Roane County, TN – Chief Deputy Tim Phillips with the Roane County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that deputies discovered the body of a man lying along Caney Creek Road near Joyner Holler Road early this morning around 4:30 a.m. According to Phillips, the deceased is a white male believed to be …
Read More »Update on body found in Midtown last week
The Roane County Sheriff’s Department has now identified the body found last Wednesday in Midtown, as 56-year-old Charles Lee Jenkins of Rockwood. According to Chief Deputy Tim Hawn there is no reason at this time to suspect any Foul Play, but the investigation is still ongoing. The Sheriff’s department was …
Read More »Single Vehicle Accident Shuts Down Hwy 61 Thursday
A single vehicle wreck Thursday evening occurred just before 10:00pm on Highway 61, Harriman Highway, in the 2700 block. A white pickup truck run off the roadway partially trapping the female driver inside. The Roane County Rescue Squad members were paged out but canceled after the female was able to …
Read More »Car Runs Into Lake While Traveling on Swan Pond Circle Road
UPDATE (3:38pm – January 17, 2021) Passerby pulls driver from the water. Around 3pm Sunday, during snowy conditions, a woman lost control of her vehicle on Swan Pond Circle Road and ran into the nearby lake. A passerby saw the car go into the water and alerted authorities. The Roane …
Read More »Man Dies in Fire in South Roane County
The Roane County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a situation in South Roane County near Paint Rock, after a man was found dead inside of a house that caught on fire last night. Around 9pm, numerous fire agencies were called to the area on Hwy 72 just near the intersection of …
Read More »Several Emergency Calls in Roane County Today
This morning Harriman Police and Fire Departments were sent to a single vehicle accident where an SUV ran off the road on Hwy 27 north near Tim’s Tires. The call came in around 10am today and one man in his 60’s was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. …
Read More »UPDATE: Body of a Local Law Enforcement Officer Found in Car in the Water Near Food City in Kingston
The Oliver Springs Police Department released a statement on their Facebook page: Officer James D. Perkins “It is with our deepest regret that we inform you of the off duty passing of Officer James D. Perkins. James Perkins has been an officer since 2006 working with the Rockwood Police Department, …
Read More »Body of a Local Law Enforcement Officer Found in Car in the Water near Food City in Kingston
The Kingston Police department, Fire, and Rescue Squad were sent around 11:30 am this morning to where a man’s body, who is a local law enforcement officer, was found in a vehicle in the water at a boat dock at a property owners residence in the 1400 block of North …
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