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Former Putnam County School Teacher Indicted
A former Putnam County School Teacher has been indicted after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a cybertip that that photographic files that contained suspected child por...
Jun 28, 2022
Fugitive Who Escaped From Mocassin Bend Back In Custody
The TBI says a man who escaped from Moccasin Bend has been recaptured in Alabama. Johnny Payne had escaped from a Alabama jail, was captured in Marion County and then escaped again from Mocassin Bend....
Jun 28, 2022
Tennessee's Heartbeat Law Now in Effect: Attorney General Slatery Responds to Sixth Circuit's Ruling
The following is a Press Release from Herbert H. Slatery III Attorney General & Reporter: Tuesday, June 28, 2022 | 02:20pm Nashville- Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III issued the following s...
Jun 28, 2022
Laws impacting Tennessee public schools to go into effect July 1
(The following was taken from a Press Release issued by Zachary Clark, Deputy Press Secretary for the Senate Republican Caucus, Tennessee General Assembly.) (NASHVILLE) June 27, 2022 - Tennessee Repub...
Jun 27, 2022
Man Dies After Falling From Dock In Hamilton County
A man who was pulled from the water in Hamilton County has passed away. Authorites say 49-year-old Christopher Johnson was trying to step onto a boat from a dock Saturday afternoon when he slipped, hi...
Jun 27, 2022
Oliver Springs Man Drowns In Watts Bar Lake
An Oliver Springs man drowned in Watts Bar Lake on Saturday. WVLT reports that TWRA officers and the Roane County Rescue Squad were called to an area known as "the Sand Bar" where they found the body ...
Jun 27, 2022
Early Morning Wreck On Main Street Crossville Results In DUI Arrest
A crash on Main Street in Crossville early Sunday morning resulted in the arrest of a man suspected of DUI. According to reports, officers were called to a single-vehicle accident near McDonald's afte...
Jun 27, 2022
Man Fatally Shot In Roane County
Officials in Roane County are investigating the fatal shooting of a man late Friday afternoon. The Roane County Sheriff's office responded to Hassler Mill Road in Harriman around 5pm Friday and discov...
Jun 27, 2022
AAA: TN Gas Prices Fall Nearly Nine Cents
NASHVILLE, Tenn., (June 27, 2022) - Gas prices across Tennessee fell for the second week in a row - providing a bit of good news for the nearly 1 million Tennesseans expected to hit the road later thi...
Ronni Chase Jun 27, 2022
TDOC Absconders Captured
TDOC Press Release: The two inmates who walked away from the Chattanooga Release Center Friday night and are now back in custody. According to the Tennessee Department of Correction, Katelyn Standifer...
Jun 27, 2022