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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 …

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 …

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 …

A Roane County deputy escaped serious injuries late last night in Rockwood. Darrell Phillips was stopped at the traffic light on North Gateway Avenue at Strang Street when a 2016 Toyota Corolla driven by 18-year-old Nicholas Hart of Oneida struck his Dodge Charger patrol cruiser from behind sending it across …

A Roane County Sheriff’s deputy escaped possible serious injury last night (6/1/21) after his cruiser was rear ended on North Gateway Avenue in Rockwood. Officer Darrell Phillips was sitting at the traffic light on Gateway at Strang St. around 10pm, when a car struck him from behind sending his cruiser …

While on patrol Saturday (May 15, 2021), Cumberland County law enforcement observed a driver in a Ford Ranger traveling on the wrong side on Daysville Road. That led deputies to a home on the 2,100 block where officers learned a male and female left the truck in a wooded area …

UPDATE – Statement from the TBI: At the request of 9th District Attorney General Russell Johnson, TBI special agents are investigating the circumstances leading to an officer-involved shooting that happened Sunday in Morgan County. ” style=”max-width: 100%; display: block !important”> Preliminary information indicates at approximately 5:30 p.m. Eastern, deputies with the …

Several cars were damaged as rocks were thrown at them on Gallahar road this morning. We spoke with Kingston Police Chief Jim Washum via text earlier today and he said the THP was called in to take reports and will be investigating the incident. We have reached out to them …

Rockwood Fire, Police, and two ambulances were sent to East Dunn Street last night for two overdose subjects. According to Rockwood Police Chief Bill Stinnett, the two males were unresponsive at the officers arrival andthey had to administer Narcan to revive them. The two also, according to the chief, refused …

Rockwood police took 62-year-old Walter Loyd Garrett, Jr. into custody last Friday for failure to register as a sex offender. According to the Roane County jail database, Garrett was initially placed under a $20,000 bond. According to the Tennessee sex offender registry, Garrett is classified as violent against children and …