Madisonville News

The 60 by 30-foot flag was taken on Memorial Day from the veterans' memorial in Madisonville.

No matter how many ways you look at it, 2 + 2 will always equal 4. It won't equal 5, no matter how much you want it to.

The U.S. attorney who warned last week that "inflammatory speech" against Islam could violate civil-rights laws was the prosecutor who brought firearms charges against a Navy veteran who challenged the validity of President Obama's birth certificate.

Nashville should get ready to loosen up its belt. The Metro Planning Organization believes a million more people will call the Nashville area home by 2035.

Three people who were thrown into water when their boat capsized near Fort Loudoun Dam have been rescued by fishermen.

A permanent fix to overcrowding at the Monroe County Jail is one step closer to a reality after a committee voted to recommend building a new facility outside of downtown Madisonville.

The old cemetery is home to the remains of members of the Click and McLemore families, including a private in the War of 1812.

Three people were fishing below Ft. Loudon Dam on Tuesday at approximately 9:02 p.m. when their vessel overturned, throwing all three into the water.

Two Monroe County men pleaded guilty to a bribing voter charges in Monroe County Criminal Court Monday, but if they stay out of trouble, the conviction will be removed from their records in two years.

Madisonville Police said Jordan Mathew Summey, 33, Miller Road, Vonore, was at a home in Madisonville on April 25 when he allegedly assaulted the twins.

It's the most visible thing in Madisonville, but it still took several hours for anyone to realize the giant flag at the Veteran's Memorial was missing Tuesday.

The family of a Monroe County boy fighting leukemia received a big surprise Saturday night.

The giant pink brain that Norfolk Southern Railway is sending to college sporting events and state fairs is a hoot.

A large flag was stolen from a veterans' memorial in Madisonville over the Veterans' Day weekend, according to Madisonville Police Chief Gregg Breeden.

The chief of the Brentwood, Tenn., fire department says he knew a cruise with his wife and six teenagers would make memories.

"It breaks my heart," said resident Wayne Bevins. "I couldn't believe someone would do something like that.

A fire broke out at Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams last night in North Madisonville, Tennessee, but the damage didn't stop the Benton's team from filling orders for their famed bacon and country ham today.

For the average person living in Monroe, Loudon and McMinn counties, there's not much difference in the economic outlook.

A Madisonville woman has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with an April wreck that left one mad dead.

A Madisonville woman has been formally charged in an April incident that took the life of a Tellico Plains father.