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 »JEFF CARSON TO BE HONORED DURING NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MONTH IN WASHINGTON, D.C. DURING POLICE WEEK
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jeff Carson, who made a name for himself in country music in the 90s, recorded his last album in 2021 in hopes of celebrating his radio hits as part of a new ‘hits’ collection. However, Carson will never get to witness the release of this project as …
Read More »Rockwood Police arrest man for guns and illegal drugs Tuesday
On Tuesday, Rockwood police around 11:30 pm were sent to 707 North Front Avenue near the community center where a caller stated to 9-1-1, he heard shots fired in the residence. Upon arrival, the Rockwood police identified the person staying there as 29-year-old Gunnar Trey Mitchell. After interviewing Mitchell, he …
Read More »Kingston Police arrest one after 2 vehicle crash on Monday
A two-vehicle crash occurred near the Weigel’s store entrance on Gallaher Road Northbound Lanes earlier Monday, just before 9:00 am according to the Kingston Police Department report filed by detective Keith Kyle. When he arrived on the scene, he spoke with the driver of one vehicle heading Northbound identified as …
Read More »Kingston Police Are Asking for Your Help in Burglary of a Storage Unit
Kingston Police are looking for this Dark Colored Scion. On 03/14/2023, at 0754 hours, officers with the Kingston Police department arrived at Blue Jay Storage located at 1417 Kingston Hwy in reference to a burglary to a storage unit. Officers spoke with the owner of the storage units. The owner …
Read More »Man Found Dead in Yard in Rockwood
Rockwood police along with medical personnel were sent to the 600 block of North Wilder Avenue around 10:30 last night where a person was in a yard unconscious. After police arrived the investigation determined that the person had died. The medical examiner was called to the scene and then Rescue …
Read More »Rockwood Police investigating motorcycle crash after it fled from HPD Thursday evening
Gateway Avenue at Strang Street in Rockwood was partially blocked off due to a motorcycle versus car accident on Thursday evening during a heavy rain shower. The accident happened just before 7:00 and according to sources a male and female on the motorcycle fled from Harriman police, then Rockwood police …
Read More »New Roane State police chief is familiar face on campus
By Bob FowlerRoane State staff writer If Danny Wright hadn’t been cutting a class and playing cards in Roane State’s student lounge, his life would have been very different. “Roane State is the reason I’m in law enforcement,” said Wright, the community college’s new director of public safety and police …
Read More »Powdery Substance Shuts Down Rockwood Street
Around 1pm today Rockwood Fire and Police, an ambulance, and EMA Officials were all sent to 405 West Rockwood Street to a business known as Best Homecare services, where according to 911 dispatchers, an employee allegedly opened a letter, and a powdery substance came from it and the employee was …
Read More »Man injured in Yard Tractor rollover in Kingston Wednesday afternoon
As we first reported yesterday, according to Kingston Fire Chief Willy Gordon, around 4:45 Wednesday afternoon the Kingston Fire Department personnel was sent to 845 Paint Rock Ferry Road where a man was injured in a yard tractor rollover and fire. Gordon stated that his first personnel on scene was …
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