CONVICTED GANG “PRINCE” GETS 30 YEARS FOR CHATTANOOGA HEROIN ACTIVITY
A convicted heroin dealer operating in and around Chattanooga will spend the next 30 years in federal prison. Beginning in 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted court-authorized wiretap ...
ANOTHER SMALL EARTHQUAKE IN TENNESSEE – IN EASTERN KNOX COUNTY
The U.S. Geological Survey says a small earthquake was reported late this morning in East Knox County. The 2.4-magnitude quake struck at a depth of 11.5 kilometers in the Mascot area, near Union Schoo ...
MAN ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER DOMESTIC SITUATION ESCALATES
Quick response by a Roane County deputy yesterday afternoon may have saved a life as a domestic situation escalated. As a deputy approached a Griffith Point home near Kingston, he saw a man and a woma ...
ONE-MAN CRIME SPREE ENDS WITH ARREST; MULTIPLE CHARGES EXPECTED
Oliver Springs police have wrapped up an investigation of multiple crimes perpetrated by one individual in less than three days’ time. Investigators took 22-year-old Marcus Lively of Oliver Springs in ...
MEIGS COUNTY SCHOOL BUS DRIVER DISCOVERS BODY ALONG ROUTE IN DECATUR
Meigs County authorities called in the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation after a school bus driver on her morning route spotted a body on the side of Eaves Ferry Road in Decatur early this morning. T ...
KINGSTON WOMAN SPOTS “ONE IN A MILLION” YELLOW CARDINAL IN HER YARD
When a retired biologist from Oak Ridge National Laboratory noticed an unusual, brightly colored bird in her backyard in Kingston, she contacted Jimmy Tucker, president of the Knoxville Chapter of the ...
COMMUNITIES OBSERVE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK WITH MEMORIAL CEREMONIES
Crossville and Cumberland County conducted a memorial service for law-enforcement personnel yesterday morning on the courthouse lawn led by the Fraternal Order of Police. Cumberland County Sheriff Ca ...
OAK RIDGE CITY MANAGER MARK WATSON EARNS NEW TITLE… DOCTOR
Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson received his doctoral degree in philosophy from the University of Tennessee May 9. In March, Watson successfully defended his dissertation, “City Managers, Mayors an ...
GOVERNOR LEE SAYS NO CLEMENCY FOR DEATH ROW INMATE
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced yesterday he will not intervene to halt Thursday's scheduled execution of 68-year-old death-row inmate Don Johnson. Lee said he made the decision after "prayerfu ...
BUDGET DISCUSSIONS IN ROANE COUNTY; TAX INCREASE LIKELY
There are ongoing discussions within the Roane County Budget Committee about a property-tax rate increase this year. During the May County Commission meeting, Commissioner David Bell asked County Exec ...
FY 2019-2020 TAX RATE ADOPTED ON 1ST READING BY CROSSVILLE CITY COUNCIL
Tuesday night, the Crossville City Council's May meeting had a very short agenda. After the council re-appointed Virgie Lotz to the Crossville Housing Authority, the month's consent agenda was passed ...
HARRIMAN LINK TO BRICEVILLE STORE BREAK-IN AND BATLEY VEHICLE FIRE
The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a break-in early Sunday morning at a store in Briceville. Ginger King, owner of Ginger’s Deli on Briceville Highway, called deputies to the b ...
