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An injured hiker was rescued early Sunday morning from the Prentice Cooper/Rainbow Lake area of Signal Mountain. Rescuers were called out Saturday afternoon. Due to the steep and rugged trail, it repo...

A suspicious man reported lying in Big Lick Cemetery has been charged with assaulting a First Responder. The man, later identified as 43-year-old Ted Wayne Carroll, of Hohenwalde, Tennessee, gave a fa...

A Portland, Tennessee man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on I-40 West in Putnam County on Thursday morning. According to the THP, around 8:30am Christopher Mooneyhan, age 54, was driving a tracto...

An August 3rd, 2021 trial date has been set for a Bledsoe County man accused in the axe murders of a mother and daughter. On November 30, 2017 Joe Whittenburg, age 47, allegedly killed 46-year-old Dea...

A Rockwood, Tennessee couple has been indicted on two counts of second-degree murder in the suspected drug overdose deaths of two Harriman brothers, WVLT reports. Officials say Vincent William Buckhol...

Effective July 1, 2021, inmates in possession of a cell phone, or any telecommunications device while inside a penal institution, may be charged with a Class E Felony punishable by fine. A fine of $3,...

A former Cocke County corrections officer has been indicted for conspiring to harm an inmate. In December 2020, TBI special agents began investigating allegations involving 24-year-old Joseph Tyree (D...

The Cumberland County Clerk has declared a vacant seat in the office of Cumberland County Assessor of Property effective June 21, 2021. The Cumberland County Commission urges all interested qualified ...

Tennessee State Parks will offer volunteer work events at 55 parks across the state for Tennessee Promise scholars to fulfill their community service hours. Most of the events are on Saturday, June 26...

Travel continues to rebound after a year-long pandemic. More than 47.7 million Americans will take at least one domestic trip this Independence Day (July 1-5). Tennessee travel figures are also reboun...