WITNESSES SAY WRONG-WAY DRIVER ON I-40 DELIBERATELY CAUSED FATAL CRASH
Witnesses to a wrong-way accident on I-40 Westbound in Knoxville early Saturday say 30-year-old Kara D. Wakefield of Knoxville seemed to be deliberately trying to hit other vehicles. Investigators sa ...
LATEST TBI MOST-WANTED ADDITION IS SUSPECT IN FATAL HIT-AND-RUN
Knoxville police investigators have been looking for 55-year-old Juan Francisco in connection with the hit-and-run death of 52-year-old Debbie Burgess. And now Francisco has been added to the TBI’s M ...
SALT & LIGHT MOVEMENT MARKS FIVE YEARS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Nearly two dozen donors, supporters and school counselors gathered at Christ Lutheran Church this morning to celebrate this year’s achievements through the Salt & Light Movement and its collective ...
HARRIMAN CITY COUNCIL MEETING RECAP
At the Harriman City Council meeting Tuesday night, Mayor Wayne Best said he wants the council to look at their role as committee members and keep him and others informed about what’s going on within ...
GROUND BROKEN ON NEW OAK RIDGE COMPUTING, QUANTUM INFORMATION FACILITY
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry helped break ground this week on a new research facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The groundbreaking ceremony for the 100,000-square-foot Translational R ...
KNOX COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT LOOKING FOR MISSING 71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
The Knox County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a missing North Knoxville woman. Patricia Ann Price was last seen May 1 at her home near the Emory Road area. When her br ...
BETHANIE CARRIKER MAKES BRIEF FIRST COURT APPEARANCE
Thirty-four-year-old Bethanie A. Carriker appeared before Judge Robert L. Headrick in Blount County General Sessions Court yesterday afternoon. The Seymour mother was led into court by a public defen ...
FORMER U.S.A.F. ANALYST ARRESTED IN NASHVILLE FOR GIVING REPORTER CLASSIFIED INFO
A former intelligence analyst with the U.S. Air Force was arrested in Nashville yesterday for illegally obtaining and passing classified national-defense information to a reporter. The indictment say ...
ROANE COUNTY DEPUTIES ENCOUNTER MAN SEEKING “PEACE AND QUIET”
Tuesday morning, Roane County deputies were dispatched to an address on Stricklan Lane for reports of an unwelcome person. They found 27-year-old Kenneth Charles Lloyd, who seemed, in their words, “ve ...
“LOUDON STRONG”: COMMUNITY DISPLAYS STRENGTH, RESILIENCY WITH T-SHIRTS
Loudon is roaring back after the fire that devastated its historic courthouse two weeks ago. To illustrate that, the Loudon Parks and Recreation Department is selling T-shirts that proclaim “LoudonSt ...
ROANE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO MEET THURSDAY EVENING
The Roane County Board of Education is scheduled to meet Thursday evening at 7. They’re looking at adopting a contract for the new school director, LaDonna McFalls. The board knew McFalls was plannin ...
MINOR EARTHQUAKE RATTLED FARRAGUT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
A minor earthquake struck Farragut this afternoon, just after 1:30 local time. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the 2.6-magnitude quake’s epicenter was near Hardin Valley Road, at the corner of Cov ...











