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KPD: Henley Street Bridge temporarily closed Monday morning due to safety incident
The Henley Street Bridge was temporarily closed in both directions this morning due to an individual threatening to jump from the bridge, according to the Knoxville Police Department. Officials were able to talk the person back to safety and they are now being evaluated by AMR, KPD says. KPD says...
Skeletal remains found in Knoxville identified after nearly two years
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — After nearly two years, investigators have determined that skeletal remains found in 2022 belonged to a man who had been missing from the Knoxville area since 2020. Othram Inc., a Texas-based laboratory well-known as a leader in forensic genetic genealogy, initially released on Friday that an identity in the case had […]
Greeneville man arrested on aggravated assault, protection order violation charges
JOHNSON CITY — On Oct. 2, officers with the Johnson City Police Department arrested Zebedee Gross, 23, of Greeneville, and charged him with aggravated assault and violation of an order of protection. At approximately 3:15 a.m., officers responded to a parking lot on Marketplace Boulevard after receiving a report of a domestic disturbance. Gross was […] The post Greeneville man arrested on aggravated assault, protection order violation charges appeared first on www.elizabethton.com.
Two more Impact Plastics employees found dead after floods devastate Erwin, Tennessee
The body of Lidia Verdugo has been recovered in the search for missing employees of Impact Plastics in Erwin, Tennessee, according to a GoFundMe campaign created by her family. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation opened an investigation into Impact Plastics after employees alleged managers didn't allow workers to leave the facility Sept. 27, even as warnings were issued and floodwaters were rising from the nearby Nolichucky River in a once-in-5,000-years storm brought on by Hurricane Helene. ...
Running away and tossing suspected drugs gets one arrested
A Knoxville man tried to run at first, but soon admitted he was indeed selling meth Oct. 3. 10th Judicial Task Force Officer Dalton Rinehart said he and officers from the Sweetwater Police Department and Monroe County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant on Marc Blair at the Economy Inn in Sweetwater on the suspicion he was selling drugs. Rinehart said they found Blair in the parking lot and attempted...