Top Stories
FLOODING, WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN ROANE COUNTY FROM WEEKEND STORMS
Heavy rain Sunday morning caused minor flooding and then high winds exceeding 40 miles per hour rolled through Roane County, causing electrical companies in the county
HUNDREDS OF JOBS FORTHCOMING IN ROANE COUNTY? COQUÍ SAYS YES
Roane County could see in excess of 200 jobs in the near future. Coquí Radiopharmaceuticals Corporation has announced its intention to invest $500 million at
ATHENS TENNESSEE TO PROVIDE FREE PUBLIC WI-FI SERVICE DOWNTOWN
The Appalachian Regional Commission approved a grant to provide public WiFi service in the historic core of Athens, Tennessee. The Appalachian Regional Commission approved a
TDOT TO HALT ROAD WORK FOR EASTER HOLIDAY PERIOD
The Tennessee Department of Transportation will suspend all interstate construction work this Easter weekend in anticipation of increased holiday travel. TDOT crews and contractors will
I-40 AT TN/NC LINE OPENING DELAYED TILL MAY 3RD
Crews will take a little longer to complete repairs on I-40 in North Carolina after a February rockslide. The entire interstate was closed for nearly
WOMAN USING OXYGEN WHILE SMOKING SETS HERSELF ON FIRE
A Kingston woman was seriously injured this morning, according to Kingston Fire Department sources. Just before 4 a.m., the unidentified woman, who was smoking while using oxygen, caught
RON SHERRILL, CRYSTAL SMITH ARRESTED ON DRUG, WEAPONS CHARGES
Friday morning, Cumberland County deputies executing a narcotics search warrant on a home on Old Mail Road turned up more than just drugs. Aside from
STOLEN VEHICLE RECOVERED SOUTH OF ROCKWOOD THIS MORNING
The Roane County Sheriff’s Department retrieved a stolen car from Kingston around 7:30 this morning – but not until it was found in the water
TWO RETIRED ROCKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS INJURED IN SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH
Rockwood fire, police and EMS responded to a single-vehicle wreck early Saturday evening. Two elderly women were injured when the car they were in went
FIRE AT WAYNE COUNTY, KENTUCKY, JAIL STARTED BY INMATES
Saturday night, April 13, at 9:24 p.m., Wayne County, Kentucky, deputies were called to the Wayne County Detention Center to assist detention center personnel with
KNOXVILLE POLICE SEEK ASSISTANCE IN FINDING FATAL HIT-AND-RUN SUSPECT
The Knoxville Police Department is asking the public to help them find 55-year-old Juan Francisco, a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run last Monday, April 8.
CSX EMPLOYEE KILLED IN ACCIDENT AT CHATTANOOGA RAILYARD
A CSX spokesman says a company employee died Saturday afternoon in an accident at Wauhatchie rail yard in Chattanooga. The employee, Allen Lowe, who’d been
FLOODING, WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN ROANE COUNTY FROM WEEKEND STORMS
Heavy rain Sunday morning caused minor flooding and then high winds exceeding 40 miles per hour rolled through Roane County, causing electrical companies in the county and outside as well to have to d ...
HUNDREDS OF JOBS FORTHCOMING IN ROANE COUNTY? COQUÍ SAYS YES
Roane County could see in excess of 200 jobs in the near future. Coquí Radiopharmaceuticals Corporation has announced its intention to invest $500 million at a new medical isotope production facility ...
ATHENS TENNESSEE TO PROVIDE FREE PUBLIC WI-FI SERVICE DOWNTOWN
The Appalachian Regional Commission approved a grant to provide public WiFi service in the historic core of Athens, Tennessee. The Appalachian Regional Commission approved a grant to provide pu ...
TDOT TO HALT ROAD WORK FOR EASTER HOLIDAY PERIOD
The Tennessee Department of Transportation will suspend all interstate construction work this Easter weekend in anticipation of increased holiday travel. TDOT crews and contractors will stop all road ...
I-40 AT TN/NC LINE OPENING DELAYED TILL MAY 3RD
Crews will take a little longer to complete repairs on I-40 in North Carolina after a February rockslide. The entire interstate was closed for nearly a week when a wall of rock and debris fell onto ...
WOMAN USING OXYGEN WHILE SMOKING SETS HERSELF ON FIRE
A Kingston woman was seriously injured this morning, according to Kingston Fire Department sources. Just before 4 a.m., the unidentified woman, who was smoking while using oxygen, caught herself on fi ...
RON SHERRILL, CRYSTAL SMITH ARRESTED ON DRUG, WEAPONS CHARGES
Friday morning, Cumberland County deputies executing a narcotics search warrant on a home on Old Mail Road turned up more than just drugs. Aside from several containers of meth, deputies discovered s ...
STOLEN VEHICLE RECOVERED SOUTH OF ROCKWOOD THIS MORNING
The Roane County Sheriff’s Department retrieved a stolen car from Kingston around 7:30 this morning – but not until it was found in the water on Eagle Furnace Road, south of Rockwood. A sergeant with ...
TWO RETIRED ROCKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS INJURED IN SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH
Rockwood fire, police and EMS responded to a single-vehicle wreck early Saturday evening. Two elderly women were injured when the car they were in went down the embankment across from the Barrington P ...
FIRE AT WAYNE COUNTY, KENTUCKY, JAIL STARTED BY INMATES
Saturday night, April 13, at 9:24 p.m., Wayne County, Kentucky, deputies were called to the Wayne County Detention Center to assist detention center personnel with investigating a fire started in a ce ...
KNOXVILLE POLICE SEEK ASSISTANCE IN FINDING FATAL HIT-AND-RUN SUSPECT
The Knoxville Police Department is asking the public to help them find 55-year-old Juan Francisco, a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run last Monday, April 8. Francisco, a Knoxville resident, was said to ...
CSX EMPLOYEE KILLED IN ACCIDENT AT CHATTANOOGA RAILYARD
A CSX spokesman says a company employee died Saturday afternoon in an accident at Wauhatchie rail yard in Chattanooga. The employee, Allen Lowe, who'd been with the company 24 years, was killed when h ...
