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A March 3 multi‑agency sweep by Knox County deputies and the FBI led to several arrests and the seizure of guns, cocaine and other drugs, officials said.
A 51-year-old man was charged after police traced online child sexual abuse material to a Heiskell home; he remains jailed ahead of a March 5 status conference.
A Fort Bragg soldier was arrested this winter and is accused of fatally shooting his uncle near Rockwood on Dec. 24, prosecutors say.
A fatal crash on I‑75 South near mile marker 125 shut all southbound lanes in Anderson County; Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating.
A Roane County grand jury returned a four-count indictment accusing two women of supplying fentanyl that prosecutors say led to a man's fatal overdose in August 2025.
CERT officers stopped a vehicle on Middlebrook Pike and seized a stolen handgun, suspected marijuana and more than $900, the department says.
A hunter found human remains Saturday in the Pioneer area of Scott County. Officials say investigators are processing the discovery and will notify family after identification.
A man was shot at a Tomotley Road home in Maryville just before 2 p.m. on March 1; the Blount County Sheriff's Office says a suspect is in custody and charges are pending.
A Grainger County school board member who also subbed in classrooms was arrested after an alleged inappropriate relationship; state and local investigators, including the TBI, are handling the probe.
At a Feb. 26 awards dinner KCSO honored deputies — including Medal of Valor recipient Matthew Kirchner — for pulling Deputy Dalton Swanger to safety after a June assault.
A Campbell County jury convicted La Follette mother Holly Daugherty of aggravated child abuse in the case of her three‑month‑old twin sons. Sentencing is set for May 26.
TBI says a Jamestown woman faces two aggravated arson counts after a Fentress County house fire investigators say was intentionally set while people were inside.
A Tuesday search-warrant raid in Del Rio led to three arrests and the seizure of meth, firearms and $1,290, officials say.
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