Anderson County EMS hosts luncheon today
May 19-25 is National EMS Week and Anderson County EMS and UT LIFESTAR will host an appreciation luncheon on Wednesday, May 22, to honor Anderson County’s EMS crews and First Responders for the work...
View ArticleAnderson EMS honors paramedic, EMT, officer of the year; gives first...
Anderson County Emergency Medical Service, or EMS, honored some of its own Wednesday afternoon with a luncheon and awards ceremony. Whitney Ellis was recognized as Paramedic of the Year. EMS Director...
View ArticleEMS luncheon to honor crews, give awards, name scholarship winner
Anderson County EMS and UT Lifestar are having their annual EMS Week luncheon on Tuesday, May 20. The event is from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., and it is open to the public. “We will be honoring our crews and also...
View ArticleORFD helps with Harriman trench rescue
MIDTOWN—Rescuers from the Oak Ridge Fire Department were among the dozens who responded to a trench collapse in Midtown that trapped a sewer line installer in dirt up to his mid-chest for about four...
View ArticleNew Lifestar air medical base in Rockwood will serve Roane County
A new Lifestar air medical base in Rockwood will serve Roane County, the University of Tennessee Medical Center announced Friday. UT Lifestar Aeromedical Services plans to open the base later in the...
View ArticleORFD, AC EMS, UT Lifestar honored for helping to save cyclist
NASHVILLE—The Oak Ridge Fire Department, Anderson County Emergency Medical Services, and University of Tennessee Lifestar have been honored for helping to save a cyclist after a medical emergency on...
View ArticleNorris Lake boating crash leaves operator in serious condition
LAFOLLETTE—A LaFollette boater remains in serious condition following a boating accident that happened on Norris Lake late Thursday night, authorities said. Just before midnight, Jimmy Arnold, a...
View ArticleThree-vehicle crash with injuries reported on South Illinois at Centrifuge
A three-vehicle crash with injuries was reported on South Illinois Avenue near Centrifuge Way on Monday afternoon. One vehicle was upside down, resting on its roof, and one person was reportedly...
View ArticleKnoxville woman dies after South Illinois Avenue crash
A Knoxville woman died after a three-vehicle crash on South Illinois Avenue on Monday afternoon, authorities said. Oak Ridge Police Chief Jim Akagi said more information could be released later today...
View ArticleTwo taken to hospital after shooting reported on Tuskegee
Note: This story was last updated at 1:36 p.m. Two people were taken to the hospital after a shooting was reported on Tuskegee Drive in central Oak Ridge on Friday. One person was taken by ambulance,...
View ArticleUpdate from ORPD: Two victims wounded by gunfire in Scarboro
The two people wounded by gunfire on Friday were victims of a shooting in Scarboro, authorities said. The shooting occurred at about 11:57 a.m. Friday near the intersection of South Dillard Avenue...
View ArticleUpdated: Two teens injured in ATV crash in Morgan County
Note: This story was last updated at 9 a.m. Nov. 28. OLIVER SPRINGS—Two teenagers were injured in a two-vehicle ATV crash in Coalfield in Morgan County on Friday afternoon, and one of them was flown...
View ArticleUpdated: Gunshot victim, 19, in stable condition at UT Medical Center
Note: This story was last updated at 3:25 p.m. Feb. 29. The 19-year-old Oak Ridge man flown to the University of Tennessee Medical Center with a gunshot wound on Friday night is in stable condition,...
View ArticlePolice: Trailer came loose from truck before crashing into car on Friday
The crash between a car and trailer with a small loader on it on Emory Valley Road on Friday happened after the trailer came loose from a truck hitch and crossed into an oncoming lane, where it hit...
View ArticleEight injured in motorcycle, car-semi crashes on I-75 in Anderson County
Note: This story was last updated at 12:10 p.m. Sept. 11. Six people were injured in one crash involving four motorcycles and two more were injured in a second crash involving two vehicles and a semi...
View ArticleChild dies, five injured in crash
Note: This story was last updated at 1 p.m. Jan 16. A three-year-old died and five other people were taken to a trauma center in Knoxville after a serious crash in Oak Ridge on Friday evening,...
View ArticleTwo medical helicopters respond to crash near UT Arboretum
Note: This story was last updated at 6:40 p.m. Two medical helicopters responded to a crash on South Illinois Avenue near the University of Tennessee Arboretum on Friday afternoon. The crash was...
View ArticleOne person dies, four injured in two-vehicle crash near UT Arboretum
One person died and four people were injured in the two-vehicle crash near the University of Tennessee Arboretum on South Illinois Avenue on Friday afternoon, authorities said. The crash was reported...
View ArticleOne in critical condition, two discharged after fatal crash by UT Arboretum
A Corryton woman remains in critical condition at a Knoxville hospital and two people have been discharged after a fatal two-vehicle crash in Oak Ridge on Friday, officials said. Tabitha Douglas, 26,...
View ArticleCrash update: Girl expected to come home soon, mother out of ICU
The seven-year-old girl injured in a fatal two-vehicle crash on South Illinois Avenue last week is expected to come home in the next few days, and her mother is out of a hospital’s intensive care unit,...
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