Second District Cumberland County Commissioner and longtime educator Nancy Hyder has passed away. Among her many accomplishments, she was inducted into the CCHS Hall of Fame in 2025. She served on the County Commission for over three decades and will be greatly missed. (Photo courtesy CCHS)

An investigation by the TBI and the Meigs County Sheriff's Office has resulted in the arrest of a Decatur man in connection to a shooting death that occurred Saturday evening. Fifty-eight year old Jeffry Kendall Barton was found with an apparent gunshot wound in a residence in the 400 block of Shilo...

Police say a 7-year-old boy in Morgan County was fatally hit by a car Thursday and his father has been charged with Vehicular Homicide. Forty-year-old Christopher E. Hawkins has been booked into the Morgan County Jail and also faces charges of DUI, Aggravated Assault, and Implied Consent. His bond h...

The Tennessee Department of Transportation reports that "progress on the US 127 bridge over Clear Creek project has recently focused on things like stream mitigation work, installing stabilization measures in the ground around the bridge, and completing the remaining rock cuts needed for the ne...

The Roane County Dispatch received several calls Saturday about a loud, rattling explosion in the area of Clymersville Road. The source of the explosion was a camper fire and authorities said it posed no risk to the public. There were no immediate reports of injuries.