WATSON TO BE ARRAIGNED IN COURT ON MURDER CHARGE
Curtis Watson is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow (Wednesday, August 14, 2019) for escaping prison and the rape and murder of a corrections administrator. Watson is accused of leaving his prison wor ...
AREA CROP AND CATTLE REPORT – AUGUST 12, 2019
Hay baling was the dominant activity across the state last week with pop-up showers doing little to slow the second or third cuttings of hay. Other activities included spraying of fungicides on soybea ...
TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS CONSIDERING TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION
Tennessee lawmakers are once again considering a bill that would call for a total ban on abortions. The state will hold a public hearing on SB 1236 tomorrow (Tuesday, August 13, 2019) from 8 a.m. unt ...
TWO DEAD AFTER MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN POWELL
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says two people died following a multi-vehicle crash in Powell yesterday. The accident involved three vehicles and a motorcycle. Troopers say the motorcycle operated by 50 ...
CAPTURED! WATSON SURRENDERS TO AUTHORITIES HOURS AFTER SIGHTING
A Tennessee convict who sparked a five-day manhunt following his prison escape and alleged murder of a correctional administrator last week was captured yesterday. His arrest came hours after home sur ...
ONE DEAD, CHILD INJURED IN FIVE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON I-40 IN PUTNAM CO.
A five-vehicle accident on I-40 in Putnam County last night left one dead and a child injured. The Tennessee Highway Patrol say a 2018 Ford F-150 driven by 37-year-old Michael Silvey of Cookeville was ...
LOUDON COUNTY OFFICERS INVESTIGATING DEADLY SHOOTING
The Loudon County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a deadly shooting that took place Friday night near downtown Lenoir City. The individual who is deceased was the suspected driver in a vehicle p ...
CURTIS WATSON SPOTTED NEAR PRISON HE ESCAPED FROM
The Tennessee Department of Correction has confirmed escaped inmate Curtis Watson was spotted early this morning in Henning, Tennessee. This is just a few miles from West Tennessee Prison where he esc ...
LOUDON COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY GOOD-BYE TO K-9 OFFICER DAGGER
Saturday morning, deputies with the Loudon County Sheriff's Dept. paid their respects to a fallen comrade as LCPD K-9 Officer Dagger lost his battle with cancer. The canine was 9-years-old. K-9 Corpor ...
TBI RELEASES STATEMENT ON OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN BRADLEY COUNTY
The TBI has released a statement concerning an officer-involved shooting in Bradley County Saturday morning: At the request of 10th District Attorney General Stephen Crump, TBI Agents are investigati ...
KNOXVILLE MAN DIES WHILE HIKING IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
A 58-year-old Knoxville man has died from a cardiac event while hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Rangers say that Harold Thompson was on the Injun Creek Manway leading to the Grapeya ...
WEBSITE REPORTS KNOXVILLE HOT CAR CHILD DEATH IS 3RD IN 2019
According to kidsandcars.org, the small child that died after being left in a hot car in Knoxville Friday, was the third child to die that way in Tennessee in 2019. Neither the age or gender of the ch ...
