Lake County News

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.

The Lake County chapter of the NAACP will host a gala celebration on Friday, October 16 at 7 p.m. at the Ridgely Chapel Educational Center.

City and county officers surrounded a home in Madie Friday night and arrested a man who has been charged with attempted first degree homicide in connection with a stabbing the previous afternoon.

The suspect captured by Lake County Sheriff's Deputies Friday evening, for attempted murder, is currently being housed in the Lake County Jail in lieu of a $100,000 bond.

Jason R. Greene is wanted in connection with an attempted murder in LAke County.

A Tiptonville man faces a number of charges and is being held in the Lake County Jail on a $75,000 bond after shots were fired in the Meadows housing projects Friday night, and multiple officers say he threatened to kill both them and their families.