Roane County News

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.

03/18/2025

The Harriman High School Boys Basketball team will play in the Class A state tournament on Wednesday in Murfreesboro. Fans gathered at the high school Tuesday evening for a team send-off. The team bus got a police es**rt out of town.

03/18/2025

Video reportedly shows pair s*xually assaulting teenage victim at a home in Morgan County last month. See story at roanecounty.com

03/14/2025

A Texas semi-truck driver has been arrested in the case involving a woman who was found unresponsive on Interstate 40 in Roane County last October. See story at roanecounty.com.

02/26/2025

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