Man searching Tennessee River for arrowheads may have drowned

The boat of 55-year-old Herbert Freshour, of Lenoir City, was discovered several hours after the man’s wife last heard from him by cell phone at noon Saturday, said Steve Johnson, spokesman for the Loudon Fire Department.

Rescue squads from Sweetwater and Loudon, Monroe, Blount, Knox, Anderson and Roane counties have been searching for Freshour since Saturday night.

His 14-foot aluminum boat was found around 9 p.m. Saturday with a small dent in the front, Johnson told The Knoxville News Sentinel.

People often search the banks of the Tennessee River for arrowheads in cold weather when the water level recedes.

Freshour is a 28-year veteran of the Oak Ridge Fire Department, where he works as an engineer.