Tennessee has long been known as a great state to visit for those looking to get outside. The Volunteer State boasts major river access to the Tennessee, Cumberland and, Mississippi rivers; it has ...

James Earl Ray pleads guilty to killing Martin Luther King, Jr. and is sentenced to 99 years in Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Tennessee. March 13, 1969: Ray's Recantation Ray recants his ...

RICHARD DOUGLAS ORAN age 69 of Crossville, TN passed away April 4, 2025 at his home. He was born June 14, 1955 in Harriman, ...

Mr. Terry Lynn Armes, age 63, of Oakdale passed away Friday, March 28, 2025 at his home. Terry spent over 28 years at the former Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary and current Morgan County ...

About 400 folks were expected to take tours of Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary this week during its Centennial Celebration which got underway Saturday. An employee committee organized the event ...

James Earl Ray, confessed killer of MLK, was a notorious escape artist. His most audacious escape involved manufacturing a ladder made of plumbing pipe and going over the wall of the Brushy Mountain ...