ROANE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AWARDED NEARLY $250,000 IN NUCLEAR EQUIPMENT FUNDING
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) has awarded a total of $899,487 in Nuclear Equipment Funding (NEF) grants to four institutions to expand nuclear education and workforce training progr ...
ROCKWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT RESCUES DOG FROM HOUSE FIRE, REUNITES WITH OWNER
On April 10th at 9:44 PM, the Rockwood Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire at the corner of Tarwater Street and Lakemont Heights. Upon arrival, crews found a single-family home that was ...
TBI LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH OF CORRECTIONS OFFICER AT MORGAN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX
The District Attorney General for Tennessee’s 9th Judicial District, Russell Johnson, has officially requested the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) to conduct an independent investigation into ...
BLOUNT COUNTY SCHOOL BUS MONITOR ARRESTED ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES
A 60-year-old Blount County school bus monitor, Mark Peebles, was arrested on April 7 and charged with aggravated assault (aggravated child abuse/neglect/endangerment) and simple assault (child abuse/ ...
PUTNAM DEPUTIES WORK WITH CROSSVILLE POLICE ON METH BUST
On the early morning of Friday, April 10, 2026, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle near Tennessee Avenue for failure to stop at a stop sign. As deputies approache ...
EARLY VOTING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY STARTS WEDNESDAY AT NEW TEMPORARY LOCATION
The 2026 election cycle in Cumberland County, Tennessee, and surrounding areas features an early voting period for the May 5, 2026 County Primary Election running from Wednesday, April 15 through Thur ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY WOMAN ARRESTED BY MONTEREY POLICE
On Friday, April 10th at 5:25 pm, the Monterey Police Department arrested Ashley Connelly on an outstanding Violation of Probation warrant issued out of Cumberland County. She was then transported ...
CUMBERLAND WILDLAND FIRES DUE TO UNSAFE BURNING AMID POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS
The Cumberland County Fire Department (CCFD) reported that the wildland fires, which broke out over the weekend, were primarily weather-related, stemming from individuals who failed to burn safely und ...
THREE ARRESTS MADE IN PUTNAM COUNTY; METHAMPHETAMINE SEIZED
On Friday, April 10, 2026, Putnam County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted a follow-up investigation on Cane Creek Road involving Jonathan Dickson, who was already on felony drug probation for a prior 2025 ...
MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH REPORTED ON WESTBOUND I-40 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A multi-vehicle crash was reported at 8:06 a.m. CT on westbound Interstate 40 in Cumberland County, Tennessee, near mile marker 323. The left lane (of two) is blocked, causing traffic delays in the ...
MULTI-VEHICLE WRECK REPORTED ON NEW HIGHWAY 68 IN MONROE COUNTY
A motor vehicle accident (MVA) involving multiple cars was reported at 15:28 in Monroe County, specifically in the 2400 block of New Highway 68 between Frontier Road and Sands Road. Drivers are adv ...
OPERATION M.A.C.E. SEIZES METH, FENTANYL, FIREARMS IN MAJOR MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT
Yesterday afternoon and into the evening, the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with more than a dozen local, state, and federal agencies, conducted a large-scale multi-agency operation c ...












