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TBI Launches New Tennessee Sex Offender Registry

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation launched an overhauled Tennessee Sex Offender Registry on Monday, rebuilt to modernize the look,…

4 years ago

Gov. Lee Calls for Review of State Education Funding Formula

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Commissioner of Education Penny Schwinn invited Tennesseans to participate in the full…

4 years ago

FDA fully approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech…

4 years ago

Monroe County Sheriff’s Narcotics Division makes several meth busts

Over the last two weeks, The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has been cracking down on meth dealers in the area,…

4 years ago

Traffic stop leads to drug arrest

On July 27, 2021, at approximately 12:53 am, Deputy Chris Ferree conducted a traffic stop on a Mazda sedan for…

4 years ago

Deputies arrest suspect with outstanding warrants at Walmart

On July 13, 2021 the Monroe County Sheriff Narcotics Division along with the Sweetwater and Vonore Police Narcotics division received…

4 years ago

Child abduction leads to drug arrest

On July 8, 2021, in the early morning hours deputies with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a…

4 years ago

Monroe County man pleads guilty to raping his adopted daughter

On June 21 in Tennessee's Tenth Judicial District, Randall Lee Pruitt pled guilty to three counts of raping his adopted…

4 years ago

Mt. Vernon traffic stop ends in drug-related arrest

On Sunday, June 20, 2021, Corporal Billy Littleton was patrolling the area of Mt. Vernon Church Road when he observed…

4 years ago

Six charged in human trafficking operation

SWEETWATER – A two-day undercover operation by special agents with the TBI’s Human Trafficking Unit, the Sweetwater Police Department, the…

4 years ago