CUMBERLAND COUNTY JAIL INMATE FOUND WITH METH
A routine shakedown in pod 546 of the Cumberland County jail yesterday resulted in an inmate being charged for possession of meth. K-9 officer Apollo found four yellow pills among 32-year-old Jacob Le ...
TRESPASSING, VANDALISM LANDS TRIO IN JAIL
Monday evening, Cumberland County deputies responded to a report of three unwanted women on the 300 block of Sawmill Road. The homeowner arrived home to find an unfamiliar vehicle in her driveway. She ...
FEBRUARY DEADLINE LOOMS FOR MEDIATOR SELECTION IN COAL-ASH SUIT
Lawyers for Kingston coal ash disaster workers and the company they contend exposed them to dangerous toxins have until February 17 to submit a proposal for picking a mediator to resolve a long-runnin ...
SEVERAL EAST TENNESSEE SCHOOL SYSTEMS CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS
Monroe County Schools announced this morning they’ll be closed Thursday and Friday due to illness. This comes on the heels of similar announcements from several other eastern Tennessee school systems. ...
TENNESSEE BILL AIMS TO STRENGTHEN THE STAND YOUR GROUND LAW
A bill proposed by State Representative Bruce Griffey (R-Paris) would strengthen the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law. Griffey says the law, which holds homeowners harmless from criminal prosecution, ...
STEVEN TYLER HELPS OPEN HOME FOR ABUSED GIRLS IN MEMPHIS AREA
Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler made a visit to a special home in Bartlett, Tennessee, Monday. He was there for the opening off Janie’s House. Tyler collaborated with Memphis-based Youth Villages o ...
CROSSVILLE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES MULTIPLE MATTERS IN EVENING WORK SESSION
The Crossville City Council met for nearly an hour and a half work session this evening to discuss nearly two dozen items. First up was a presentation by Greg Davenport of J.R. Wauford & Company ...
LOCAL TEEN, MOM BOTH BATTLING CANCER; GOFUNDME PAGE STARTED
Up until a few weeks ago, 17-year-old Billy Wyatt, Jr. was a normal, active, healthy teenager. Then he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. His mom, Samantha Wyatt has also been battling multiple m ...
SPRADLING CHARGED WITH POSSESSION, INTRODUCTION OF CONTRABAND INTO A PENAL INSTITUTION
Monday night, as Rockwood police brought 36-year-old Jason Allen Spradling into intake at the Roane County Detention Facility, officers cautioned him that anything found in, on or about him could resu ...
UPDATE: ROANE COUNTY BABY MAY HAVE OVERDOSED ON SUBOXONE; CHARGES PENDING
Charges are pending in the case of a one-year-old who may have overdosed on Suboxone, authorities say. The Roane County Sheriff’s Office responded to a Rockwood home January 31, where they found a ch ...
OAK RIDGE POLICE ASK FOR HELP IDENTIFYING THEFT SUSPECT
Police in Oak Ridge are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect in a jewelry theft from Fred Meyer Jewelers in that city on Saturday. Anyone with information that could aid the investigati ...
BOND SET FOR ADOPTIVE FATHER CHARGED WITH RAPE IN CASE OF MISSING MONROE COUNTY TEEN
A judge in Monroe County set bond today at $2 million for Randall Lee Pruitt. Pruitt is the 41-year-old adoptive father of a Madisonville teen who disappeared for nearly three weeks last month. The c ...
