
LENOIR CITY POLICE IDENTIFY BODY FOUND IN VACANT LOT; AUTOPSY UNDERWAY
Lenoir City police are investigating the discovery of a man's body Thursday morning in a wooded area between Kingston Street and 10th Avenue. Police say the body of 37-year-old Rudy Stricker was disc ...

UPDATE: JAMESTOWN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER REMAINING OPEN… FOR NOW
Jamestown Regional Medical Center will be staying open, at least for now, according to Fentress County Executive Jimmy Johnson. Johnson made the announcement yesterday after taking part in a conferen ...

CONVICTED MURDERER SANG HYMNS DURING HIS EXECUTION
Convicted murderer Don Johnson was executed last evening by lethal injection. The first death-row inmate to be put to death in 2019, Johnson was pronounced dead at 7:37 p.m. As the drugs entered his ...

JAMESTOWN HOSPITAL ORDERED CLOSED BY SUNDOWN TODAY
According to published reports, Jamestown Regional Medical Center has until sundown today to close its doors – or face being shuttered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. The hospital’s owner, ...

VOLS’ 325-POUND FOOTBALL RECRUIT DUNKS, SINKS FULL-COURT SHOT IN WILD VIDEO
A nearly 325-pound Tennessee Volunteers football recruit showed off his athleticism in a video of him dunking a basketball followed by draining a full-court shot. Elijah Simmons, a 6-foot-1 defensive ...

WEST KNOXVILLE DAYCARE SHUT DOWN AFTER DOZENS OF VIOLATIONS SINCE 2011
The State Department of Human Services has closed a West Knoxville daycare facility after what it called “repeated and escalating” violations. Helping Hands Child Care was ordered to cease operations ...

TN MAN STOLE GUITAR BY STUFFING IT DOWN HIS PANTS
Murfreesboro police are looking for an odd suspect. They say Hayden Snyder stuffed a Fender Telecaster guitar down his pants April 26th and walked out of The String Shop. The guitar is valued at nearl ...

CROSSVILLE WOMAN JAILED TWICE WITHIN 18 HOURS ON ALCOHOL-RELATED CHARGES
No sooner did 36-year-old Tracy Ann Coker of Crossville get released after a night in Cumberland County jail than she was arrested again Wednesday morning. The first incident occurred early Tuesday e ...

ARGUMENT OVER GRASS CLIPPINGS LEADS TO AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CHARGE
Tuesday afternoon, Cumberland County deputies were summoned to an address on Hubert Conley Road, where a man cutting his mother’s lawn drew the ire of his brother. Deputies learned 27-year-old Cody Le ...

RHEA COUNTY TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR STATE ROUTE 68/WASSOM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
Rhea County Sheriff’s Department officials said today TDOT Community Relations Officer Jennifer Flynn reported the agency has no plans to close State Route 68 for slope repairs. “TDOT is planning to ...

MORE COUNTERFEIT $100 BILLS SURFACING IN CROSSVILLE
Late Monday night, a Crossville police officer conducting a traffic stop noticed a $100 bill in the seat beside the driver. He asked if it was real. The driver told him it was fake and handed the offi ...

COMPLAINT ABOUT DRUGS AT EXECUTIVE INN NETS TWO ARRESTS, DRUGS, GUN
Responding to a complaint about possible drug activity at the Executive Inn Motel earlier this week, Cumberland County deputies encountered 35-year-old Erica Danielle Bebley of Crossville and 53-year- ...