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After a long and tough recovery, Tennessee Highway Patrol Knoxville Captain Stacey Heatherly is once again on duty! She was seriously injured last April in a head-on collision on Highway 62 in Morgan ...

The body of a Jackson County man has been discovered in Putnam County. According to a press release, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office received a call Wednesday evening (February 26, 2025) from a pro...

Members of the TBI Sex Offender Registry Unit assisted the Overton County Sheriff's Department, along with the Livingston Police Department, Tennessee Department of Homeland Security, and the United S...

Tennessee State Parks invite Tennesseans to participate this Saturday (March 1) in the state's annual Weed Wrangle, part of a national effort to remove invasive plants from public spaces. The state ha...

A section of I-40 between Tennessee and North Carolina is slated to partially reopen this Saturday (March 1, 2025). The Tennessee Department of Transportation says there will be only one lane in each ...

A pilot who crashed into Center Hill Lake in DeKalb County on Tuesday (Feb. 25, 2025) is lucky to have escaped with only minor injuries. A fisherman witnessed the plane crash around 4pm, called 911 an...

A man who wrecked while fleeing from a Rhea County Deputy now faces a host of charges. Last Saturday (February 22, 2025), Deputy Hannah Bredwell observed a vehicle traveling at almost 40mph over the p...

A Maynardville woman faces additional charges in connection to her time employed by the Union County Clerk's Office. The TBI began investigating 38-year-old Whitney Goins last November and learned tha...

The 5th ranked Tennessee Volunteers held the tiger last night in Baton Rouge defeating LSU 65-59. The Vols had three players score in double digits with Zakai Zeigler leading the way with 17 points. F...

At the request of the 11th Judicial District Attorney General Coty Wamp, TBI Special Agents are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 25, 2025) at a residenc...