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Officers searching for suspect in fatal shooting

Posted at 3:44 pm September 13, 2023
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Officers are searching in Virginia for a suspect in a fatal shooting in Anderson County on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.

Officers are searching in Virginia for a suspect in a fatal shooting in Anderson County on Tuesday.

The shooting was reported on Moores Gap Road in Heiskell, east of Clinton near Interstate 75, according to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.

Later, a police chase was reported at about 3 p.m. Tuesday in Claiborne County, and it ended in Ewing, Virginia, when the alleged suspect ran into the woods, law enforcement officers said.

“The Lee County (Virginia) Sheriff’s Office continues to aid the Anderson County (Tennessee) Sheriff’s Office; Claiborne County, Tennessee (authorities), and the U.S. Marshals Service in attempting to locate and apprehend fugitive Jason Dockery, a suspect in an Anderson County, Tennessee, homicide and wanted for violations of probation for aggravated assault in Tennessee,” Lee County Sheriff Gary Parsons said in an update provided by the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police, Police and Fire, Slider Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, fatal shooting, Gary Parsons, Heiskell, Jason Dockery, Russell Barker

After tip, investigative work, sex offender wanted in Sullivan arrested in Heiskell

Posted at 12:30 am December 17, 2014
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Glen Reed Keller

Glen Reed Keller

After a tip by a resident and investigative work by dispatchers, Anderson County deputies on Tuesday arrested a man in Heiskell who was wanted by the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office in Blountville for violating the sexual offender registry.

Glen Reed Keller, 43, was arrested Tuesday evening at a home on White Oak Lane in Heiskell community, Anderson County  Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Mark Lucas said.

The Anderson County Communications Center had received a tip from a citizen who had watched a news report on television concerning Keller. Dispatchers had seen the same broadcast. The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office had sent a news release to the local media in the Tri-Cities, area which was shared with a local TV outlet in Knoxville, Lucas said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff's Department, dispatchers, fugitive, Glen Reed Keller, Heiskell, Mark Lucas, most wanted, sex offender, sexual offender registry, Sullivan County Sheriff's Office, tip, White Oak Lane

Three die in Friday night rollover crash on Wolf Valley Road

Posted at 1:28 pm August 9, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 1 Comment

Three people died in a single-vehicle crash on East Wolf Valley Road in Anderson County on Friday night when the car went off the road, went airborne, rolled over, and ejected the three occupants, authorities said.

The 2004 Nissan S18 was traveling west on East Wolf Valley Road near White Oak Lane at about 11:30 p.m. Friday when it started to skid as driver Melissa A. Kelley, 44, of Knoxville, tried to go around a slight left curve, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said. Kelley was driving too fast for roadway conditions, and the four-door car left the right side of the road before going airborne and rolling over, according to a preliminary report by the THP.

Kelley died. So did her two passengers, William A. Housley, 44, of Clinton, and Kurt J. Miner, 25, of Heiskell. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, crash, East Wolf Valley Road, Heiskell, Kurt J. Miner, Melissa A. Kelley, Michael Heatherly, rollover crash, Tennessee Highway Patrol, THP, White Oak Lane, William A. Housley

Heiskell woman dies in Wednesday crash

Posted at 4:20 pm July 24, 2014
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A Heiskell woman died in a two-car crash on Wednesday afternoon on East Wolf Valley Road in Anderson County.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol said the crash happened shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday when Patricia Beckinger, 68, of Heiskell, lost control of her westbound Chevy Cavalier. It crossed into the eastbound lane and hit a 2000 Toyota Camry being driven by Alexandria Bone, 18, of Andersonville.

Beckinger died in the wreck, while Bone suffered what were described as minor injuries. Neither driver was wearing a seatbelt, according to a preliminary report by the THP. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: Alexandria Bone, Anderson County, East Wolf Valley Road, Heiskell, Michael Wilson, Patricia Beckinger, Peaks Station Road, Tennessee Highway Patrol, THP

Battling cancer but planning to help build 59th home for Habitat

Posted at 9:45 am June 18, 2014
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Tim and Teresa Myrick Home Build

Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County is building a new home on Valley View Lane in Heiskell in honor of longtime volunteers Tim and Teresa Myrick, pictured at right. A family of five will live in the four-bedroom, 1,200-square-foot home. From left, they are Alexia, Amanda Cook, Edward Brown (back), Eddie (front), and Ethan.

 

HEISKELL—He’s worked on all 58 homes built by Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County during the past two decades. If his health allows, he’ll work on No. 59.

Tim Myrick, 60, is known for his community involvement, charitable contributions, and key role in the renovation of the Oak Ridge High School and modernization work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. But now he’s battling prostate cancer. His doctor said it’s the fastest-growing he’s seen. Myrick said it spread to his bones and elsewhere within three months. In December, he was given a year to live.

“I told them that’s not going to happen,” Myrick said during a Habitat for Humanity groundbreaking ceremony this month. “I told them I have too much work to do.”

Habitat is honoring Myrick and his wife Teresa by building a home in their honor on about 1.5 acres on Valley View Lane near East Wolf Valley Road in Heiskell.

“We can’t think of anyone who has worked harder for us for a longer period of time,” said Pat Fain, HFHAC board president. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Community, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Amanda Cook, Anderson County, cancer, Edward Brown, groundbreaking, Habitat for Humanity, Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County, Heiskell, HFHAC, Jim Hardy, Mary Ann Hardy, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Pat Fain, prostate cancer, Randy McNally, Teresa Myrick, Tim Myrick, Valley View Lane

Habitat for Humanity has groundbreaking Saturday for Myrick home build

Posted at 9:26 am June 2, 2014
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Tim and Teresa Myrick and Habitat for Humanity

Tim and Teresa Myrick are pictured above. (Photo: Jason Richards)

Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County will have a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday for a home build that will pay tribute to Tim and Teresa Myrick.

The ceremony starts at 10 a.m. Saturday on Valley View Lane in Heiskell.

“We are about $20,000 away from our goal,” Habitat for Humanity said in an event flyer. “As soon as we reach it, we will begin construction.”

Habitat said Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, along with friends of the Myricks, have contributed or pledged more than $60,000. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: groundbreaking, Habitat for Humanity, Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County, Heiskell, HFHAC, Myrick Build, Teresa Myrick, Tim Myrick, Valley View Lane

Man injured after burglars push him out of loft

Posted at 5:18 pm July 9, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

An Anderson County man was seriously injured Thursday night when he was pushed out of his barn loft by a pair of alleged burglars.

Jack Archer, 55, spent Thursday night lying in the rain and the cold after the incident, which he says happened shortly before midnight on Thursday at a barn off of Norris Freeway in Heiskell. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: aggravated assault, Anderson County jail, barn, burglar, Dustin Alex Martin, especially aggravated burglary, Heiskell, Jack Archer, Norris Freeway

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