CHATTANOOGA MAN CHARGED WITH RAPING, IMPREGNATING TEENAGE GIRL
An investigation that began in June 2016 has led to charges of child rape against a Chattanooga man. The teenage girl initially believed her boyfriend was the father of her child; but paternity tests ...
UPDATE: BODY OF MISSING 83-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FOUND IN MEIGS COUNTY
Officials from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office have confirmed the elderly woman missing from her home for nearly a week has been found dead. The body of 83-year-old Geneva Atkins was discovered ...
ELDERLY WOMAN WITH DEMENTIA REPORTED MISSING IN HAMILTON COUNTY
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 83-year-old woman, Geneva Atkins. Atkins was last seen on April 16, 2019 traveling northbound near the 5800 block of Highway 58. She was ...
EARTHQUAKES SHAKE EAST TENNESSEE SUNDAY AND MONDAY
Another earthquake rattled East Tennessee Monday morning. A 2.3-magnitude quake shook Dayton, Tennessee, Monday morning. The seismic activity took place at 8:23 a.m. Eastern Time, according to the Uni ...
MAN CHARGED WITH DUI EXPOSED HIMSELF, ATTEMPTED TO RUN OFFICER OVER
Metro Nashville police arrested a 69-year-old man for DUI and open-container charges, as well as additional charges for exposing himself and attempting to run over an officer. Officers were dispatche ...
100,000 FORESTED ACRES BEING PRESERVED ALONG THE TN/KY STATE LINE
The Nature Conservancy announced today 100,000 acres of working forestland on the Tennessee/Kentucky state line will now be preserved, thanks to an acquisition made by the two states’ Nature Conservan ...
S&P: ROANE COUNTY ECONOMY WEAK, RELIES TOO MUCH ON GOVERNMENT JOBS
Roane County’s financial management continues to earn rave reviews from Standard & Poor’s. The economy is a different story, however. The credit rating agency calls Roane County’s economy weak an ...
PROPOSED BILL BANNING CHILD-LIKE SEX DOLLS HEADS TO TENNESSEE GOVERNOR’S DESK
Tennessee is poised to become the latest state to ban possessing, selling or distributing a child-like sex doll. The legislation outlawing child-like sex dolls won unanimous support from House lawmak ...
12-YEAR-OLD GIRL RESCUED AFTER FALL ON SIGNAL MT. TRAIL
A child who was the victim of a high fall was rescued from a Signal Mountain trail on Easter Sunday. It happened around 5:30 p.m. at Signal Point Trail. Hamilton County EMS spokeswoman A ...
BREAKING NEWS: BODY OF MISSING COOKEVILLE DOCTOR FOUND
BREAKING NEWS: Officials in Overton County have announced that they have found the body of a missing Cookeville man. 83-year-old Dr. James L. Smith had been missing since Wed. April 17. His body was ...
BELOVED LONG-TIME SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AND HOMESTEADER SYLVIA LEWIS PASSES AWAY
One of Cumberland County’s most beloved school bus drivers has passed away. Sylvia Lewis (Pelfrey) suffered a stroke last week while she was driving her bus. Fortunately she was able to pull the bus ...
RUTHERFORD COUNTY DEPUTY STRUCK BY CAR WHILE DIRECTING TRAFFIC AT ACCIDENT
A Rutherford County Deputy was hit by a car while directing traffic Friday night. The crash involved a tractor-trailer rig and a car on South Church Street at Savannah Ridge around 9 PM. While the dep ...
