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Man arrested after armed standoff outside Clinton on Friday morning

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A 30-year-old man was arrested after an armed standoff with Anderson County Sheriff’s Department deputies just outside Clinton on Friday morning, March 25, 2016, authorities said. (Photo by Anderson County Sheriff’s Department)

 

A 30-year-old man was arrested after an armed standoff with Anderson County Sheriff’s Department deputies just outside Clinton on Friday morning, authorities said.

The standoff occurred on Hollingsworth Lane just outside Clinton. Deputies went to the home of Adam Jacob Daniels, 30, to serve arrest warrants from two incidents that occurred Thursday evening and earlier Friday morning, said Mark Lucas, Anderson County Sheriff’s Department chief deputy.

Daniels allegedly went to an apartment on Old Edgemoor Lane in Claxton around 9 p.m. Thursday and threatened two people with a handgun, Lucas said. He allegedly returned shortly after 3 a.m. Friday and shot through an apartment window. [Read more…]

No one injured, no homes damaged in brush fire on Foley Hill north of Clinton

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No one was injured and no homes were damaged during a brush fire on Foley Hill north of Clinton on Thursday, March 17, 2016. Above, resident Albert Look, who lives on Jarnigan Chapel Road, fights the fire with a garden hose until the Medford Fire Department arrives. (Photo by Caren Look)

 

CLINTON—No one was injured and no homes were damaged during a brush fire on Foley Hill north of Clinton on Thursday.

The fire was 1.5 acres, and it was started by an “escaped debris fire,” the Tennessee Division of Forestry said. A warning was issued, officials said.

Residents who live off Jarnigan Chapel Road on the top of the hill said it started at the bottom of the hill, and the wind blew it up through the woods.

“It was horrifying,” said J.T. Taylor, who lives near the top of the hill. He said flames about 10 feet high came within 20 feet of his home. [Read more…]

Sheriff’s Department, Clinton Police locate runaway juvenile

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Investigators from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department, with help from the Clinton Police Department, have located a runaway juvenile, Christina Nicole Day.

“She was found safe and will be picked up by her family,” said Mark Lucas, chief deputy of the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department. “Thanks to everyone for their help.”

The Sheriff’s Department had asked for help on Monday. Authorities said then that Day, 15, had last been seen at her home in the Frost Bottom community late Friday evening, March 4, and had not returned.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

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Clinton fire injures firefighter, heavily damages home

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A Sunday morning fire caused significant damage to a home on Park Avenue and sent one Clinton firefighter to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

The fire was reported at around 7:30 a.m. Sunday by homeowner Ralph Foster. Foster told authorities he had smelled a strange odor when he woke up and saw fire and smoke coming out of the attic vent and the chimney to his woodburning stove. Foster tried to fight the fire with his garden hose until the first Clinton Fire Department units arrived, and he was uninjured.

As firefighters tried to make entry into the home, an explosion most likely caused by a backdraft blew Firefighter J.C. Townsend backward about eight feet, resulting in a trip to the emergency room. Townsend was released about two and a half hours later and is back at work Tuesday, according to CFD Chief Archie Brummitt. [Read more…]

Runaway juvenile located

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The runaway juvenile who had last been seen on Tuesday has been located, authorities said Friday.

Briana Hailey Lynn Phillips, 15, was located by investigators with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department and detectives from the Clinton Police Department, authorities said.

“Thanks to everyone for their help,” said Mark Lucas, Anderson County Sheriff’s Department chief deputy.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

Trucks overturn in Anderson, Knox early Wednesday; roadways have re-opened

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The I-75 South ramp to I-640 East was closed Wednesday morning due to an overturned tractor trailer. (Photo courtesy TDOT/Mark Nagi via Twitter)

A tractor-trailer and a tanker truck overturned in Anderson and Knox counties on Wednesday morning, causing some temporary closures on roadways that have since re-opened.

The tanker truck crash was reported in Anderson County shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday on Interstate 75 at Mile Marker 120, authorities said. The truck went into the median and was leaking fuel from the tanker.

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department responded along with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Anderson County EMS, Anderson County Rescue Squad, and Andersonville Fire Department. Anderson County Emergency Management was called to the scene to assess the fuel spill, and the Tennessee Department of Transportation also brought resources to contain and clean up the spill, authorities said. [Read more…]

Missing juvenile has been located, CPD says

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Alexis Maynard, 17, a juvenile reported missing last week, has been located, authorities said on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016.

A juvenile reported missing last week has been located, the Clinton Police Department said Monday.

The CPD had asked for help locating Alexis Maynard, 17, on Tuesday, February 16. The Police Department reported on Monday, February 22, that she has been located.

“Thanks for your assistance,” the CPD said in a Facebook post.

More information will be added as it becomes available.


Clinton woman dies after two vehicles hit her on Clinton Highway

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The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department closed off Clinton Highway between West Wolf Valley Road in Claxton and Hiway Drive in south Clinton as the Tennessee Highway Patrol investigated a fatal crash between two vehicles and a pedestrian on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 9:40 a.m.

CLINTON—A Clinton woman walking on Clinton Highway died after two vehicles hit her Sunday evening, authorities said.

Patricia A. Rouse, 50, was walking in the right-hand southbound lane, headed toward Knoxville, when she was hit by two southbound vehicles at about 7:33 p.m. Sunday, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.

Rouse died at the scene, the THP said. She was apparently walking home, authorities said.

The drivers of the two vehicles were not injured, the THP said. No criminal charges or citations were issued. [Read more…]

Clinton Police Department asks for help locating missing juvenile

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Note: This story was updated at 4 p.m.

The Clinton Police Department is asking for help locating a missing juvenile.

“If you have any information as to the whereabouts of 17-year-old Alexis Maynard, please contact Detective Sergeant Danielle Alexander at (865) 457-3112,” the CPD said in a notice posted on its website on Tuesday and also on Facebook.

Maynard may be in the company of a white male, 18-year-old Dylan Legon, and she could be in the area of Ashland City or Nashville, Tennessee, the CPD said.

She is approximately 5 feet, 3 inches and 110 pounds, with blue eyes. She was last known to have brown hair, the CPD said. [Read more…]

CPD: Missing Clinton teenager located; she is safe, has returned home

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The Clinton Police Department is searching for a missing 14-year-old, Cassandra Faye Moore.

 

The 14-year-old Clinton girl reported missing on Thursday has been located, and she is safe and has been been returned to her home, authorities said.

The Clinton Police Department posted the update about Cassandra Faye Moore on its Facebook page. Moore had been last seen in the early morning hours on Thursday, February 11, according to authorities.

Clinton police searching for missing 14-year-old girl

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The Clinton Police Department is searching for a missing 14-year-old girl, Cassandra Faye Moore.

 

The Clinton Police Department is searching for a missing 14-year-old girl, authorities said.

Cassandra Faye Moore, a Clinton resident, was last seen in the early morning hours Thursday, February 11, authorities said.

If you have any information about her location, you are asked to please contact Detective Sergeant Danielle Alexander at the Clinton Police Department at (865) 457-3112.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

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Police: Motorcyclist dies in two-vehicle crash on North Illinois Avenue

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Authorities said a motorcyclist died in a collision with a car on North Illinois Avenue at the western entrance to the Kroger shopping center at about 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. Above, the Oak Ridge Police Department and Clinton Police Department reconstruct the crash. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 11:23 p.m.

A motorcyclist died in a collision with a car on North Illinois Avenue on Sunday evening, authorities said.

The collision between a Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle and Cadillac STS four-door sedan was reported at about 6 p.m. Sunday, Oak Ridge Police Department Deputy Chief Robin Smith said.

Smith said he didn’t immediately have details on whether the driver of the car was injured.

The crash occurred on North Illinois Avenue between Oak Ridge Turnpike and Ivanhoe Road, at the western entrance to Westcott Center, the Kroger shopping center.
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