FAYE THOMAS, AGE 80
Funeral services for Faye Thomas, age 80, of Crossville, will be Friday, January 18, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Crossville Memorial Funeral Home, with burial to follow in Green Acres Memory Gardens. F ...
WILLIE JOSEPH “JOE” CARY, AGE 72
Willie Joseph “Joe” Cary, age 72, of Burkesville, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, January 15, at Hospice of Southern Kentucky in Bowling Green. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Sonya Jo a ...
ROANE COUNTY COMMISSION VOTES DOWN FUNDING FOR VO-TECH STUDENT-COUNSELING POSITIONS
The Roane County Commission engaged in another battle over money Tuesday night as School Director Gary Aytes presented a budget amendment for two new positions dealing with counseling of students for ...
CITY MAN ARRESTED DURING PROBATION SEARCH THAT NETTED DRUGS, PARAPHERNALIA
Crossville police accompanied state probation officers on a home visit to the 800 block of Sparta Highway Monday. When consent was given to search the home, officers found meth, Suboxone and five Gaba ...
KNOXVILLE WOMAN ARRESTED FOR PASSING BAD CHECK
Crossville police arrested Nikki Lea McCowan of Knoxville at Cumberland County Bank on West Avenue yesterday on charges of passing a bad check. According to the arrest report, McCowan told police t ...
CROSSVILLE POLICE ARREST MAN WANTED IN SEVIERVILLE HIT & RUN
Crossville police arrived at a home on the 200 block of Goldenbrook Drive yesterday evening where they arrested 28-year-old Matthew Raymond Alcorn on behalf of the Sevierville Police Department. Alcor ...
SUICIDE ON THE RISE IN TENNESSEE, ACCORDING TO STATE SUICIDE-PREVENTION NETWORK
Suicide is now the ninth leading cause of death in Tennessee, with an average of three suicides per day. In 2017, there were 142 youth suicides in the 10-to-24 age group; 51 of these were children bet ...
SUSPECT HELD WITHOUT BOND AFTER LEADING POLICE ON CHASE
Just after 8:30 Saturday morning, a Cumberland County deputy observed a vehicle doing well over the 55 mph limit on Highway 70 West. The deputy initiated a traffic stop, but the suspect, 43-year-old J ...
U.S. REP. REACTS TO VW’S DESIGNATION OF CHATTANOOGA AS ELECTRIC-VEHICLE PRODUCTION HQ
U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, who represents Tennessee's third congressional district, issued a statement yesterday in response to Volkswagen’s designating Chattanooga its North American electric-vehic ...
“IRATE” SUSPECT CHARGED WITH EVADING ARREST, RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT
Late last night, Cumberland County deputies pulled over 36-year-old Jonathan Cole Treadway on Highway 70 West for a routine traffic violation. Treadway, whom the deputy described as “irate,” claimed h ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTS SCHOOL BUS GARAGE SHOOTER
The man accused of the shooting deaths of a man and woman last September in Cumberland County has been indicted. The Grand Jury addressed the case of 74-year-old Warren Nostrom, who is scheduled to ap ...
OFFICIALS BREAK GROUND FOR NEW FALL CREEK FALLS INN FACILITY
Tennessee State Parks and elected officials broke ground Tuesday for the new Fall Creek Falls inn, restaurant and conference center. The venture, which is part of a $200 million investment in state pa ...
