Christa Pike Execution Scheduled for This Morning
50 year old Christa Pike is scheduled to be executed at 11 Eastern this morning at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. The Supreme Court rejected her appeal Tuesday, following the governor’s decision not to intervene. Pike was convicted of murdering fellow Job Corps participant Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville in 1995. She was 18 at […]
Read MoreNo Injuries Reported in Greene County Interstate Crash
All lanes have reopened following a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 in Greene County. In a report released Monday afternoon, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said a tractor-trailer rear-ended a pickup hauling a camper near mile marker 40. The pickup was stopped in congested northbound traffic. The impact caused the pickup and camper to jackknife, and […]
Read MoreFire Destroys Jeraldstown Road Home
A fire destroyed a home on Jeraldstown Road in Greene County Friday evening. The resident told deputies he saw smoke and flames coming from the back porch, escaped and called 911. Four volunteer fire departments responded around 7. The house was valued at about $250,000, and a Nissan Rogue parked nearby was also damaged. Deputies […]
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