Tag: Cocke County
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Sheriff Bill Bivens Makes National News
BUT NOT IN THE WAY ONE WOULD EXPECT by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 14, 2014) — At approximately 3:10 p.m. EDT, Monroe County, TN Sheriff Bill Bivens was reported on Fox News as having made the first arrest under a new state law criminalizing the use of methamphetamines and other illicit drugs during pregnancy. Bivens had…
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Eastern Tennessee Has Been a Hotbed of Corruption for Decades
WHEN DID THE LOCAL MEDIA STOP REPORTING IT? by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 21, 2011) — The Post & Email has been reporting for more than 18 months on corruption in Monroe, Roane, McMinn, Madison and other counties in Tennessee and has learned that such corruption has been a scourge in the area “for generations.” A…