Roane County News

The Roane County Sheriff's Department is asking for your help solving a cold case nearly 6 years old.

Jurors heard the story again today of the shots that killed a Roane County deputy and his ride-along - the third edition this time.

A Knoxville couple was killed while driving through Roane County Saturday afternoon.

Roane County's Animal Shelter is at full capacity, following the seizure of nearly 30 dogs from a suspected puppy mill this week.

A woman under investigation for operating a puppy mill has been charged with six counts of animal cruelty after authorities for the third time discovered dogs jammed together in poorly ventilated sheds, jerry-built pens and portable carriers.

Rocky Houston's Maadi rifle was fired 22 times during the 2006 shootout that took the lives of Roane County Sheriff's Deputy Bill Jones and his ride-along friend Mike Brown.

Opening statements are scheduled Thursday in the second murder trial of one of two Roane County brothers accused of killing a deputy and his ride-along friend.

Preliminary plans and estimates for the Roane County Schools building plan are beginning to take shape.

The jurors who will sit in judgement of Leon Houston could be seated during the day on Tuesday.

If any place deserves to become a business hub for turning fly ash into useful products, Roane County Executive Mike Farmer said that place should be Roane County.

A man accused of choking a woman to death during "kinky sex'' has had another criminal charge added to his rap sheet.

Two Roane County men have been indicted for Internet sex crimes involving children, according to a news release from the Harriman Police Department.

Property has enabled brothers Rocky and Leon Houston to hire attorneys and get out of jail while murder charges have been pending against them.

Diseases of the heart was the leading cause of death in Roane County in 2005, according to a profile recently completed by Covenant Health.

It's the start of busy season for John Smook at Tennessee Valley Winery in Loudon County.

TVA is building an overlook from where people can watch the cleanup of coal ash from a massive spill late last year.

A grand jury in Kingston has declined to indict a Roane County man in the shooting of his pregnant wife.

Were his dreams crushed by disaster or were those dreams bigger than his wallet? Joseph Armes II insists the TVA ash spill, not investing beyond his means, is the reason he's on the verge of financial ruin.

SMITH MOUNTAIN, Tenn.- "Not in my backyard" is the cry from people on top of the mountain where a company wants to build a landfill.

George White has his theory on why Rockwood officials want to expand the city's boundaries into Park View subdivision.