Monroe County News

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation obtained federal warrants for a Maine man in a child pornography investigation that resulted in his arrest earlier this week.

There's no question that school safety is a top concern, but when it comes to school resource officers , who should foot the bill? Madisonville City currently supplies an SRO for the Primary, Intermediate and Middle schools, but he is stretched thin and a second SRO would decrease his workload and provide better service.

State wildlife officials are offering $22,000 in rewards in the recent cases of two bald eagle shootings in East Tennessee.

VONORE Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam Monday traveled to Monroe County to sign legislation to reduce the state portion of the sales tax on groceries from 5.25 percent to 5 percent.

In the first incident, Soddy Daisy officers were summoned on a shoplifting call.

VONORE - Gov. Bill Haslam signed legislation in Monroe County today to reduce the state portion of the sales tax on groceries from 5.25 percent to 5 percent.

A man who police said was traveling 70 miles per hour on a side street in St. Elmo when he wrecked and killed one of his close friends was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison.

A Marion County couple is set to go to trial June 4 for negligent homicide in a case in which their two-year-old daughter Cameron was fatally shot by her five-year-old step-brother. Samantha Wallace, 28, and Thomas Wallace, 25, were in the courtroom of Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Rebecca Stern on Monday.

The Monroe County, Loudon County, Etowah and Athens Area Chambers of Commerce are sponsoring the first East Tennessee Great Region Summit to be held at Hiwassee College this Thursday, May 23.

The Powerball jackpot hits a record high of $600 million and it could go even higher.

Chuck Ellis uses several different tools to help him carve out the center and shape the exterior of the bowl.

The Powerball jackpot hits a record high of $600 million and it could go even higher.

The Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service of Monroe County hosted the the eighth annual Chocolate Fest in Vonore on Saturday.

A Monroe County man is in jail for allegedly raping his girlfriend's five-year-old daughter while he was babysitting.

The Monroe County, Loudon County, and Athens Area Chambers of Commerce are sponsoring the first East Tennessee Great Region Summit to be held at Hiwassee College on Thursday, May 23.

Rising from "the halls of the county courthouse to the halls of the Supreme Court," Justice Sharon Lee is a worthy and ideal recipient of this year's Lizzie Crozier French Women's Leadership Award, said Wendy Pitts Reeves, chair of the East Tennessee Women's Leadership Council.

National Day of Prayer was held outside the Monroe County Courthouse Thursday with County Mayor Tim Yates signing a proclamation declaring it to also be a Day of Prayer in Monroe County.

Monroe County Director of Schools Mike Lowry, on behalf of the Board of Education, approached the town of Tellico Plains in April requesting that the town consider adding an School Resource Officer at Tellico Plains Elementary School.

After the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development announced recently it was permanently suspending job services at 34 career centers across the state, including the Vonore location, local officials are trying to figure out the impact it will have in Monroe County.

A Maryville woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident in Monroe County Monday afternoon, according to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report.