BELL COUNTY, KY – (Story courtesy of WVLT / WYMT) – State police say two inmates escaped from the Bell County Forestry Camp Monday night. Police say they were contacted just before 9 p.m. that Steven Spencer and Billy Potter had escaped from the facility in Pineville. If anyone has information, you should contact KSP…… MORE
Another hoax call at a University, this time close to home. Yesterday (Mon) afternoon, Knoxville Police received a phone call of a person with a weapon at Hodges Library on the University of Tennessee Campus. UT Police were on scene in less than one minute and along with Knoxville Police reviewed footage of cameras in…… MORE
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help to find a missing teen. 15 year-old Asher Ford was reported missing last night (mon) from the Chert Pit Road and Middlebrook Pike area. He was last seen on the corner of Chert Pit Road and Andes Road and was possibly seen at the Weigels at…… MORE
HANCOCK COUNTY, TN ( Story courtesy of WVLT) – The office of District Attorney General Dan Armstrong and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are looking into an “incident” involving a member of the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office. The district attorney confirmed to WVLT News Monday morning that the investigation involved a law enforcement officer from…… MORE
A Madisonville man is charged with sexual exploitation of a minor. Officials with the Madisonville Police Department say 34-year-old Jamie Hughes was arrested following a Grand Jury indictment. MPD launched an investigation after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. A search was done at Hughes home in Madisonville and…… MORE
Clinton, TN (WOKI) – Today (Monday), convicted death penalty murderer Sean Shannon Finnegan entered a guilty plea to Rape of a Child regarding two children that were raped in Oak Ridge in 2019. He also entered a guilty plea to 13 charges of Especially Aggravated Sexual Exploitationof a Minor. For these convictions, Senior Judge Don…… MORE
GATLINBURG, TN —The National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) continue to work quickly to repair the road washout on US 441/Newfound Gap Road. The FHWA has awarded the contract to Eclipse Companies, LLC, and the NPS and FHWA held a pre-construction meeting with the contractor on Friday. The contractor will begin…… MORE
Two people are injured in a pedestrian crash in Pigeon Forge. The Pigeon Forge Police Department say it happened Friday night at the intersection of U.S. 441 and East Wears Valley Road. The two people were trying to cross the northbound lanes and were not inside a crosswalk at the time, both were taken to…… MORE
An investigation is underway after a drove into a Panera Bread restaurant. Alcoa Police to Panera off Louisville Road Saturday and found a Subaru Outback that had gone through the front doors of the building. APD says there were no injuries to either of the people in the car or to anyone in the restaurant.…… MORE
Three veteran Knoxville Police Department officers have been promoted to advanced supervisory ranks. Sgt. Michael Dabbelt has been promoted to Lieutenant, while Officers Tim Campbell and Robert Cook have been promoted to Sergeant. Those three have accumulated over 40 years of combined law enforcement experience. Dabbelt joined the KPD in 2009 and was promoted to…… MORE
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