HEAT ADVISORY ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The National Weather Service has issued a HEAT ADVISORY from noon until 7 p.m. central Friday, July 30, 2021 for the following... Read More
REMAINS OF WORLD WAR II SOLDIER TO BE RETURNED TO RHEA COUNTY
Military officials say the remains of U.S. Army Private Warren G.H. DeVault of Dayton, Tennessee will be returned to his home in... Read More
BARNES ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY THROWING MOLOTOV COCKTAILS AT HOME
A Roane Countian is facing several charges in Cumberland County after he presumably took a vehicle without permission and tried to set... Read More
RAILROAD CROSSINGS AND FRONT STREET TO BE REPAVED IN SPRING CITY
Spring City has received grant funding through TDOT to repave both railroad crossings in town as well as Front Street. The work... Read More
SMALL EARTHQUAKE REPORTED IN RHEA COUNTY
The U.S. Geological Survey says a small earthquake took place in Rhea County today. The 2.1 magnitude quake center was a couple... Read More
BURGLARY TURNS INTO HIGH SPEED CHASE STARTING ON HIGHWAY 68
A burglary in progress on Highway 127 South turned into a high speed pursuit in Cumberland County last week. The report released... Read More
INDICTMENT: SKATING RINK SUPERVISOR HAD INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH MINOR
A Rhea County grand jury indicted a skating rink supervisor on sex crime offenses. Court documents state 32-year-old Michael D. Napier did... Read More
SEARCH FOR MISSING HIKER IN RHEA COUNTY ENDS WITH TRAGIC RESULT
A search for a missing hiker in Rhea County came to a tragic end yesterday afternoon. After 11 days of looking in... Read More
SEARCH ONGOING FOR MISSING HIKER IN RHEA COUNTY AFTER DOG FOUND
The search remains ongoing for a missing North Carolina man in the Pocket Wilderness area of Rhea County just northwest of Dayton.... Read More
(UPDATE) – MISSING HIKER’S DOG FOUND, SEARCH FOR WILLIAMS CONTINUES
Rhea County Sheriff’s Department said this afternoon a missing hiker’s dog has been found and the search for Curtis Dustin Williams continues... Read More
