A Monroe County, Tennessee, deputy is recovering after being shot during a standoff with a man wanted on a felony warrant. The barricaded man, identified in court records as Richard Neal Brown, 60, ...

It’s Election Day in Monroe County, and voters have decided who will continue to the general election in August. The polls ...

TDOT said the weekend closure will prevent months of rolling roadblocks throughout the summer.

UPDATE (11/15/2024): Nicholas Wayne Hamlett was extradited back to Tennessee late last night. Hamlett is facing First-Degree Murder charges for the death of Steven Douglas Lloyd near the Cherohala ...

MADISONVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — An East Tennessee murder suspect appeared Tuesday morning in a Monroe County courtroom for an arraignment hearing days after his arrest in South Carolina. Nicholas Hamlett ...

Monroe County, Tenn. (WATE) — The new district attorney for the Tenth Judicial District, which includes Monroe County, has whittled down the massive backlog of cases waiting to go before the grand ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The FBI is assisting the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and Tennessee authorities in the search for Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, 45. Hamlett is charged with first-degree murder ...

MONROE COUNTY, Tennessee — More than 3,000 counterfeit luxury items were found in Madisonville after an investigation into an online retailer. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office said in a press ...

MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — The parents of a Monroe County, Tennessee teen who died last month found letters she had written to them before her death. Jason and Crystal Taylor are taking it one day ...