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TBI probing deputy-involved Roane shooting

Posted at 11:20 am February 10, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

The TBI is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Roane County after a police chase ended with a sheriff’s deputy firing his weapon through a car’s windshield.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said the shooting occurred at the Airport Road exit off I-40 West.

A Roane County sheriff’s deputy clocked a Hyundai traveling at more than 100 miles an hour on Highway 27 in Harriman. The deputy turned on his lights and sirens and gave chase, but instead of pulling over, the car entered I-40 westbound and the pursuit continued to the exit ramp at mile marker 340. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Police and Fire, Roane County Tagged With: Airport Road, I-40, officer-involved shooting, Roane County, Roane County Sheriff, shooting, TBI, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

THP: Man injured in December crash dies

Posted at 1:50 pm January 14, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Note: This story was updated at 2:41 p.m. Jan. 18.

A man injured in a late December accident on Interstate 40 in Roane County died from his injuries, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

The crash happened on I-40 near Gallaher Road in Kingston on Saturday, December 27.

Troopers said that Josephine Yeager, 18, of Dayton, was driving a 2004 Kia minivan in the far right eastbound lane near mile marker 356 and was trying to change lanes into the far left lane when she hit a 2014 Cadillac sedan driven by Norma L. Craig, 70, of Cookeville. The collision forced the Cadillac off the left side of roadway into the center median, THP Trooper Alexander Evans said in a report. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Police and Fire, Roane County, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: Alexander Evans, crash, Gallaher Road, I-40, Interstate 40, Jack Craig, Jack W. Craig, Josephine Yeager, Kaitlyn M. Moorman, Kingston, Norma Craig, Norma L. Craign, Roane County, Tennessee Highway Patrol, THP

Letter: Commissioner Isbel asks President Obama to visit Rocky Top

Posted at 11:59 pm January 7, 2015
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Tim Isbel

Tim Isbel

Mr. President:

I am writing this letter to respectfully ask for your assistance in the resurgence of a small impoverished coal mining community that was very instrumental in the development of this great nation, during the Industrial Revolution, due to the ability to produce coal. Since the decline of the coal industry, this community has suffered economically and 50 percent of the current population lives below the poverty level.

Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Tim Isbel, the Anderson County commissioner that represents this community of Lake City, Tennessee.

Just over a year ago, the mayor and city council of Lake City and myself set out to change the direction of the city. This city, nestled between Norris Lake and the Cumberland Mountains, has the assets of having two major interchanges off the I-75 corridor, an abundance of uninhabited property, existing infrastructure, and just 25 miles from Knoxville, Tennessee, and Interstate I-40. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Letters, Opinion, Rocky Top Tagged With: amusement park, Anderson County Commission, I-40, I-75, Lake City, Marc Nelson, Marc Nelson-Denim, Mrs. Biden, Norris Lake, President Obama, Rocky Top, Tim Isbel, tourist destination, Vice President Biden

DOE-NNSA, Tennessee to take part in regional exercise near I-40, Pellissippi

Posted at 12:37 am May 31, 2014
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s Radiological Assistance Program, or RAP, and Tennessee’s Offices of Emergency Management and Division of Radiological Health will participate in a Regional CAPSTONE exercise with activities to be conducted by Field Monitoring Teams in the public sector on Thursday, June 5.

During the environmental field monitoring and sampling activities, approximately 20 response personnel using radiation detection instrumentation and taking samples (soil, water, vegetation, etc.), may be visible by the public in the vicinity of neighborhoods and businesses north of Interstate I-40 and the Pellissippi interchange. The exercise scope is designed to focus on conducting contamination monitoring activities with the intent for the state and DOE/NNSA RAP Field Monitoring Teams to work together to improve the nation’s preparedness in responding to incidents involving the release of radiological materials, a press release said.

Filed Under: Government, National Nuclear Security Administration, State, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: CAPSTONE, Division of Radiological Health, DOE, environmental field monitoring, Field Monitoring Teams, I-40, National Nuclear Security Administration, NNSA, Offices of Emergency Management, Pellissippi, radiation detection, Radiological Assistance Program, radiological materials, RAP, samples, sampling, Tennessee, U.S. Department of Energy

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