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A driver of a car was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center Friday after getting into a crash with a school bus ...
"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. The search led authorities ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Meigs County school bus was involved in a traffic accident Friday morning. Meigs County Emergency Services (MCES) responded to the 6800 block of Highway 68 on May 23, 2025. The driver of the bus, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Meigs County contains 4 schools and 1,751 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 10%. The student body at the schools served by Meigs County is 93.3% white, 0.8% Black, 0.3% Asian or ...