TENNESSEE “DRYING OFF” AFTER DEVASTATING FLOODING
Things are beginning to slowly dry out after a horrendous storm system lasting for several days passed through middle and east Tennessee causing wide-spread flooding and evacuations. Record rainfall n ...
2 ARRESTED IN MCMINN COUNTY FOR UNDERAGE SEX VIOLATIONS
Two men have been arrested and charged with human trafficking in McMinn County. According to a TBI release, 34-year-old Edgar Gallegos of Morristown and 38-year-old Armadi Imade of Sevierville have ea ...
ROCKSLIDE ON I-40 AT TENNESSEE/N. CAROLINA LINE TO REOPEN WITH RESTRICTIONS
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is reporting that I-40 close to the Tennessee line will remain closed for about a week. A rock slide Friday night shut down traffic in both directions. ...
OLIVER SPRINGS WOMAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT IN CLINTON
An Oliver Springs woman was killed in a single-vehicle accident Thursday morning on Laurel Creek Road in Clinton. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports that 61-year-old Betty J. Webster of Oliver Sprin ...
LIST OF ROAD CLOSURES IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
As of 10 PM Saturday night (2-23) the following roads in Cumberland County are closed due to flooding: Old Highway 28 South of Hinch Mountain (estimated to open in a couple of days) Pineridge Circle ...
LIST OF ROAD CLOSURES IN ROANE COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING
As of 6:00 PM Saturday night, the following roads were currently closed in Roane County. Riggs Chapel-The Emory River has crested and is over the road. Bowers Rd Little Dogwood Tanglewood Pickard Hol ...
BREEDEN, WARD ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO CASH CHECKS STOLEN FROM COUNTRY CUPBOARD
Two men, both from Knoxville, were arrested Wednesday for attempting to cash checks both stolen from Country Cupboard… at different branches of First National Bank of Tennessee. Early Wednesday after ...
FUNNY MONEY BEING PASSED IN CROSSVILLE
Two phony bills have turned up in Crossville in as many days – a twenty and a hundred. On Wednesday, Crossville Police were called to the Volunteer Energy office on O’Brien Drive for a counterfeit $2 ...
RECORD NUMBER OF VISITORS TO GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK IN 2018
Great Smoky Mountains National Park had a record number of visitors in 2018. In all, more than 11.4 million people visited the Smokies last year – up slightly from the year before. Park Superintende ...
SCREAMING MAN DOING DONUTS ON ELECTRIC CART IN WALMART ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Crossville police responded to Walmart overnight Wednesday for a man causing a disturbance. They found 34-year-old Kyle Richard Barrier of Crossville on an electric cart, screaming and doing circles i ...
GOVERNOR LEE PROPOSES $40M FOR SCHOOL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s forthcoming budget proposal is said to include $40 million for school safety enhancements. In addition to the $10 million already budgeted for school safety from former ...
AREA TEEN HONORED BY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT FOR SAVING YOUNG MAN’S LIFE
A Loudon County teen is being hailed as a hero after saving a life earlier this month. Thirteen-year-old Bryson Watkins learned a young man was in need of assistance. Bryson ran to an off-duty deputy ...
