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Tennessee Valley Authority says they plan to close one lane of U.S. Highway 68 across Watts Bar Dam for bridge work that will ...
A driver of a car was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center Friday after getting into a crash with a school bus ...
A driver was airlifted to the hospital after a crash with a school bus. No injuries to students or the bus driver were ...
"We think he was saying, 'Water.'" A vehicle was found submerged in the Tennessee River amid the search for a missing deputy in Meigs County, Tennessee, Feb. 15, 2024. Officials said the landing ...
who was transporting a woman to the county jail last Wednesday, was discovered in the Tennessee River along with the woman and his car the next day. Leonard, a rookie with the Meigs County Sheriff ...
The son of a woman whose body was found alongside a Meigs County sheriff's deputy in the Tennessee River filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit blaming the Meigs County government for his mother's ...
A deputy in Tennessee crashed into a river after making his first arrest, killing himself and the detainee, according to officials in the area. Meigs County District Attorney Russell Johnson ...
The remains of Robert “RJ” Leonard, a rookie deputy with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, and the unidentified woman were recovered from the Tennessee River and being transported to the ...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — In February, a woman was found dead after a Meigs County deputy arrested her and drove into the Tennessee River. The deputy, Robert Leonard, was also found dead. On March 4 ...
Authorities announced the body of Meigs County Deputy Robert “R.J.” Leonard, who was previously reported missing, had been pulled from the Tennessee River around 6:30 p.m. local time.
The body of a missing Meigs County, Tennessee, sheriff's deputy has been found, officials said Thursday, hours after his patrol vehicle was pulled from the Tennessee River with the body of another ...