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OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – A 5-year-old child drowned and was later revived at Clark Center Park on Saturday, according to the City of Oak Ridge. The Oak Ridge Police Department responded to the scene just after 4:30 p.m. Bystanders were able to revive the child before Emergency Responders arrived. The …

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office was on the scene most of the night of a reported drowning at New Henderson Park in the Claxton community. The call was received at approximately 8:25 pm wed. evening. The Claxton Volunteer Fire Department, the Anderson County Rescue Squad, and the Knox County Sheriff’s …

GATLINBURG, Tenn.—Water level receded in the Little River overnight making it possible for National Park Service rangers to recover the body of 61-year-old Carl Keaney of Knoxville, TN.  On Friday, December 16, Great Smoky Mountains National Park dispatch received a call that Keaney disappeared underwater while kayaking above The Sinks …

On 9/13/21 officers with the Harriman Police Department were dispatched to Riverfront Park in Harriman to assist Roane County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bryan Walker on a missing persons case that he was working. The missing person’s vehicle was found in the park. Officers arrived on scene and found a deceased …

A 35-year-old Campbell County man described as homeless was found dead in Norris Lake early Monday afternoon. The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called to the White Bridge area near Lonas Young Park at around 1:30 pm Monday after the body of James Jones was found in the …

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials and multiple assisting emergency response agencies located 25-year-old male, Yogesh Patel, of Oak Forest, IL at 12:09 p.m. on September 15. Patel, who was discovered in 18 feet of water in Midnight Hole by rescue divers, was removed by emergency response personnel shortly before …

At approximately 5:20 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rangers responded to a drowning in progress on the Oconaluftee River behind the Mountain Farm Museum in Cherokee, NC.  Witnesses reported that a young man, Bulmaro Morales, age 32, of Dudley NC, heroically jumped into the river …