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Monday, deputies with the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office and officers with the Caryville Police Department executed a narcotics search warrant at the home of Shaunna Danielle McKinney on Hollow Lane in Caryville. The CCSO says the warrant was obtained following a five-month-long investigation during which operatives allegedly made several undercover …

The TBI is investigating a fire that broke out in “one area of the upstairs level” of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office on Monday night. Ninth District Attorney General Russell Johnson says that Sheriff Wayne Potter requested that the TBI be called to assist in the investigation into how the …

The U.S. Department of Energy announced that it has awarded a contract to purify uranium away from Y-12 National Security Complex, a move that has been opposed by city leaders in Oak Ridge. That contract was given to Nuclear Fuel Services in Erwin, Tennessee. In a press release you can read …

According to our partners at BBB-TV, the Oak Ridge Police Department is leading the investigation into the discovery of a woman’s body in Roane County on Friday. A woman’s body was found inside a car at the old Norman’s Market property at the intersection of Highway 70 and Gallaher Road, …

A newly-released report from the Tennessee State Comptroller’s Office is providing more information as to what led to misconduct charges being filed last year against LaFollette Mayor Mike Stanfield. As we reported at the time, on September 2nd, Stanfield was indicted by the Campbell County grand jury on seven counts …

Roane State is unveiling a plan for Fall 2021 focused on getting students back into the classroom safely for in-person learning. Nearly one year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the majority of Roane State’s classes go virtual, the college reports that approximately 70% of classes remain all or mostly online …

Great Smoky Mountains National Park maintenance crews will implement a single-lane closure on the southbound Spur on Tuesday, March 2, to safely perform roadside cleanup along the busy roadway. Motorists should expect delays. Last week, crews picked up over 50 large bags of litter and trash from unsecured loads along …

City of Oak Ridge officials will join the Oak Ridge Environmental Quality Advisory Board (EQAB) at Oak Ridge’s 36th Annual Arbor Day Observance on Friday, March 12, 2021, at 10 a.m. at Linden Elementary School, located at 700 Robertsville Road. The ceremony also marks the 33rd year that the City …

Friday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed Executive Orders 77, 78, and 79. Executive order 77 lifts the state’s restrictions on visting nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, and continues to allow mayors in the 89 counties without their own health departments to issue mask mandates if necessary. Tennessee remains …

(ORNL FCU press release) ORNL Federal Credit Union recently announced that the Anderson County Family Justice Center (ACFJC) would be leasing office space in their building located on Broadway Avenue in Oak Ridge, TN. ORNL FCU also underwrote a number of improvements to make the space more conducive to the …