Bean-Station News

Tennesseans are showing off their volunteer spirit this weekend to help out the people affected by this week's devastating Oklahoma tornado.

As police continued the investigation into the Bean Station shooting, family members spoke out Friday about the victims.

Alexia "Lexi" Gail Wilson, 45, is being touted as a hero that stopped further killing of people in a Bean Station pharmacy robbery and shooting on Thursday, May 23, District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn said on Friday.

The recovery continues for two east Tennessee women who were shot when police say a man opened fire in a pharmacy.

Official charges have been filed against the former police officer who opened fire at a Bean Station pharmacy, killing the owner and another man, and injuring two women.

Derek Green was working the produce aisle of the Holt's IGA Market Thursday afternoon when his manager told him there had been a shooting next door.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says two people are dead and two are injured after a shooting at a Bean Station pharmacy.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Bean Station police converge on the Down Home Pharmacy on Main Street in Bean Station to investigate a shooting that occurred the morning of May 23, 2013.

A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman tells the Knoxville News Sentinel that one person is in custody.

According to Grainger 911 Director Randy Holt, the call came in at 11:23. He said the nature of the call was a robbery with a shooting.

A WWE wrestler from Jefferson City is challenging the Lieutenant Governor to a debate.

A suspected drunken driver was killed and his passenger was criminally charged following a crash in Grainger County, according to authorities.

Authorities say charges are pending in a two-vehicle crash that killed a Grainger County man and injured a second person Tuesday.

Grainger County Deputy Nathan Cook was on a routine drug paraphernalia investigation Sunday when he found the bottle in the bedroom on Rocky Springs Road in Bean Station.

Carroll Mayes, 65, left, Marty Gratz, 47, Christy Nicole Harris, 37, and Dylan Lusk, 18, are charged with initiating a process to manufacture methamphetamine in Grainger County.

A new bill awaits the governor's signature that strengthens the ignition interlock law, now requiring it for first time offenders and lowering the intoxication rate from .15 to .08. A new bill awaits the governor's signature that strengthens the ignition interlock law, now requiring it for first time offenders and lowering the intoxication rate ... (more)

A man wanted for an escape, a home invasion and an aggravated burglary was thought to be in Grainger County Thursday night, specifically Bean Station, according to police.