TWRA: $500 reward offered after bear was shot and killed near East TN convenience store

A $500 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever was responsible for killing a black bear outside a Tennessee convenience store. The Pine Mountain Longbeards Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation-Tennessee is offering the reward, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. TWRA officials said the black bear was shot and killed near White Oak convenience center on Davis Creek Road in Campbell County.