
SUNNY WEDNESDAY
Wednesday is looking Sunny with a high temperature in the upper 40s and a west breeze at about 10 to 15 miles an hour. Thursday Valentine's Day is looking partly sunny and a little warmer with tempera ...

CROSSVILLE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES TO BUYOUT CONTRACT OF CURRENT AIRPORT MANAGER
The Crossville City Council will begin looking for a new airport manager. At Tuesday's meeting, City Attorney Will Ridley brought a proposal before the council to buyout the contract of the airport's ...

LONGTIME LOCAL BUSINESSMAN BILL OGLESBY HAS PASSED AWAY
Longtime local businessman Bill Oglesby has passed away. Oglesby had been an integral part of the local insurance business in Crossville for many decades. He served as agent, manager and eventual part ...

CROSSVILLE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES MOTIONS CONCERNING POLICE, MEADOW PARK LAKE AND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
The Crossville City Council addressed several items at their Tuesday night meeting. City Mayor James Mayberry presented the Student of the Month award to 7th Grader Vince Vitor of Martin Elementary. H ...

CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF THE CUMBERLANDS GETS VICE PRESIDENTIAL SURPRISE
Every year, Darci Bernabei, principal of Christian Academy of the Cumberlands, celebrates Read Across America and invites the President and Vice President of the United States. Bernabei doesn't expec ...

ROANE COUNTY COMMISSION GIVES NEW MEGA-SCHOOL PROPOSAL THE HEAVE-HO
It was standing-room only Monday night at the Roane County Courthouse for the vote on the latest school-board proposal for consolidation of the three Roane County high schools into one mega school. W ...

DEBATE OVER RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, DISCRIMINATION IN PROPOSED ADOPTION LAW
A law proposed in the Tennessee legislature has sparked protest on both sides – on both the local and national levels – regarding religious freedom versus potential discrimination. Oak Ridge Represen ...

LENOIR CITY SHOOTING VICTIM IDENTIFIED AS 23-YEAR-OLD DAKOTA WILLARD; SUSPECT CHARGED WITH MURDER
The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim in Monday’s shooting in Lenoir City. They say 23-year-old Dakota Willard was shot in the upper right chest and the left side of the back of ...

POLICE SEARCH FOR SUSPECTS TARGETING CARS AT FITNESS CENTERS IN LOUDON, MONROE AND KNOX COUNTIES
Loudon police investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men who are accused of pulling off multiple car burglaries in Loudon, Monroe and Knox counties. Police say the two alle ...

SHOPLIFTING INCIDENT AT PEAVINE ROAD DOLLAR GENERAL LOCATION
Cumberland County deputies responded to Dollar General on Peavine Road for a shoplifting incident recently. Video footage showed a short woman with red and blonde hair taking items from shelves and pl ...

“HABITUAL OFFENDER” CHARGED AGAIN FOR DRIVING ON REVOKED LICENSE
Sunday afternoon, when responding to a report of an accident with no injuries, Cumberland County deputies found 63-year-old John Garfield Phillips of Crossville, who told them he’d had a coughing fit ...

UNCOOPERATIVE MAN CHARGED WITH DUI, VIOLATION OF IMPLIED-CONSENT LAW
Sunday afternoon, Cumberland County deputies stopped 48-year-old Michael Anthony Jones on North Main Street for failure to maintain a lane of travel and failure to stop at a red light. The driver, 48- ...