HIGH-SPEED CHASE INVOLVING TWO AREA COUNTIES LANDS MAN IN JAIL
Five people were taken into custody yesterday following a high-speed pursuit that started in Blount County and ended in Loudon County. An... Read More
BLOUNT CO. DEPUTY CLEARED TO RETURN TO WORK AFTER FATAL SHOOTING
A Blount County deputy who shot and killed a Greenback man after the man charged at him with an axe early this week... Read More
ADAMS DIES FROM ELECTROCUTION WHILE TRIMMING TREES
A Blount County man died yesterday and another man was injured after getting electrocuted while trimming trees at a home. The accident... Read More
ARREST MADE IN CASE OF BODY FOUND IN LOUDON COUNTY
An individual from Alcoa has been charged with the death of a Maryville man whose body was found in Loudon County back... Read More
GREENE ARRESTED BY INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE
The Knoxville Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force says a Blount County man is suspected of having an inappropriate online... Read More
AFTER CRASHING INTO LAKE AND SWIMMING FROM POLICE, AGUIRRE CAPTURED
A Blount County man was taken into custody following a vehicle pursuit that ended with the suspect in a lake. The arrest... Read More
LIGHT SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT FOR MURDER OF INFANT
A homicide suspect is scheduled to appear in Blount County court today (August 30, 2018) charged with suffocating his infant child back... Read More
MORGAN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
The Blount County Sheriff’s Department says a Louisville, Tennessee man is in custody on several counts of aggravated assault and kidnapping. The... Read More
WAS IT AN EARTHQUAKE OR QUARRY BLAST THAT ROCKED BLOUNT COUNTY?
At first the U.S. Geological Survey reported a 2.1 magnitude earthquake took place yesterday just to the west of Maryville. Now the... Read More
TENNESSEE DEPT. OF HEALTH RELEASES FATAL OVERDOSE DATA FOR 2016
The Tennessee Department of Health reports 1,186 opioid overdose deaths statewide in 2016. Despite those figures, a reported 6.8 million pain-pill prescriptions... Read More
