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  • Harriman police on the lookout for those not buckling up

    As summer kicks off and families hit the road for vacation, Harriman Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office to remind motorists to “Click It or Ticket.”

    From May 22 to June 4, participating agencies across the state will increase seat belt enforcement as part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s nationwide mobilization.

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  • Antique school bell missing

    An antique 1887 cast-iron school bell was stolen from the Bonnie and Clyde’s Antiques and Collectibles store in Harriman sometime between Oct. 1-3.

    Marked on the yoke is “C.S. Bell Co., Hillsborough, Ohio, with the inside dated October 1887.

    A reward offered for information leading to the arrest of person or persons who stole it.

    Anyone who has information is asked to contact the Roane County Sheriff’s Office at 376-5582.

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  • Troopers stepping up patrols for Labor Day; checkpoint planned in Roane

    Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers will be out in force this Labor Day weekend to ensure the safety of travelers on the state's roadways.

    The holiday enforcement period will begin on Friday, Sept. 2, and conclude on Monday, Sept. 5. A driver's license checkpoint is planned in Roane County on Sept. 5 on Hwy. 61 at mile marker 9.

    “Troopers will be out in force working tirelessly across the state to ensure the summer period comes to a safe close,” said Col. Tracy Trott of the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

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  • HPD stepping up DUI enforcement

    Harriman Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office to step up DUI enforcement through Sept. 7, surrounding the Labor Day holiday.

    The statewide Booze It and Lose It campaign is part of a national mobilization to prevent drunk driving.

    Tennessee experienced 6,645 known alcohol-related crashes in 2014.

    That equates to an average of 18 people each day making the decision to get behind the wheel after they have been drinking.

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  • Buckle up for safety — and it’s the law

    As motorists take to the roads this Memorial Day holiday, the Roane County Sheriff’s Office is urging everyone to buckle up.

    Beginning May 18, law enforcement officials will be out in full force, taking part in the 2015 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization and cracking down on motorists who are not belted.

    “As we kick-off the busy summer driving season, it is critical that everyone buckles up every time they go out, day and night — no excuses,” said Sheriff Jack Stockton.

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  • Roane County E-911: April Dispatches
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  • THP sobriety, safety checkpoints slated

    The Tennessee Highway Patrol is planning to conduct sobriety, driver’s license and seat belt roadside safety checkpoints on Roane County roads in April.

    A sobriety roadside safety checkpoint is planned for the week of April 5 on Hwy. 58 at the new bridge in Kingston.

    Impaired driving is a serious crime that kills more than 16,000 people and injures 305,000 others every year in the United States, said a release from the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

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  • THP sobriety, safety checkpoints slated

    The Tennessee Highway Patrol is planning to conduct sobriety, driver’s license and seat belt roadside safety checkpoints on Roane County roads in March.

    A sobriety roadside safety checkpoint is planned for the week of March 8 on Hwy. 58 at the new bridge in Kingston.

    Impaired driving is a serious crime that kills more than 16,000 people and injures 305,000 others every year in the United States, said a release from the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

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  • Don’t buckle up? Rockwood police are looking for you

    Rockwood Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office for the 2015 Seatbelts Are for Everyone campaign.

    The SAFE campaign is designed to increase seat belt and child passenger safety restraint usage in Tennessee.

    “The RPD will be watching for seatbelt violations and will be practicing a zero-tolerance approach as we help lower the number of traffic crash fatalities across the state and make our roadways safer for our citizens,” said Brad Collins, a patrolman with Rockwood Police Department.

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  • THP sobriety, safety checkpoints slated

    The Tennessee Highway Patrol is planning to conduct sobriety, driver’s license and seat belt roadside safety checkpoints on Roane County roads in February.

    A driver’s license safety checkpoint is planned during the week of Feb. 1 on Pansy Hill Road at Swan Pond Road, Harriman.

    Another checkpoint will be during the week of Feb. 15 on Fiske Heights Road near the railroad tracks in Harriman

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