Roane County News

10/07/2025

Harriman City Councilman Brian Frost was arrested at his car detailing business on North Roane Street Tuesday afternoon. He's charged with three counts of coercion of a witness, three counts of false reports to law enforcement, three counts of tampe…

Harriman City Councilman Brian Frost was arrested at his car detailing business on North Roane Street Tuesday afternoon. He's charged with three counts of coercion of a witness, three counts

10/07/2025

Harriman City Council Member Brian Frost was arrested Tuesday afternoon on charges connected to an incident that occurred at his business in August. For updates visit roanecounty.com.

09/10/2025

Three people, including the ex-wife of former Rockwood Police Department Detective Charles Crothers, charged in child s*x crimes ring. Read story at roanecounty.com.

09/10/2025

Making Tennesseans pay taxes when they purchase groceries is something that irritates Monty Fritts. The Republican state representative from Kingston said that’s one of the reasons why he’s running for governor.

Making Tennesseans pay taxes when they purchase groceries is something that irritates Monty Fritts. The Republican state representative from Kingston said that’s one of the reasons why he’s running for

08/09/2025

A ceremony was held at the Morgan County Correctional Complex Saturday morning in honor of TDOC correctional officer Wayne "Cotton" Morgan. He was killed during a prisoner escape at the Roane County Courthouse on Aug. 9, 2005. Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of his death.

07/31/2025

Roane County Schools open the 2025-26 school year with a half day of classes on Thursday. Sgt. Rick Butler looks over students as they enter Midway Elementary School. (Photo by Damon Lawrence)

07/18/2025

Former Rockwood Police Department Detective Charles Crothers agrees to plead guilty and serve 17.5 years in federal s*x crimes case. Read story at roanecounty.com.

06/04/2025

Hey folks! With summer vacation upon us, we're all relaxing and playing and having a good ole time. Please email us photos of your best fish tales or just some pics of the kids playing in the yard and maybe we may run a few in the paper! Send photos to [email protected]. We won't accept photos anywhere else, so get them emailed in and look for 'em in the next edition of the paper!

06/02/2025

Back during the height of Covid the Sports Department of the paper put on Madden Football and NBA 2K tournaments with bragging rights on the line. Been thinking about bringing it back. The idea is to do tournaments for Madden 25, College Football 25 and NBA 2k25. IF we did these tournaments again, how much of an interest would we have? Would there be enough interest to do them again?

05/30/2025

Orano USA is still committed to the historic project it announced last September. The company plans to build a uranium enrichment facility in the Roane County part of Oak Ridge.

05/20/2025

Special agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have obtained indictments charging a Morgan County deputy in connection to the ongoing investigation into an officer-involved shooting earlier this month.

04/16/2025

Kingston basketball standout Aaron Layne (seated, center) was joined by family, friends and coaches Wednesday afternoon as he signed to play basketball for Tennessee Wesleyan. Read more about it Friday in the Roane County News.