Oakdale High School has named longtime educator and coach Sam McCartt as the new head coach of the Lady Eagles basketball team, the school announced today. McCartt, a veteran of Oakdale athletics, takes over following the departure of Fred Snow, who led the girls basketball program for an impressive 47 …

Clinton, Tennessee – May 5, 2025, Judge Ryan M. Spitzer sentenced Defendant GeorgeM. Patterson, age 69, to the maximum sentence of twenty-five (25) years in prison on one (1)count of Second-Degree Murder. Patterson had been found guilty in a jury trial in February of2025. During the Sentencing Hearing, prosecutors argued …

Pictured are Donna and Chalice Bingham at the February 8, 2025 Veterans Appreciation Breakfast.  Chalice is a U.S. Navy veteran.  He signed up to join the Navy in the spring of 1961 during his senior year in High School.  CLINTON—Military veterans from Anderson County are once again invited to come …

NASHVILLE (April 29, 2025) – UDT (United Data Technologies), a national K-12 technology leader focused on delivering managed services, today announced that it has won the competitive bid to provide managed internet access and telecommunications services to Anderson County Schools. UDT is distinguished for serving 10 of America’s top 20 …

The Rockwood City Council held its regular monthly meeting Monday night at 6:00 p.m., preceded by a budget workshop where council members met with department heads to discuss funding needs for the upcoming 2025–2026 fiscal year. Mayor Jason Jolly recommended that the council meet again on May 19—one week earlier …

Authorities are searching for four teenagers who escaped from the Roane Academy facility late Monday night. According to Chief Deputy Tim Phillips of the Roane County Sheriff’s Department, the escape occurred just before 11:00 p.m. at the facility located in the Rockwood section of the Roane County Industrial Park. The …

Anderson County, TN – April 24, 2025 A man was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash Saturday evening in Anderson County, according to a preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at approximately 7:09 p.m. on April 19 in the 200 block of New Clear Branch Road. …

Anderson County, TN – April 24, 2025 A 2017 Ford Mustang left the road and crashed in the early hours of Sunday morning, resulting in the death of the vehicle’s driver, according to a preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The incident occurred around 1:34 a.m. on April 20 …

Rockwood, TN – April 24, 2025 A Rockwood man was arrested and charged following a one-vehicle crash earlier this month that knocked out a power pole and sent him to the hospital with facial injuries. According to a report from the Rockwood Police Department, officers were dispatched just after 2:30 …

Photo by Naomi Jones Oliver Springs, TN — A 39-year-old man from Houston, Texas, Martin L. McNabb, was taken into custody this afternoon after officers were alerted to a stolen vehicle entering the town, thanks to an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) system. The alert notified officers that the vehicle, …