Overton County News

An inmate at the Overton County Jail is dead, and now the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating.

City engineers gave Park Friends a death certificate last night for the proposed Overton Park detention basin .

A proposal that would make more students eligible for charter schools stalled in the House Education Committee after the panel adjourned without taking up the measure.

Published: Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 2:25 a.m. COOKEVILLE, Tenn.

Authorities say a man fatally shot his mother and brother in Overton County, set fire to their house and later wounded a sheriff's deputy during a standoff before finally surrendering.

A man has reportedly injured a sheriff's deputy, after shooting his mother and brother in a house on Hassler Lane, according to authorities.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning at 3:24 p.m. for Clay County, Overton County and Pickett County.

Burchfield Elementary School has been honored by the Tennessee Dept. of Education for scoring in the top 10% of all schools in the state on academic tests in 2008.