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One of Roane County's most well-known stories is being retold for the big screen.

Roane Market Robbed The Scot Market on Highway 70 in Midtown in Roane County was robbed shortly after midnight Friday (11/13). A female clerk was closing up for the night when a man entered the store with something covering his face, pointed a gun at her and demanded that she open the register. The clerk complied and the man fled after grabbing an undisclosed amount of money. If you have any information on Friday’s robbery, call the Roane County Sheriff’s Office at 865-376-5582.

Man With Box Cutter Tries To Rob Store Authorities in Lake City are investigating an attempted armed robbery at a gas station Sunday night (11/15). Police say that the incident occurred at the Exxon station on Main Street at around 8:30 pm Sunday and that a man armed with box cutter tried to rob the store. He cut the clerk on the arm with the blade but did not escape with any money. The clerk was not seriously injured and did not require a trip to the hospital.

An armed robber screaming, "I'm not going to lose my house," is accused of robbing the Petros truck stop on North Watt Road Sunday afternoon.

The first mountain that is part of the "Devil's Triangle" from Petros to Oliver Springs, TN.

A man and woman have been arrested in East Tennessee for allegedly raping their three children.

Jim Stevens says he's not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image resembling Jesus Christ keeps appearing on his pickup.

Morgan County Sheriffa s Office Arrest Report Travis D. Swint, 30, Lancing, Vandalism Michael D. Underwood, 31, Sunbright, Public Intoxication Adonya S. Woods, 27, Oliver Springs, Attachment Coy Wright, 34, Kingston, To serve time Lonnie Wright, 35, Harriman, Theft over $500 Gerald Reynolds, 21, Harriman, Simple Assault, Simple Assault on child ...

Prosecutors call it a corrections officer aiding an escape. Randall Ridenour calls it idle talk.

Jimmy Byrge stands in a dilapidated section of the former Rosedale Elementary School on Tuesday.

A man died today when his coal truck ran off a mountain road in the state's first fatal accident on mining property in nearly five years, authorities said.

A burglary suspect is recovering from a gunshot wound near his groin--a wound 75-year-old Ruth Robbins gave him after he fought with her son and then got in a scuffle with her.

The Morgan County Sheriff's Department is asking for help finding a Petros man missing since Monday, Aug.

June 23, 11:51 AM Comment RSS States must adopt new measures to reduce sexual violence in correctional and detention facilities nationwide, or risk losing federal funding for prisons, according to a report released Tuesday.

A Tennessee institution with a reputation nationwide has closed its doors - or opened them because this is about Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex in Morgan County.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will make its first ever appearance this Tuesday Night, June 16th at the Cleveland Speedway in Cleveland, TN for the Third Annual Car Smart Race for Juvenile Diabetes.

" Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary has officially closed after 113 years as one of nations most formidable most prisons.

Debbie Williams feels like she's losing a part of her life with the closing of Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex in Petros.

A Morgan County commissioner says he will withdraw his proposal urging the state to consider moving terrorism suspects from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay to the recently closed Brushy Mountain prison.