Madisonville News

A Monroe County family calls it a Christmas miracle after rescue workers found their missing elderly father freezing, but alive in the mountains of North Carolina on Christmas day.

Authorities from North Carolina and Tennessee are searching today for a 77-year-old missing Monroe County, Tenn., man whose car was found in Graham County.

The 250,000 pioneer relics on display at the Museum of Appalachia, a living mountain village in Norris, Tenn.

There are 182 registered sex offenders in Cleveland County. And the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office can't watch them all.

A rescue is now over for a man trapped while exploring a cave in a rugged part of Monroe County tonight.

A fire broke out Saturday night at the Roane County Jail, but authorities are declining to answer questions about what happened.

It takes a year for a tree to grow one foot taller at Bakers Creek Tree Farm. It takes minutes for families there to plant a Christmas tradition.

Blanche Elizabeth Buck Fort, born Sept. 25, 1920, departed this life on Tuesday, Dec.

Last week the Rotary Club of Tellico Lake continued its annual project that provides dictionaries to all the third-graders in Monroe County.

Four people were arrested today in Blount County in connection with an investigation into methamphetamine production, authorities said.

A Madisonville man was killed early today after he was ejected from his pickup truck that ran off the road and rolled several times in Monroe County.

A single vehicle accident killed one person near Sweetwater about 12:40 a.m. Sunday.

The Madisonville rental home of Vonore police Chief John Hines. Set afire, and burned, maybe beyond repair last Monday.

Madisonville police say someone tossed an explosive device in the yard of a Monroe County deputy Tuesday night and it's the latest in a string of incidents.

An employee of a McMinn County nursing home has been charged with abusing a 74-year-old blind woman.

An employee of an Etowah nursing home was arrested and charged Wednesday with abusing a 74-year-old blind woman.

Investigators this morning said a Monday fire that severely burned the home of the Vonore police chief was intentionally set.

Investigators are working to determine if a fire that destroyed Madisonville Police Chief John Hine's home Monday night is suspicious.

Poet KB Ballentine will lead a day-long poetry writing retreat hosted by The Knoxville Writers' Guild on Nov.

Photo special to The DPA Chris Brubeck Triple Play will perform Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Monroe Area Council for the Arts 2008-2009 season of performances.