Johnny Ray Wadkins, 71, of rural Rochester, died at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital of Warsaw.

A Walland man is multiple counts of criminal homicide after three bodies were recovered from a house fire in Blount County.

Johnny Ray Wilburn, 56, from Walland, is charged with three counts of criminal homicide, the Blount County Sheriff's Office said.