Bells News

Advocates of the First and Second Amendments sat down together Tuesday to debate whether the state's list of 257,000 handgun-carry permit holders should be kept public -- but found little common ground beyond agreeing that the ongoing debate should be civil.

Police in Crockett County are asking for your help finding a runaway they believe could be in danger.

The Crockett County grand jury indicted two Crockett County men on numerous sexual charges.

A Bells man is being held without bond after he was charged with more than a dozen counts of rape of a 16-year-old girl.

The Tennessee Department of Health has reduced the severity of a violation cited two years ago against Bells Nursing Home.

Tony Shutes delayed the inevitable as long as he dared. His grandparents, who raised him, needed more help than he could give.

Here are this week's hearts and darts. From the readers: Hearts to the following businesses that supported and ensured the Alamo National Guard had a very successful Community Day Aug.

A hearing has been reset for two Bells men charged with solicitation of rape of a child and other charges involving a 13-year-old and 10-year-old. Albert Glenn Sweatt, 52, and Christopher Rodney Butler, 35, have both been charged with solicitation of rape of a child.

A hearing has been reset for two Bells men charged with solicitation of rape of a child and other charges involving a 13-year-old and 10-year-old. Albert Glenn Sweatt, 52, and Christopher Rodney Butler, 35, have both been charged with solicitation of rape of a child.

A hearing has been reset for two Bells men charged with solicitation of rape of a child and other charges involving a 13-year-old and 10-year-old. Albert Glenn Sweatt, 52, and Christopher Rodney Butler, 35, have both been charged with solicitation of rape of a child.

A summer Sunday morning in Tennessee is to some persons a glimpse of heaven and a gift from God.

Hodge Music Ministries presents another night of good ole Southern gospel music today at Temple Baptist Church on the Atwood Highway in Milan.

Defense attorneys for two men accused of plotting to kill more than 100 black people, including President Barack Obama, told a judge Tuesday that they need more time to get information for a hearing to show evidence that the two were not indicted by an impartial jury.

BELLS - Town leaders are weighing what to do after a state advisory service told Mayor Harold Craig last week that midterm pay raises he has received since 2001 are illegal under the city's charter.

In the gun rights battle likely to engulf the Jackson City Council on Tuesday, both sides are anxious about messages.

A court appearance for Daniel Cowart and Paul Schlesselman has been reset to 10:30 a.m. July 7, where they will appear for a report date.

The crash happened at the railroad tracks that cross Bill Emerson Road near Highway 70/79 in the Fruitvale area, just before 10:00 a.m., Friday.

Tornado warning for central Crockett County and northeastern Haywood County until 4 p.m. At 3:27 p.m. National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado near Belle Eagle, or 9 miles north of Brownsville, moving east at 5 mph.

BELLS - Aldermen could decide tonight whether to fire a Bells police officer accused of breaking several department rules.

When police arrested two young white racists here in Bells, Tennessee, did they foil a deadly plan? Ed Pilkington reports Saturday, 06 June 2009 The house at 2257 Arlan Reason Road in the cotton town of Bells, Tennessee, is barely four years old, yet it seems out of another era.