BETHANIE CARRIKER MAKES BRIEF FIRST COURT APPEARANCE
Thirty-four-year-old Bethanie A. Carriker appeared before Judge Robert L. Headrick in Blount County General Sessions Court yesterday afternoon. The Seymour mother was led into court by a public defen ...
FORMER U.S.A.F. ANALYST ARRESTED IN NASHVILLE FOR GIVING REPORTER CLASSIFIED INFO
A former intelligence analyst with the U.S. Air Force was arrested in Nashville yesterday for illegally obtaining and passing classified national-defense information to a reporter. The indictment say ...
MINOR EARTHQUAKE RATTLED FARRAGUT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
A minor earthquake struck Farragut this afternoon, just after 1:30 local time. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the 2.6-magnitude quake’s epicenter was near Hardin Valley Road, at the corner of Cov ...
CREWS CALLED OUT TO EXTINGUISH FLARE-UP AT RECYCLING PLANT
Knoxville Fire Department crews were called back to the scene of Fort Loudon Waste and Recycling on Monday evening, after a flare-up started after workers charged with keeping watch over the facility ...
MISSING MORRISTOWN TWELVE-YEAR-OLD FOUND SAFE
Officials from the Morristown Police Department aren't releasing details, but they say 12-year-old Elizaida Lugo has been found safe. The girl had been reported missing from her mother's Marshall A ...
KNOXVILLE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES PLAN FOR NEW PD, FD HEADQUARTERS
The former St. Mary’s Hospital in Knoxville could find a new purpose as the headquarters for the Knoxville City Court, as well as the police and fire departments. The Knoxville City Council voted 7-1 ...
VANDERBILT RESEARCHERS WORKING TO DEVELOP BRAINS IN A DISH
It sounds like something out of a ’60s sci-fi movie. But it’s real. Researchers at Vanderbilt University are working toward building a brain in a dish. And they say it all starts with studying brain ...
ECONOMIC REPORT SHOWS POSITIVE YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH IN STATE
Tennessee continues to see healthy economic growth. New business filings and annual reports both grew during the first quarter of 2019; these findings and more are included in a new report being relea ...
JUST AFTER I-40 REOPENS AT TN/NC LINE AFTER LANDSLIDE, CRASH FORCES LANE CLOSURES
Motorists on I-40 at the Tennessee/North Carolina border can’t catch a break. After a February landslide led to lane closures and ten long weeks of repairs, all four lanes of travel finally reopened ...
LIVESAFE APP HELPS GUARD AGAINST END-OF-SEMESTER CRIME ON UT CAMPUS
Next Tuesday marks the last day of exams for the spring semester at U.T. This, according to campus police, is the also time of year when the university notes a spike in crime. To combat the problem t ...
NEWBORN AND TODDLER FOUND IN SEYMOUR BATHTUB, TAKEN TO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
A newborn baby and a 15-month-old child were transferred to Children's Hospital after their mother found them in the bathtub at a Seymour home. Officials said the Seymour Fire Department and Blount C ...
GRANT ANNOUNCED TO PROTECT HISTORIC WEATHER KIOSK IN KNOXVILLE
The Heritage Funding Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced a grant intended to protect one of the last remaining U.S. Weather Bureau kiosks in the nation. The ki ...
