Tag Archives: Roane County

(TDE/Staff reports) Today, the Tennessee Department of Education announced the state’s Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) participation rates for the 2020-21 annual assessment administration, achieving an overall participation rate of 95% statewide. During the January 2021 Special Session, Public Chapter 2 removed negative consequences associated with accountability for districts and schools …

According to a Roane County News report, The Roane County Planning Commission says no last night at Roane County High School following a meeting in recommending that the zoning for the former Cedar Grove Baptist Church remain A-2, which is Developing Agriculture and not pass a request on for the …

The Tennessee Department of Safety is advising citizens of a text scam taking place. Senior citizens seem to be the primary targets. The swindlers send a text pretending to be myTDOT asking for your driver license, name and social security number. This is fake. The Tennessee Department of Transportation doesn’t …

Traffic on Interstate 40 Eastbound at the 351-mile marker just past The Midtown on ramp, was tied up for hours Friday following a semi-trailer catching fire. Kingston Fire department personnel were sent to the scene to battle the blaze that appeared to be near the trailer tires, which was raging …

Casey Ridenour The Fentress County Sheriff’s Department has released the names of the two escaped inmates they are currently looking for. Casey Ridenour, age 22, stands 5’11, weighs 154 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes. He was wearing glasses and has a brown beard. Charles Kennedy, age 35, …

With the recent issue of a vital bridge over the Mississippi River at the Tennessee/Arkansas line and the announcement of the bridge replacement on I-40 over the Clinch River in Roane County, our friends at 105.7 News took a look at others in need of repair in the area. On-System …

UPDATE: Matthew Robinson is now in custody. MostWanted fugitive Tarik King remains at large. Anyone with information concerning King’s whereabouts is asked to call the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND or the Roane County Sheriff’s Office at 865-717-4217. Previous story From the TBI #MOSTWANTED Alert: We need your help to locate Tarik …

More details were released today concerning a double stabbing in Roane County Wednesday. Warrants state deputies were summoned to a home at 380 Allison Drive. It states 37-year-old Mark Anthony Ferguson, Jr. came into the residence armed with two knives. He reportedly used the weapons to pierce Joshua William Ferguson …

From our friends at 1057news.com A Rockwood man is facing several charges in Cumberland County after he allegedly took a vehicle without permission and tried to set a home on fire. The incident started when law enforcement received a call from the owner of a silver 2018 Chevy Equinox reportedly …

By Bob FowlerRoane State staff writer Tanya Shephard, director of Roane State’s innovative One Stop program, is among 13 faculty and staff members from the College System of Tennessee to participate in the 2021-22 Class of the Maxine Smith Fellows Program. This is the program’s 15th cohort and is named …