Athens man faces more than two dozen counts in child sex probe
An Athens, Tennessee, man is facing more than two dozen child rape and child exploitation charges stemming from an ongoing investigation launched on a tip.
An Athens, Tennessee, man is facing more than two dozen child rape and child exploitation charges stemming from an ongoing investigation launched on a tip.
Gun seizures at the Chattanooga Airport decreased 40% from 2022 to 2023, the most significant drop among Tennessee's six largest airports, but the number of fi…
The TBI has charged two men in the July death of a Bradley County Jail inmate who was found unresponsive in his cell, and an autopsy confirmed he overdosed on …
As election activities ramp up around the Chattanooga region, the Republican district attorney and two Republican challengers will face off in a forum in McMin…
A Bradley County woman has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for second-degree murder in the 2022 fatal shooting of her husband over going to bed early, cou…
A former officer at the Pikeville Police Department and Grundy County Sheriff's Office purchased a fake high school diploma online to defraud his way into a jo…
An expansion of the landfill in Rhea County will extend its life by 30 years or more while reducing odor and better managing methane gas emissions, according t…
An Etowah man has been charged in the fatal shooting of his father after investigators and autopsy results discounted the possibility of suicide, according to …
The $260 million replacement mental health facility project on Moccasin Bend has at least 1,000 opponents who have signed a petition that contends construction…
The state's new plan to alleviate traffic on Interstate 24 around Moccasin Bend will include traditional and pay-to-drive "choice lanes." But what will the com…
A Cleveland church official is free on a $75,000 bond after being charged on an indictment with possessing more than 100 sexually explicit images involving a m…
School officials in Cleveland will begin the new year with the search for a new director of schools following the announcement this month the incumbent system …
A man and woman charged in a September 2021 quadruple homicide in McMinn County's Riceville community will face the death penalty in separate trials starting e…
Drivers in Bradley County west of Interstate 75 will find a new alignment on the state's $54 million Highway 60 widening project this week.
A Cleveland, Tennessee, man has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder in a deadly shooting at a local tavern on Spring Place Road in 2021.
Information leading the arrest and conviction of whoever shot and wounded a bald eagle near Watt Bar Lake is now worth $10,000 after a nonprofit organization k…
A Grundy County woman has been charged by the TBI with arson and cruelty to animals for allegedly setting fire to a Beersheba Springs home in June while her ad…
Hikers looking to get off the crowded trails in Tennessee's more popular state and national parks can look for new paths from scenic Tellico Plains down to the…
A $2,500 reward is being offered by federal wildlife investigators probing the shooting of a bald eagle near Watts Bar Lake.
Dayton City School in Rhea County closed early this week, taking a couple of extra days for the holiday to allow students and staff to recover from illness.
Starting Wednesday and continuing through the end of the year, there will be nightly lane closures on Interstate 24 as state contract crews begin work on the n…
The five cattle taken from a McMinn County farm Dec. 3 have been returned, and three people have been charged with allegedly stealing them and a tractor taken …
A monstrous, decades-old sewer pipe crossing South Chickamauga Creek just downstream from Brainerd Road in Chattanooga forms a blockade against paddlers, forci…
Former Tennessee Vols quarterback and 2022 Heisman Trophy contender Hendon Hooker will be the keynote speaker for the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce's 17th An…
The latest technology in archival storage equipment will help preserve and protect fragile exhibits at Cleveland's Museum and Cultural Center at 5ive Points th…
A Tellico Plains, Tennessee, man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after entering a guilty plea to child abuse charges in Meigs County.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is conducting an investigation after a man died Sunday after being taken to a hospital Nov. 24, two days after being book…
The death of a teen girl whose body was found in a Monteagle restaurant parking lot in October has been ruled a homicide by state investigators.
The owner of at least five stolen Angus cows is offering a $1,000 reward after a group of rustlers loaded up the animals early Sunday in McMinn County and vani…
Residents in Marion County's Jumpoff community are upset after the County Commission decided not to block a sand mine operation from being established there on…
A Jasper man has been charged with sexual exploitation of a minor in an investigation begun Nov. 21, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking for m…
With the new $22 pay rate, school system spokesperson Caroline Corrigan said the transportation department's supply of bus drivers surged for the fall. Clevela…
A Cleveland man is being held on a $500,000 bond after he failed to appear Nov. 21 for a hearing leading up to a Dec. 12 murder trial in a March 2021 homicide,…
When a pair of Lobelville, Tennessee, brothers heard about the first-ever sighting of an ancient murrelet diving bird from the Pacific Coast in Tennessee, they…
Bradley County will spend $5.9 million to settle a lawsuit that claims the county jail neglected inmates' medical needs.
Firefighters across the region Tuesday welcomed heavy rains that helped slow or quench area wildfires that have dogged the tristate area in recent weeks.
Winds forecast as high as 60-70 mph in Tennessee's Appalachian mountains into Tuesday morning could fan wildfires outside containment lines, and state official…
The 58-acre farm where Linda Mayes grew up near Winchester will be permanently preserved thanks to a conservation easement she signed with The Land Trust for T…
Friday's precipitation only stirred the parched dust a little and provided no relief for the region's ongoing drought, but forecasters said there's hope relief…
A Grundy County man has been charged in a sextortion case, accused of soliciting minors for photos and threatening to share them if they didn't send more.
The body of a man was recovered Tuesday after a canoe he was in with two others overturned after they left Harrison Bay State Park for nearby John A. Patten Is…
Downtown businesses will get help renovating their storefronts in the Southeast Tennessee towns of Cleveland and Etowah, which will also use grant money to fun…
As most of Hamilton and Marion counties plunge into exceptional drought, the state has posted burn bans for Franklin, Grundy and Sequatchie counties that will …
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is conducting a probe after the Decherd Fire Department and firefighters from neighboring agencies battled a multiple-bui…
A breezy forecast for Wednesday and the extreme drought conditions gripping Southeast Tennessee have state forestry officials bracing for a possible spread of …
A Tennessee woman facing more than 40 criminal counts of inappropriate sexual contact with at least 18 teenage boys in McMinn County between 2018 and 2021 was …
Cookie Jar Cafe fans can start planning a return to binge eating at Dunlap's beloved farm-based restaurant now that a target date for reopening announced by it…
A 1940s-era motel on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga was razed in June to restore the site to its historic Civil War condition when soldiers from both sides sc…
An Athens City Council member who is also a certified counselor had his license revoked by a Tennessee state board after allegations he made inappropriate and …
A student at Sequatchie County High School believed to have overdosed on an unknown substance has been hospitalized and another was taken to be evaluated after…