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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation placed Mitchell Oakes on its Top 10 Most Wanted List for allegedly planting a bomb in a vehicle outside a Franklin, Tenn. nursing home on Saturday. Franklin Police responded to a call at 7:15 a.m. on Sept. 10, 2016 at the NHC Place, Cool Springs assisted living facility after an employee reported a suspicious device ...

In 2001, Challenger, the celebrity educational ambassador Bald Eagle, visited Ground Zero two weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and several times since. This eagle, and the American Eagle Foundation that cares for him, were invited by George Steinbrenner to appear at the first New York Yankees home game after the historic World Trade Center tragedy and every game at ...

An armed robbery suspect is still on the loose after holding up a Walgreens in Pigeon Forge on Saturday afternoon. The Pigeon Forge Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man involved in the armed robbery of the Walgreens located at 3071 Parkway in Pigeon Forge at 1:40 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. The man, ...

Detectives with the Sevierville Police Department charged three students on Friday in connection with a reported rape of another student at Sevier County High School earlier this week. The department said the alleged rape of a male juvenile student by three male classmates occurred Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 on the school campus, but did not disclose where on campus that ...

Authorities say they are investigating a reported rape of a male student by three male classmates at a local high school in Sevier County. Sevier County School System staff were notified Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016 of an alleged rape of a male juvenile student that reportedly occurred on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 on the campus of Sevier County High School ...

The Sevierville Police Department has scheduled a 12-hour Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) class for women on October 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2016 from 6–9 p.m. at the Sevierville Civic Center in the City of Sevierville Municipal Complex. Participants must attend each class date; no make-up classes will be available. The class is free of charge and open to all ...

A tree fell upon a vehicle traveling the Spur on Thursday night, killing the driver. According to Dana Soehn, spokesperson for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, rangers responded to a report of a single-car motor vehicle collision on the southbound Spur (US-441/US-321) at approximately 11:23 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. A tree along the roadside appeared to have ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indian (EBCI) leadership met to discuss the recently modified regulation governing the gathering of plants in national parks. The rule, which went into effect on August 11, 2016, now allows members of federally recognized Indian tribes to request to enter into agreement with the National Park Service to ...

An inmate from the Sevier County Jail who fled a work detail Tuesday morning spent an hour on the loose before officers recaptured him. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, 43-year-old Ronnie L. Helton was mowing on a work detail Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016 along Dolly Parton Parkway in Sevierville when at 9:06 a.m. he jumped off a mower ...

Reports of fires involving Whirlpool microwaves prompted the company to recall certain models this week. 15,200 Whirlpool microwaves are being recalled after they were linked to fires, including one home fire and two fires involving the surrounding cabinets, along with one report of smoke and another of a burning odor. The company has determined internal arcing during use can ignite ...