Lake County News

The Lake County EMS may be dealing with a lower call volume and, in turn, less revenue director Jack Mauldin told the Lake County Commission Monday night.

The Lake County Middle School Lady Falcons are continuing their amazing four year run as they opened the season with five straight victoriesa 'mostly blowouts.

Jimmy Alan Whitson was only 18 when he was killed in an ambush in Quang Nam province in Vietnam on January 4, 1970.

The 1994 Corvette was demolished in an accident that claimed the life of Paul Victor.

City and county officers working with the West Tennessee Drug Task Force made five arrests during two drug operations in Tiptonville during the past four days.

Field flooded by trapped rain water along Old 78. One of the wettest Octobers in memory has farmers scrambling to harvest crops in flood prone areas, working long hours, and in some cases, taking huge docks on their grain in an effort just to stay ahead of the rising Mississippi River.

Law enforcement agencies in Lake County are expecting a quiet Halloween this weekend with a variety of church and community events planned.

Halloween arrives Saturday night with a number of activities planned throughout the county over a four-day period.

Authorities, acting on a tip, discovered an abandoned meth lab near White Rock Landing in southwest Lake County.

Bill Haslam, Knoxville mayor and candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, will visit Lake County on Thursday, Oct.

Rob Harrison removes a container of ammonia from an old barn near the state line.

The Northwest Tennessee Regional Port Authority meeting at the Lannom Center provided a chance for those in attendance to hear the results of a socioeconomic study of the area.

Faced with liver failure and bleak prospects for survival, Steve Ligons needed a miracle.

Proponents of a planned river port in northwest Tennessee hope to hear by early 2010 whether their project is getting a federal grant.

An attempted murder charge has been reduced and the case bound over to the action of a grand jury in Lake County.

A a oemicroa earthquake rattled a few dishes and nerves in the Tiptonville area Monday afternoon.

Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matthew Kisber announced that Lake County has achieved certification under the statea s Three-Star program for excellence in economic development.

Reelfoot Lake and Lake County are busy preparing for what is traditionally the biggest weekend of the year with the arrival of the 38th Reelfoot Lake Arts and Crafts Festival which begins its three-day run on Friday, October 2. The event has been awarded the top arts and crafts festival on numerous occasions including last year when the Tennessee ...

A 24-year-old woman received a permit Tuesday to sell packaged beer at Hill Top Market, 6256 Highway 104 in RoEllen.

What began as a simple idea for a class reunion has evolved into an event that will draw hundreds of Lake County schools alumni from throughout the nation back home this weekend.