ocoee River in Polk County, Tennessee while rafting last Sunday has died. She has been identified as 15-years-old Yari Hernandez from Leesburg, Florida. She was with h ...
JOSEPH DANIEL’S BLOOD IDENTIFIED ON SHOVEL
The TBI is looking at new evidence in the case of the murder of 5-year-old Joe Clyde Daniels in 2018. Authorities confirmed Joseph Daniel’s blood was identified on a shovel. There was also a hair on ...
MINIMAL SENTENCE FOR FORMER SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CHARGED WITH DUI
A former Rhea County school bus driver was sentenced in court yesterday for an incident that endangered several children. Back in November, officers were notified that 58-year-old Michael Ledbetter of ...
