Unicoi County News

With a $1.5 billion budget shortfall becoming more and more of a possibility in Tennessee, desperate times are calling for desperate measures.

A tractor trailer's brakes overheated as the truck descened out of mountains on I-26 in Unicoi County this morning.

ERWIN, Tenn.- Heather Rheams is accustomed to handling animals in her job as a K-9 officer for the Unicoi County Sheriff's Department.

A bear cub was struck by a car on Interstate 26 in Unicoi County sometime over the weekend and is now being nursed back to health with the help of an animal-loving police officer.

Unicoi County, Tenn. - Unicoi County has been working on its new jail plans for a while now, and today the jail committee took another step forward.

Unicoi County, Tenn. - Unicoi County has been working on its new jail plans for a while now, and today the jail committee took another step forward.

Two youths face Juvenile Court sentencing in Erwin next month for vandalism that included burning flags of the United States, Tennessee and branches of the military.

Erwin Police Chief Reagan Tilson tells 11 Connects that two juvenile males were arrested just before midnight, and taken to the Johnson City Regional Juvenile Detention Center.

Unicoi County Sheriff Kent Harris says a fire that destroyed a Bumpass Cove home was set to cover up the suicide of the owner.

Make way for the last of a dying breed. "I stand six feet four," said Tim Loyd "Tiny" Tilson, "and three-quarter inches." And 340 pounds.

A congregation in Unicoi County, Tennessee begins the rebuilding process today after fire destroyed its church building.

Some law enforcement agencies in northeast Tennessee say they're finding delays in delivery of ammunition.

Heavy localized rain has triggered flash flooding in mountainous East Tennessee, forcing about 50 families from their homes.