During an appearance on Ask Your Neighbor on Monday, October 21, 2024, Anderson County Sheriff Russell Barker announced that the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department has completed its investigation into the Anderson County School System. The investigation began after WYSH, a media partner, broke the story on April 14 of this …
Read More »LEWIS A. RIDENOUR ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR ANDERSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT CLERK
Pledges to bring Integrity, Public Service Experience, Sound Judgment, and Knowledge to the Office Lewis Ridenour, a lifelong native of Anderson County, declares his candidacy for Circuit Court Clerk. Ridenour currently resides in Andersonville, along with his wife of 25 years, Pam. Ridenour is employed as a police officer with …
Read More »Anderson County Deputy Hit by Car in Oliver Springs
Update: Sheriff Russell Barker said that the deputy is doing good. His surgery went well. Laceration to the head, concussion and broke leg. Nothing life threatening. The deputy’s name is Stephen Carroll. An Anderson County Sheriff’s deputy was hit by a car while in a foot pursuit of a wanted …
Read More »AC Sheriff alerts community to latest phone scam
Anderson County Sheriff Russell Barker took to social media Tuesday to make the public aware of a phone scam currently making the rounds. In the post, Barker says that officials were notified that a man has been calling from a phone number that appears on your Caller ID as 865-264-0367, …
Read More »ACSD: Charges pending against alleged kidnapper
an Anderson County man will face charges including aggravated kidnapping after a woman accused him of holding her against her will and beating her.
Read More »ACSD investigates Christmas Day assault
The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a Christmas Day assault that was captured on at least one recording device. A woman called deputies to a home on Better Chance Lane in Rocky Top shortly before 5:15 pm Wednesday afternoon and told them that two men had driven onto her …
Read More »Shooting Investigation Update: William James McMillian Charged with Murder
An arrest has been made in yesterday’s shooting on Lone Mountain Road in Andersonville. WILLIAM JAMES McMILLAN, 48, of 460 Lone Mountain Road, Andersonville, was charged by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, booked into the Anderson County Detention Facility, and is being held on $625,000.00 bond. WILLIAM JAMES McMILLAN W/M …
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