Harriman Municipal Plaza Harriman Council members met last night, June 6th, for their first meeting of the month. The council approved the Roane County Interlocal Agreement to provide City Planning services with the county’s planning and zoning department. They approved a matching allocation of a maximum of $125,000 in ARPA …
Read More »Numerous fire agencies sent to mobile home fire on Dry Hill Road Tuesday evening
Stock Photo. Envato Elements All volunteer fire department agencies responded with Personnel to a mobile home fire on Dry Hill Road on Rockwood Mountain last night. The call to respond to the fire at 2095 Dry Hill Road came in just after 8:00 p.m. West Roane County Fire Department Chief …
Read More »Report now in on Motorcycle accident last Friday in South Roane County
According to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report we received on Monday evening a motorcyclist from Roane County’s south end was injured last Friday evening when his motorcycle he was operating collided with a car on Ponders Gap Road resulting in him being seriously injured and transported to the hospital. The …
Read More »Town of Oliver Springs Met for a Budget Workshop Last Night
The Town Council for Oliver Springs met yesterday at 6:00 p.m. for a budget work session, the meeting was open to the public. City manager Corey Jenkins went over the budget line items for the council toconsider. He did mention during last Thursday evening’s meeting that the revenue stream for …
Read More »Sheriff’s deputies and Kingston Police arrest man with assistance of a drone this morning
A press release from Chief Deputy Tim Hawn with The Sheriffs Dept states that this morning around 9:15 AM Deputies with the Roane County Sheriff’s Office discovered that a male (Joseph Waldo of Rockwood) was in the parking lot of the Roane County Courthouse and had warrants for Violation of …
Read More »BOLIVER ARRESTED FOR AGGRAVATED ASSUALT
On May 18th at 10:30 PM Deputies with the Roane County Sheriff’s Office responded to a domestic disturbance with a stabbing at 114 Randolph Lane in Harriman. Deputies found the victim, Randall Shillings (age 54), with a stab wound to the side of his head. Shillings was transported to the …
Read More »Harriman Police arrest two for drugs
Officers with The Harriman Police Department arrested two individuals Thursday afternoon just before 3pm in town for manufacturing, delivery, possession, and sale of scheduled II cocaine or Methamphetamine, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and public intoxication. The two facing the charges were identified and remained jailed today as Jennifer Renee …
Read More »Fundraiser scheduled for Saturday at Harriman Riverfront Park to assist Walnut Hill Baptist Youth
This coming Saturday, May 13th, at the David Webb Riverfront Park in Harriman, the Walnut Hill Baptist Church youth are hosting a craft festival with plenty to do and to get involved in. Vendors are welcome and encouraged to set up for a $40 fee, and food trucks will also …
Read More »Kingston Council met Tuesday and voted to appoint new council member
Members of the Kingston city council met in regular session last night. One item at the end of the agenda was to appoint a council representative to fill the vacancy left by vice-mayor Tara Stockton’s resignation last month. The five names that were interested were placed on the floor for …
Read More »UPDATE: Rockwood Police chase ends on Hwy 70 with two patrol cruisers slightly damaged and one in custody
Two Rockwood City police units were involved in a Pursuit on Tuesday which started on black Hollow Road and wound up on Highway 70 east of Rockwood near Delozier Lane which resulted in the two cars being slightly damaged after they had to do a pit maneuver to stop the …
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