Roane County, TN

Investigators in Roane County still looking for answers after two people are found dead in a home. Officials say they are treating this as a double homicide. The incident happened at 662 Buck Creek Road in East Roane County Monday. Police say the victims are 67 year-old Steve Groover and 62 year-old Cindy Scruggs.

ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. — A COVID-19 outbreak is putting inmates back into quarantine for the third time this year at the Roane County Detention Center. The sheriff's office said more than half of all the inmates at the jail will be in quarantine until the end of May. Sheriff...

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has handed the plaintiffs in lawsuits over the alleged mishandling of the cleanup following the Kingston coal ash spill that occurred in December of 2008 a big victory. Jacobs Engineering is the contractor TVA brought in to clean up the spill that dumped over...

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ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) - Two Roane County deaths have investigators looking for answers, officials with the Roane County Sheriff’s Office said. “We are treating this as a double homicide,” officials said. The incident happened at 662 Buck Creek Road in East Roane County Monday, RCSO representatives...

KINGSTON, Tenn. — Roane County deputies are investigating a double homicide after discovering the bodies of two people inside a Kingston home on Monday. The Roane County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a call for assistance at 662 Buck Creek Road on May 16. When they arrived, deputies were told a person was unresponsive in the home and that the doors were locked.

Nearly 60 seniors graduated from Oliver Springs High School on Tuesday night. You can see more photos from the graduation ceremony at the Roane County school, as well as the new grads' formal photos in Friday's print edition of The Oak Ridger, as well as online. Congrats, grads! Upcoming will be graduation at Oak Ridge High School and Clinton High School on Friday night.

KINGSTON, Tenn. — Roane County deputies are investigating a double homicide after discovering the bodies of two people inside a Kingston home on Monday. The Roane County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to a call for assistance at 662 Buck Creek Road on May 16. When they arrived, deputies were told a person was unresponsive in the home and that the doors were locked.

The Roane County Sheriff's Office is investigating after two people were found dead at a Kingston home Monday.

Those with information are asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 423-663-2245. Knox County names new health department senior director. Kevin Parton served as the interim senior director after the retirement of Dr. Martha Buchanan. Catch up Quick. Updated: 8 hours ago. Your headlines from 5/17 in 8 minutes....

HARRIMAN, Tenn. — Dozens of people gathered Monday night in Harriman at the David Webb Riverfront Park next to the Roane County Law Enforcement Memorial to honor fallen officers. Members of the Roane County Sheriff's Office and Harriman Police lit candles and spoke about their memories of the fallen...

The Roane County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after deputies found two people dead inside a locked home on Monday morning. Deputies were called to 662 Buck Creek Road in East Roane County at around 10 am Monday, and when they arrived, they were informed there was a person unresponsive in the house and that the doors were locked. After making entry, deputies reported finding a man and woman dead inside.