
IDENTITY OF ROCKWOOD SHOOTING SUSPECT RELEASED
Roane County Sheriff Jack Stockton told 105 7 News this morning the suspect arrested in a Rockwood shooting last night has been identified as 43-year-old David Michael Schmitt. He is charged with atte ...

DEVELOPING STORY – SHOOTING REPORTED IN ROCKWOOD
(Developing Story) - Police and medics responded to a shooting last night in Rockwood. Initial reports indicate a man shot a female in the Parkview subdivision then fled the scene. He was later appreh ...

UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 83,803 (down 1,851 from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 546,497 total cases. •462,694 re ...

FIRE SAFETY TIPS TO REMEMBER DURING THE WINTER
With the low temperature tonight (December 24, 2020) expected to drop to around 15 degrees on the plateau and the upper teens to lower 20’s in the valley, fire officials want to pass on safety tips fo ...

WIND CHILL FACTORS CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY TO BE AROUND ZERO
While the northern Cumberland Plateau is the most likely area to see snowfall accumulations around an inch this afternoon, places west of there to the I-65 corridor could see trace to half inch amount ...

TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL ANNOUNCES TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PLAN FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) will conduct an aggressive traffic safety enforcement campaign during the Christmas holiday. Some plan to travel, while others will experience the holidays virtually ...

DEATH TOLL RISES IN ROANE COUNTY ACCORDING TO TODAY’S REPORT
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2020 The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 85,654 (down 3 ...

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The National Weather Service has issued a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for the following counties: SCOTT, ROANE, MORGAN and all counties east of these to the Smoky Mountains. The advisory goes into effe ...

GOVERNOR BILL LEE EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY IN TENNESSEE UNTIL FEB. 27, 2021
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has extended the state of emergency in the state until February 27, 2021 as COVID-19 cases continue to climb. The new order also allow county mayors to put mask mandates in ...

DOUGLAS ARRESTED IN ROANE COUNTY ON CHARGES INCLUDING KIDNAPPING AND ROBBERY
Law enforcement in Harriman arrested 34-year-old Michael Lory Douglas of Dayton, Tennessee yesterday for especially aggravated kidnapping, especially aggravated robbery, aggravated kidnapping, aggrava ...

KERNS AND GRANT ARRESTED ON SEX CRIME CHARGES IN ROANE COUNTY
Rockwood police took 26-year-old Daniel Nikalous Kerns into custody yesterday on nine counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. He was taken to jail and initially placed under a total bond of $451,500 ...

REPORT RELEASED OF PEDESTRIAN HIT BY VEHICLE AT CROSSVILLE WALMART
Crossville police released a report today of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle Monday in the parking lot of Walmart. It states a 2011 Ford pickup driven by Brian A. Abner struck a Walmart scooter operated ...