MULTI-AGENCY SWEEP NETS 12 ON VARIOUS DRUG CHARGES IN FRANKLIN COUNTY
Special Agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation were part of this week’s multi-agency roundup in Franklin County that resulted in the arrest of 12 people o ...
BEST-SELLING TENNESSEE AUTHOR ACCUSES HUSBAND OF TRYING TO POISON HER
Williamson County authorities are investigating after Sherrilyn Kenyon, a best-selling fantasy author, accused her estranged husband of poisoning her. Kenyon, known for her “Dark Hunter” series, sa ...
STATE TO RECEIVE GRANT TO HELP UNDERSTAND AND PREVENT VIOLENT DEATHS
Tennessee has received a $1.4 million grant to collect data that will help health officials better understand and prevent violent deaths. According to the Tennessee Department of Health, more than 1,8 ...
2 ARRESTED IN SODDY DAISY AFTER HOT PURSUIT CHASE
Two people were arrested after leading Soddy Daisy Police on a hot pursuit Wednesday night. An officer recognized the driver of a vehicle traveling on Harrison Lane as having a suspended license. The ...
TN DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS PUTNAM COUNTY LEADS REGION IN HANDGUN PERMITS
The latest statistics on handgun permits have been released by the Tennessee Dept. of Homeland Security. The department says that 7,382 residents carry valid handgun permits in Cumberland County while ...
TOP 10 2018-2019 CUMBERLAND COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS NAMED
Cumberland County High School has named its Top 10 graduating seniors for the 2018-2019 school year. They are Shelby Howard, Maggie McClan, Emery Smith, Madison Russell, Anna Manis, Hogan Herring, Joh ...
TAD CUMMINS SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON
A former teacher who was arrested in California for fleeing from Tennessee with a 15-year-old girl has received a 20-year sentence with lifetime supervision. Tad Cummins appeared in a Nashville courtr ...
ROANE COUNTY COMMISSION VOTES DOWN FUNDING FOR VO-TECH STUDENT-COUNSELING POSITIONS
The Roane County Commission engaged in another battle over money Tuesday night as School Director Gary Aytes presented a budget amendment for two new positions dealing with counseling of students for ...
CITY MAN ARRESTED DURING PROBATION SEARCH THAT NETTED DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA
Crossville police accompanied state probation officers on a home visit to the 800 block of Sparta Highway Monday. When consent was given to search the home, officers found meth, Suboxone and five Gaba ...
KNOXVILLE WOMAN ARRESTED FOR PASSING BAD CHECK
Crossville police arrested Nikki Lea McCowan of Knoxville at Cumberland County Bank on West Avenue yesterday on charges of passing a bad check. According to the arrest report, McCowan told police t ...
CROSSVILLE POLICE ARREST MAN WANTED IN SEVIERVILLE HIT & RUN
Crossville police arrived at a home on the 200 block of Goldenbrook Drive yesterday evening where they arrested 28-year-old Matthew Raymond Alcorn on behalf of the Sevierville Police Department. Alcor ...
SUICIDE ON THE RISE IN TENNESSEE, ACCORDING TO STATE SUICIDE-PREVENTION NETWORK
Suicide is now the ninth leading cause of death in Tennessee, with an average of three suicides per day. In 2017, there were 142 youth suicides in the 10-to-24 age group; 51 of these were children bet ...
