Jefferson County News

Police arrested Alfred Compton, 46, in connection with the Wednesday, Nov. 18, shoplifting and officer-involved shooting at Kroger Marketplace in Farragut.

One of two shoplifting suspects sought after an officer-involved shooting this afternoon at a Farragut area Kroger turned up some two hours later at a Jefferson County emergency room seeking treatment for gunshot wounds to his neck and shoulder, according to a Knox County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman.

Authorities are searching for a man who took off after a traffic stop and sped the wrong way on Interstate 40.

Now we come to the main event. The biggie is upon us. Practice is over. No more sweaty summer months to endure.

Four different people have served as director of Jefferson County Schools in the past two years.

Rescue crews in Hamblen County are searching Cherokee Lake for a man who is believed to have drowned after the fishing boat he was in capsized and sank after being overtaken by a wave near the Hamblen-Jefferson county line, according to Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officials.

Roy Wayne Killion is charged with vehicular homicide, fifth offense DUI, which is a felony, and driving on a revoked license in connection with a fatal accident on Old Dandridge Pike in Stawberry Plains in November.

West Greene High School received the Blue Ridge Athletic Conference Ralph Stout Sportsmanship Award during Monday night's banquet and meeting of the Region 1 Football Officials Association held in Johnson City.

Chattanooga police say a cold case is now another step closer to being resolved.

A man was indicted last week in connection with an August 2006 murder, Chattanooga police said today.

Defense witness Ethel Lynn Freeman, right, answers questions on cross examination from Knox County Assistant Attorney General Leland Price, left.

Felicia Branchaud is an unemployed Certified Nursing Assistant, and even in the high demand medical field, Felicia isn't having much luck finding work.

Jefferson County staked its spot on the state's Civil War Trails today with three markers commemorating the bloody battles that crisscrossed the county from 1863-1864. "For 145 years, the stories of what happened in Jefferson County lay hidden," said Bob Jarnagin, county historian.

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

Mary Amburn, left, stacks door fronts for daybeds with co-workers Wendy Schneider, center, and Jerrie Mooneyham, right, at the new BJS North America East plant in Dandridge on Friday Number of employees: 150 Products: Bedroom furniture, bed frames and dressers Primary customer: IKEA stores in North America Contact: Dale Dennis, general manager, ...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new $6 million to $8 million furniture manufacturing plant in Dandridge drew a crowd of a few hundred this morning, including about 150 new workers.

A ribbon cutting and a banner day for Jefferson County, as Swedish furniture manufacturer BJS begins operations in Dandridge.

What was just a mound of dirt in Dandridge one year ago will soon be a paycheck to more than 100 East Tennesseans.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn. a ' A fire ripped through a Strawberry Plains trailer early Thursday afternoon.

Swedish furniture manufacturer BJS North America East Inc. will officially open its Jefferson County plant on Friday.