Sunbright News

At 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 15, Morgan County citizens' pleas for help were diverted and none realized it.

Suspects in separate recent slayings in Sunbright were indicted today by a Morgan County grand jury on first-degree murder charges.

A man accused of killing his brother-in-law during a March 7 incident at the victim's residence in Sunbright had first-degree murder charges against him sent to a Morgan County grand jury today after a preliminary hearing.

Morgan County's eCommunity Team is continuing its effort to pinpoint areas in Morgan County that still need access to high speed internet service.

The case against a man accused of shooting his pregnant ex-girlfriend in the face is going to a grand jury.

ELGIN (WATE) -- Jerry Walker is charged with attempted murder after officers say he shot his ex-girlfriend, Jade Sexton in the face. It happened Friday night at a home in the 2500 block of Rugby Highway near Elgin.

A look at recent events in the news that pleased us... TIP OF THE HAT: Joseph Huckeby spent the summer overseeing the construction of a concrete landing pad in Morgan County for medical helicopters that previously had to land in open fields.

Four people are being treated for throat irritation after what is believed to be a natural gas leak at a Morgan County sewing plant.

A preliminary hearing was set for Thursday in a Sunbright murder case, but the suspect has waived that hearing, sending the case to a grand jury.

First-degree murder charges against a Sunbright woman accused of shooting her neighbor while he spoke to a 911 dispatcher were waived today to a Morgan County grand jury.

CNN discusses "magic mushrooms" in this youtube.com video. Medical uses? I think so. Fight for your rights!

A drug with the same risks as meth has hit the streets in Morgan County. Methcathinone (2-(methylamino)-propiophenone, α-methylamino-propiophenone), has been around since around 1928 and was once used in the Soviet Union as an anti-depressant and since that time it has been used recreationally. In 1994 the United States greatly encouraged, then United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, to add the compound under Schedule I of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances. Linked to WATE-TV Knoxville. This editorial written by Lonnie Young.

WARTBURG (WATE) -- Fourteen people are indicted on federal charges relating to a drug ring in Morgan County. The Morgan and Anderson County Sheriff's Departments along with the Oliver Springs Police Department all worked together on the investigation, which lasted more than a year. Follow link for more information.

Scott High School has promoted assistant Keith Shannon to head football coach. Shannon, formerly Sunbright's head coach has moved on to bigger and better things after recieving next to no kudos for taking Sunbright HS to its only 10-0 perfect record in regular season. We can only hope that he gets the recognition that he deserves at Scott high. Read more inside Knoxville News.

A 38-year-old neighbor has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Memford Lynn Hamby, District Attorney General Russell Johnson said.

A 61-year-old Harriman man died after being struck Wednesday night by a pickup truck.

Deputies in Morgan County are investigating a murder after they say someone shot and killed another person Thursday morning.

The small city of Sunbright in Morgan County has never had its own police department, until now.

Department of Energy contractors have poisoned some 30,000 fish at three ponds near the former K-25 uranium-enrichment plant in East Tennessee as part of a restoration project.

SUNBRIGHT, Tenn. - A Morgan County commissioner says he will withdrawal 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.