Tag Archives: Roane County

Last Night (Monday, February 22, 2021) around 9pm Numerous Fire agencies responded to 1432 Oakdale Hwy in Harriman, to a reported structure fire. When the first unit from Midtown Fire got to the scene near the Morgan/Roane county line, they reported the fire was in the basement and all occupants …

ROANE COUNTY, TN – The Tennessee RiverLine named Roane County 2020 Community Partner of the Year at their 2021 Summit in January. This award recognizes a community who fulfills the Tennessee RiverLine’s vision with initiative and enthusiasm while remaining committed to the Tennessee RiverLine’s guiding principles. The Tennessee RiverLine Program …

Hello, this is Ron Woody, Roane County Executive, with a Thursday afternoon February 11th update. The data reference today is February 11th data. Vaccinations continue daily at the Roane County Health Department with the last four (4) days averaging over 200 doses. Around 7.18% or 3,890 Roane County residents have …

An investigation, into what 9th Judicial District Attorney General Russell Johnson described as a homicide, may see swift action after Tuesday’s (February 9th) second day of The Grand Jury meeting. Johnson said an incident which occurred in Oliver Springs on Hen Valley Road in The Kelly Town community this past …

Thursday, we told you that a Knoxville man died in a single-vehicle accident in Roane County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says that two more fatal crashes each claimed a life in both Campbell and Morgan counties. The Campbell County crash occurred on Jacksboro Pike when a Ford Escape headed west …

Hello, this is Ron Woody, Roane County Executive, with a Monday, February 1st 4:00 pm COVID update. We are starting to see some relief in our numbers of positive cases, but we are still in the double digits. January had a positivity rate of 18.3%. December’s positivity rate was 21.2%. …

UPDATE: Morgan and Campbell campuses are now closed. The following closure and delay information from Roane State Community College is active for Tuesday, February 2: Cumberland County: Closed Fentress County: Closed Scott County: Closed Campbell County: delayed until 9:30am ET Morgan County: delayed until 9:30am ET Oak Ridge: delayed until …

Wednesday, the Tennessee Department of Health provided its daily update on the COVID-19 pandemic in the state, and reported an additional 154 deaths due to the virus. That brings the death toll since the beginning of the pandemic to 9316 in Tennessee. Of those 154 deaths statewide, four were reported …

Hello, this is Ron Woody, Roane County Executive, with a 4:00 update. As I previously mentioned, the vaccination plan is very fluid. The State continues to tweak the process to streamline how folks can more easily be placed on the waiting list for the vaccine. Please keep in mind Roane …

The Tennessee Highway Patrol worked two accidents close to each other on I-40 in Roane County yesterday that locked up westbound traffic for over an hour. The first crash took place at the 351 mile marker in between Midtown and Kingston exits. The report states a 2019 Freightliner tractor-trailer operated …