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TWRA officers responded to a report of people in the water on Watts Bar Lake near Sand Island around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Bystanders pulled three adult males from the water, one of whom was unresponsive.
A witness told police that a man was driving a black truck, who officers identified as Adam Black, crashed thru the Tom Fuller Boat Ramp sign and continued speeding towards Watts Bar Lake.
Just four years later, O’Neal’s operation has just opened its third new location, upstream on Tennessee’s Watts Bar Lake. The opening ... radios all day at Sand Island, then when it ...
TVA conducted controlled burns Monday on Thief Neck Island on Watts Bar Reservoir, as part of the federal utilities land management program. It was one of about 20 controlled burns that the ...
A man is facing DUI and assault charges after a woman and her baby were injured jumping out of a truck as it sped toward the water at Watts Bar Lake near Tom Fuller Memorial Park, police said.
“We routinely evaluate our fisheries in reservoirs, including Watts Bar, to assess overall health of population dynamics. Some anglers have questioned the status of the bass fishery in this lake.
A 19-year-old Roane County man drowned Sunday after jumping into Watts Bar Lake from a pontoon boat. Braeden Hartup's death marked the state's eighth boating-related fatality for 2024 as National ...
In what was described as "a resounding display of patriotic fervor, hundreds of supporters and like-minded patriots from all around the region gathered on Watts Bar Lake in Rhea County on Saturday ...
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has identified the man who drowned while trying to dock his boat on Watts Bar Lake. James Doyle Frost, a 75-year-old, fell overboard and didn't resurface ...
RHEA COUNTY, Tenn. — The body of a 19-year-old Rhea County woman was recovered from Watts Bar Lake, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. TWRA said the body has been identified ...