Author Archives: Ronni Chase

Twenty-one-year-old missing man Ryan Lakes was found dead in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Sunday afternoon. Lakes was last seen Thursday in Nashville. His vehicle was found at the park Satu...

A Rickman man has been charged in connection to a double homicide that occurred Sunday morning (9/21/2025) in Overton County. Twenty-seven-year-old Payton Wayne Nations has been charged with two count...

Tennessee marked its 20th boating fatality of the year Saturday with the death of a Virginia man in Sullivan County. Seventy-two-year-old Ronald E. Taylor was killed when the bass boat he was riding i...

Sheriff Steve Page and the White County Sheriff's Office have recognized Deputy Dillard Dodson and Deputy Kyle Elliott with the Life Saver Award for their heroic actions. The deputies responded to a c...

The discovery of bones thought to be a human hand in Fentress County turned out to be a bear paw. Deputies responded to the call on Wednesday (September 17, 2025) and determined the remains belonged t...

On Tuesday (Sept. 23, 2025), TDOT has scheduled a routine inspection of the I-40 overpass bridges over State Route 24/Highway 70 near the Putnam County line. This will require lane closures on Highway...

On Monday, (Sept. 22, 2025), TDOT has scheduled routine inspections of the I-40 bridges over State Route 1/Highway 70 in Crab Orchard. This will require lane closures on Highway 70 on Monday from 8 AM...

Fentress County Deputies apprehended Ronald Vanhoose on September 14th (2025) after they were dispatched to an individual attempting to steal a vehicle from a car lot on Taylor Place Road. Vanhoose wa...

The Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration has announced that revenues were above budgeted estimates for the first month of the state's fiscal year. August revenues were $1.6 billion, whic...

Tennessee's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in August was unchanged from the previous month. The rate was also 3.6% in August 2024. The state's unemployment rate continues to track well below th...