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The Roane County Commission, during its Monday night meeting, spent roughly 25 minutes deliberating whether to authorize County Attorney Greg Leffew to file a lawsuit regarding trees overhanging Broken Arrow Point Drive, a road off Laurel Bluff Road in South Roane County. According to Road Superintendent Dennis Ferguson, the trees …

Amid a growing mental health crisis among students, 33 Tennessee school systems have filed similar lawsuits against social media companies for protection for children across multiple popular platforms. The lawsuits seek actionable accountability, tools and resources to address the lack of protections, monitors, controls and cooperation to protect children. Companies …

The Oliver Springs Town council met last night with five of the six council members present. Alderman Jeff Bass was unable to make the meeting due to work scheduling. The council only had one item of newbusiness to conduct and that was to name a vice mayor. Alderman James Brummett …

The Oliver Springs Town Council met last night to continue their recessed meeting from last Thursday when after an executive session, Mayor Jason Stiltner recessed the meeting and stated it would be taken up again Tuesday night (last night April 25th). When he opened the meeting, he made a few …

A former Campbell County Sheriff’s Office deputy will spend 90 days in jail, with the rest served on a four-year probation, for his role in the 2019 assault of an inmate. Justin Crabtree was sentenced this week on convictions for aggravated assault and official oppression stemming from an assault on …

Nashville, Tenn.  – The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled today that a lawsuit filed by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. against the City of Memphis, Shelby County, and Memphis Basketball involving the construction of a 6,200-seat theater is not barred by the legal concept of res judicata. The case was remanded to …

A lawsuit filed by a former employee of Roane Academy in Rockwood claims she was terminated for raising concerns about employee misconduct. Court documents state Lakishia Boyd said the facility was chronically understaffed. There is also an allegation about staff having sex with the juveniles held in the facility. Boyd …

Harriman Mayor Wayne Best and City Attorney Allison Rhenn, had tense words Tuesday during the City Council Meeting. The mayor was not happy with her using his name in documents filed, on behalf of the city, in a lawsuit filed by a property owner on South Roane Street, the former …

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is now looking into the TVA ash spill cleanup at the request of the district attorney general. The TBI says the case is now active and ongoing at this time. On December 22, 2008, over 5 million cubic yards of fly ash spilled creating one …

According to the Courier News, the legal battle over last year’s Clinton City Council election is continuing. In it’s Wednesday (June 5th, 2019) edition, the paper reports that in May, Chancellor Nichole Cantrell dismissed Ron Young’s lawsuit against the Anderson County Election Commission over last November’s Clinton City Council election, …