White County News

A Sparta woman contended all along she was simply defending herself from an invader who walked uninvited into the mobile home she shared with her boyfriend at the time.

The Railroad Section House Museum in Sparta will open to the public next Saturday.

A public meeting is being held Tuesday in Sparta, and some life-saving decisions could come out of it.

The May Cravath Wharton Association is sponsoring the annual popular Silent Auction Sept.

The White County Commission has encouraged residents to suggest ways to reduce the pit bull population.

Confederate Gen. George Dibrell and his Colt Model 1851 Navy .36-caliber revolver are shown using images from the Library of Congress, including a drawing by Alfred Waud.

August 1903 +H.S. Marble has purchased the pine tree lot south of the Bartlett property on Main St.

August 1903 +H.S. Marble has purchased the pine tree lot south of the Bartlett property on Main St.

Nashville-Governor Phil Bredesen has announced the appointment of Kenny Dunn, an instructor at the Tennessee Technology Center at McMinnville, as the faculty representative on the Tennessee Board of Regents for 2009-2010. Dunn begins serving on the board immediately, and his term will continue until June 30, 2010.

The sheriff in White County demanded a ban of pit bulls after a string of attacks and confrontations by dogs belonging to alleged law violators.

SPARTA, Tenn. - White County Sheriff Oddie Shoupe says drug dealers are using pit bulls against his deputies as a way to discourage investigations.

38 year old James P. Vernon of Green Hill Road, Rock Island was arrested Thursday and charged with attempted first degree murder in the case.

Fire crews in White County responded to a large fire at a lighting-fixture plant just after noon on Tuesday.

Two men were arrested in Cumberland County Tuesday for a homicide that happened the week before.

Authorities are treating the death of a west Cumberland County man as a homicide but are not releasing much information about the incident.

Authorities suspect foul play in the death of a man at his home near the Cumberland-White County line, between Sparta and Pleasant Hill.

A raid on a puppy mill in White County, Tennessee has rescued more than 250 dogs kept in deplorable conditions.

Oct. 14, 1928 - May 18, 2009 James Terry Lack, 80, of Crossville, passed away May 18, 2009.

White County residents are hoping to get back a valuable piece of the county's history.

May 1903 Sequatchie Valley was well represented at the Grandview commencement and everyone reported a good time while in Grandview.