ADKINS CONVICTED OF MURDER IN MONROE COUNTY
A Madisonville man was convicted by a Monroe County jury yesterday of first-degree murder. Officers say 22-year-old Robert Charles Adkins was accused of the death his father, Charles Taylor, in late 2 ...
KNOXVILLE POLICE SEARCHING FOR MISSING ELDERLY MAN
The Knoxville Police Department is asking for help finding a missing elderly man. Police believe Jack Burchfield could be in danger after he was last seen leaving Fort Sanders hospital around 6:15 p.m ...
FEDERAL LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST FORMER WHITE COUNTY SHERIFF
A man who was wrongly arrested has filed a federal lawsuit against White County and former White County Sheriff Oddie Shoupe. The problem started one year ago when 51-year-old Ronnie D. Richardson re ...
SENATOR BAILEY TO INTRODUCE “SLOW POKE LAW”
State Senator Paul Bailey plans to introduce a bill in the upcoming session that would make it illegal for a driver to go slow in a fast lane on four-lane divided highways or interstates. The “Slow Po ...
OVER 90 CATS RESCUED FROM TN. HOME OPERATING AS “CAT SANCTUARY”
More than 90 cats have been rescued from a Tennessee home that had operated as a “cat sanctuary,” according to nonprofit Animal Rescue Corps. The organization responded to a house in Morris Chapel, w ...
FOUR STUDENTS AT BRADLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FACING DRUG CHARGES
Authorities say four students at Bradley Central High School are in trouble after an incident sent three of them to the hospital yesterday. School resource officers found the three who said they had u ...
SEARCH ON FOR TWO MISSING CHILDREN IN TENNESSEE
Tennessee law enforcement are searching for two missing children believed to be with their non-custodial parent. Officers say 39-year-old Amy Marie Newell-Robinson is believed to have taken 6-year-old ...
BLOUNT CO. OFFICERS SEARCHING FOR INMATE WHO WALKED OFF FROM WORK RELEASE
Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong is asking for the public’s assistance in locating an inmate who walked off from work release from the animal shelter on Currie Avenue in Maryville this morning. ...
MCCREARY COUNTY KENTUCKY 2-YEAR-OLD DIES AFTER ASSAULT
Kentucky State Police say a 2-year-old child died after being assaulted by a man in McCreary County. Troopers responded to Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset after getting a call regarding ...
FENTRESS COUNTY WOMAN ESCAPES INJURY IN I-40 VEHICLE ACCIDENT
A Fentress County woman escaped injuries in a single vehicle accident on I-40 in eastern Putnam County last night. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a vehicle driven by 19-year-old Chesney Richards of ...
SEVIER COUNTY HAS TWO SMALL EARTHQUAKES WITHIN THREE MINUTES
The U.S. Geological Service says two small earthquakes were recorded in Sevier County this afternoon. At 1:31 p.m., a 2.2 magnitude earthquake happened 3.1 miles west of Sevierville. Three minutes lat ...
BOATING SAFETY ENCOURAGED FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND
The Labor Day holiday, the final major weekend of the 2019 summer boating season, runs this Friday to Monday. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wants to emphasize the use of life jackets while b ...









