TWRA has released the name of the fatal boating accident on Norris Lake Saturday evening. Around 8:00 p.m., Richard Curry, 52, from Jamestown, OH died after he fell into Norris Lake from a pontoon boat at the fuel dock of Shanghai Marina.
Sevierville Police Department officers responded to a 911 call from a passerby Friday evening that a man in the parking lot of a Hampton Inn hotel on highway 66 appeared to be having a medical problem and had unsuccessfully attempted to enter their vehicle.
The child in the center of the alert that was sent out as a civil emergency alert has been located. The boy was found in Alcoa, walking in the streets looking for his parents. The child is now with the Alcoa Police Department, and they are working on locating his parents.
"I couldn't see anybody, I couldn't hear anything," said Tia Coleman, a survivor of the "Ride the Ducks" boat accident on Table Rock Lake, "I couldn't hear screams, it felt like I was out there on my own. And I was yelling, screaming, and finally, I said Lord, just let me die, let me die, I can't keep drowning, I just can't keep drowning. And then I just let go."
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri town known for its country shows and entertainment mourned Friday after 17 people - including nine from one family - were killed when a tourist boat sank on churning water in a sudden storm. The grief-stricken community hosted two separate vigils Friday night. In one, about 300 people gathered in the parking lot of Ride the Ducks of Branson and sang "Amazing Grace." Mourners at a church sang the same words.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - James Gunn was fired Friday as director of "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" because of old tweets that recently emerged where he joked about subjects like pedophilia and rape. Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn announced the removal. "The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James' Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio's values, and we have severed our business relationship with him," Horn said in a statement.
Many jails in East Tennessee are facing overpopulation, a problem that's predicted to get worse. A committee in Blount County called the Community Justice Initiative has been searching for months for a solution to their crowded jail.
Exactly 38-years to the day Randy May killed 16-year-old Mary Jones and savagely attacked 15-year-old Mitzi Sizemore, May could walk a free man, leaving the city of Morristown on edge.
Lots of weddings are planned for this summer and East Tennessee is a favorite place to tie the knot. While stretching the budget might make sense for such a special occasion, you don't want to get ripped off or scammed in the process.
