The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued a Silver Alert early Tuesday morning for a missing man out of Knox county. 73-year-old Thomas Owen Houston was last seen on November 29th at 3:30 P.M. at the Flying J Truck Stop on Watt Road in Knoxville. He was wearing a blue jacket, blue jeans, and a cowboy…… MORE
A man has been charged with arson after setting a camper and home on fire, which resulted in the death of a dog Jefferson County Sheriff deputies responded to a fire at 3057 Hodge’s Switch Road in the Strawberry Plains community. Upon arrival they spotted a camper parked next to a mobile home engulfed in…… MORE
A husband and wife is arrested in car theft ring after manhunt. Roane County Sheriff’s Office officials said a four day manhunt ended with the arrests of Christopher and Jacklyn Walker. Christopher was charged with violation of probation and motor vehicle theft over $10,000 and Jacklyn was arrested and charged with theft of property over…… MORE
Blount County officials announced they were searching for a missing man who was last seen in Louisville Wednesday night. The car and personal belongings of 58-year-old Anthony Chris Haynes of Clinton, were found on private property on Little River near Alcoa highway. Members of the Blount Operations Response Team started searching for Haynes on land…… MORE
Knoxville Police officers say a man barricaded himself inside a home in the 3700 block of Dance Avenue in West Knoxville Tuesday afternoon. A witness on the scene told our news partner, WVLT News, that police approached the house when they saw the man on the roof with a weapon. After they made contact, the…… MORE
The Museum of Appalachia founder, John Rice Irwin, died Sunday at the age of 91. The announcement was made on the museum’s Facebook page. Irwin who founded the museum in 1969, collected over 250,000 authentic Appalachian artifacts that were gathered over half a century.Donations made in memory of John Rice Irwin may be made to…… MORE
Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued a Silver Alert for a missing Cocke County woman Saturday afternoon. Kathryn Bruce, 64, was last seen at her home in Hartford on Jan. 6 and has a medical condition, TBI officials said. Bruce is 5-foot-5-inches, weighs 230 pounds and has brown hair and hazel eyes, according…… MORE
An investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has led to the arrest of a Murfreesboro woman, charged with aggravated assault in connection with the death of her own mother. Last night, TBI special agents joined officers with the Sparta Police Department and Tennessee Highway Patrol in a death investigation at a residence on N.…… MORE
The Hawkins County Sheriff says reports of an active shooter on the campus of Volunteer High School in Church Hill, was fake. The call came in just before 8:00, Tuesday morning. “At this time, everything appears to be, this call was a hoax. The Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office along with the Church Hill Police Department…… MORE
The Austin-East Magnet High School Roadrunners claimed the TSSAA Class A boys soccer state title Friday afternoon. Austin East beat Gatlinburg-Pittman 5-4 in overtime, in Murfreesboro. The championship for the Roadrunners comes after a trying year for students at the school, five teens with connections to Austin East have died in shootings this year. It’s…… MORE
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