
ANTHONY WRIGHT WANTED BY PUTNAM SHERIFF
Sheriff Eddie Farris and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Anthony Stephan Wright. Mr. Wright is 48 years old, 6’01, approximately 225lbs, with brown h ...

KNOX AND ANDERSON SHERIFFS WARN OF BITCOIN MACHINE SCAM
Knoxville, TN – July 30, 2025 – In a unified effort to protect our communities, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) and the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) are issuing an urgent warning re ...

TRAFFIC STOP IN PUTNAM COUNTY LEADS TO FENTANYL EXPOSURE
From the Putnam County Sheriff's Office: On Friday, July 25, 2025, PCSO Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a Black Ford Ranger traveling eastbound on 1-40, near mile marker 284, for failure t ...

FOUR FOUND DEAD IN LAKE COUNTY; BELIEVED CONNECTED TO ABANDONED BABY
Four people were found dead in Lake County, Tennessee, on Tuesday night, and the Dyer County Sheriff’s Office believes this is connected to an earlier case where a seven-month-old girl was found aband ...

17-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO KNOXVILLE SHOOTING
A 17-year-old male has been arrested and charged in connection to a Minnesota Avenue shooting that injured two on Tuesday night. At just before 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, Knoxville Police De ...

TN TECH PROFESSORS CHOSEN TO GIVE AWARD LECTURE
Tennessee Tech University professors Pedro E. Arce and Andrea Arce-Trigatti were recently selected to give the prestigious Thomas C. Evans Award lecture at the annual meeting of the American Society f ...

T.V.A. EXEC. VICE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION
Tim Rausch, the Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), has announced his resignation, marking the end of his tenure overseeing the agency’s nuclear ...

ROCKWOOD POLICE RESPOND TO BOMB THREAT
On July 28, 2025, at approximately 10:00 p.m., Rockwood Police and Fire Department officials responded to a report of a possible explosive device at a rental property on the west end of Baldwin Street ...

ROCKWOOD CITY COUNCIL APPROVES SEWER RATE INCREASE FIRST READING
The Rockwood City Council met in regular session last night with all members present. The council unanimously approved the first reading of a sewer rate increase for Rockwood wastewater customers, add ...

NEWS MEDIA COMPANIES FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST STATE OF TENNESSEE
Several U.S. news media companies, including Gray Media, Gannett, Nexstar Media Group, and TEGNA, have filed a lawsuit against Tennessee over a new law effective July 1, 2025. The law makes it a misde ...

MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH ON HIGHWAY 70 NORTH
On July 29, 2025, at approximately 1:22 PM Central Time Zone, a multi-vehicle crash occurred on State Route 24/ Highway 70 North Westbound in Cumberland County, Tennessee, at the location identified a ...

WOMAN CRASHES CAR ON RIGGS CHAPEL ROAD; ARRESTED FOR REVOKED LICENSE
On Monday, a single-car accident occurred in Roane County on Riggs Chapel Road in the 700 block, just after noon. The vehicle flipped over in a driveway, and the female driver fled the scene. She was ...