Fayette County News

Fayette County Sheriff's narcotics investigators arrested two people in a Somerville methamphetamine house Tuesday night, officials said.

Fayette County Sheriff's Department investigators say they've discovered a meth lab in a house near Somerville.

The Oakland resident who is questioning the outcome of the last mayoral election after losing by 15 votes will take his case back to court Dec.

Former Oakland police chief Bob Tisdale pleaded guilty Monday in Fayette County circuit court to multiple charges stemming from two separate incidents.

Authorities busted a meth located directly across the street from a grocery store Tuesday evening in Somerville.

People in Oakland will soon start seeing double, at least where their sewage bills are concerned.

A solar design and installation company says it has put in service the largest solar electric system of its kind in the state.

Investigators say they got a tip about people coming and going at all hours of the night from the home at 1470 Warren Road.

A Fayette County meth lab was busted after deputies got a tip that someone was cooking the drug.

Fayette County Sheriff's deputies busted a moonshine still Wednesday about a mile south of Braden, Tennessee.

Memphians heading to the Tennessee-Memphis football game in Knoxville tonight and Saturday be warned: traffic on Interstate 40 in Fayette County will be reduced to one lane in both directions again this weekend as work to repair five bridges continues.

Warren Scoville, of London, has taken over as defense attorney for former state Rep.

Containers and trailers are transferred between trucks and trains at a Norfolk Southern intermodal hub.

Memphis mayoral special election results Wharton, 65,491 votes. Lowery, 19,625. Chumney, 10,857. Carpenter, 5,181. Lawler, 4,044. Whalum, 2,094 Developer William Adair plans to sink an intermodal rail terminal next door to the residential community he plans for a former ranch in Fayette County.

Parents in Fayette County are upset with officials at Fayette County Schools because they say they were never notified after a school bus crash near Oakland last week.

NASHVILLE - Travelers on Interstate 40 in West Tennessee could find slow going in a couple of spots over the weekend.

NASHVILLE - A comprehensive Web site focusing on the history and culture of the people of Tennessee, www.tn4me.org, is scheduled to go live Oct.

According the Fayette County, TN Sherriff's Office, a school bus was involved in a single vehicle crash late this afternoon.

" Ten people suffered minor injuries in a school bus accident late Tuesday afternoon near Oakland.

By Jody Callahan , Memphis Commercial Appeal Tuesday, October 6, 2009 A Fayette County school bus was involved in an accident this afternoon near Oakland, slightly injuring 11 children.