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Two students were taken to the hospital after a school bus crash on Ponders Gap Road in Roane County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating.
EAST TENNESSEE (WVLT) - Each year since 2020, school districts across East Tennessee have offered lunches throughout the summer to families in need of assistance.
Two students were taken to the hospital after a school bus crash on Ponders Gap Road in Roane County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation reported the crash around 1 p.m. EDT near exit 350 to Pine Ridge Road and Broadway of America in Roane County.
ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. — UPDATE (11 p.m.): The Tennessee Department of Transportation said Interstate 40 was back open by Friday evening and the multi-vehicle crash had been cleared.
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ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — A high-speed pursuit on Interstate 40 ended in Roane County after the car crashed. The Tennessee Highway Patrol said a trooper watched a 2025 gray Chevrolet Malibu ...
The Tennessee Highway Patrol released a sketch of an unidentified woman found lying in the emergency lane of Interstate 40 in Roane County.
ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. — UPDATE (5 p.m.): The Tennessee Department of Transportation said the tractor-trailer spilled around 48,000 lbs. of plywood onto the road.
A bill making it's rounds in the Tennessee legislature centers around undocumented students. Senate bill 836/House bill 793 would allow school districts to choose whether to enroll undocumented ...
Dennis Ferguson, Roane County's road superintendent, said he brought engineers to help him find a way to reopen it. Ferguson said crews drilled and did several kinds of soil samples.
ROCKWOOD, Tenn. (WVLT) - A shooting suspect out of Overton County is dead after an almost two-hour long standoff with the Tennessee Highway Patrol in Roane County, according to THP Lt. Bill Miller.