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Every year the Fentress County Sheriff's Office is required to turn over any unclaimed money that has been left on an inmate's Commissary Account. If you believe you have available commissary funds, p...

Authorities in Polk County recovered the body of 46-year-old Michele Lorino on Saturday after she crashed her vehicle on Highway 64 and went off into the Ocoee River on Friday. Police began looking fo...

A McMinn County facing child exploitation charges has turned himself in at the Cumberland County Sheriff's Department. According to a TBI press release, 29-year-old Cody Shane Gunter, of Niota, was ar...

A North Carolina truck driver was fatally injured in a fiery crash early Thursday morning (8/1/2024) on I-40 in Cumberland County. It happened around 4:45am at the 325 westbound mile marker. According...

A Rockwood man was arrested Wednesday morning after he reportedly flipped a stolen 2015 Toyota RAV4 on Westel Road. It happened shortly before 10am. A Piney Creek Road resident had reported the vehicl...

Voting in Thursday's County General Election was a matter of formality as there were no locally contested races. Wiley Potter will be taking the seat of Dewey Walker in the 1st District. Walker steppe...

Incumbent U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn and Democratic hopeful Gloria Johnson won their respective primaries on Thursday. Blackburn garnered an overwhelming majority of the vote against Tres Wittum, w...

The state of Tennessee has dropped the charges against 33-year-old Arsenio Miller due to lack of evidence in the April hit-and-run death of a Tennessee State University football player. Chazan Page, a...

Tennessee's boating fatalities rose to 14 after a Powell man died following a July 26, 2024 accident on Norris Lake. Emergency personnel from Campbell County responded. TWRA reports 51-year-old Ralph ...

According to Tennessee Athletics, Tennessee swimmer, Martin Espernberger broke the Austrian national record in the 200 fly to lead Tennessee swimming during day five of the Olympics. Competing in the ...