BREEDEN, WARD ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO CASH CHECKS STOLEN FROM COUNTRY CUPBOARD
Two men, both from Knoxville, were arrested Wednesday for attempting to cash checks both stolen from Country Cupboard… at different branches of First National Bank of Tennessee. Early Wednesday after ...
JOLLEY ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING, PROBATION VIOLATION
Wednesday evening, Cumberland County deputies arrived at a home on the 700 block of Westel Road to find 32-year-old Brian Paul Jolley – who had been banned from the residence since May 2016 – trespass ...
FUNNY MONEY BEING PASSED IN CROSSVILLE
Two phony bills have turned up in Crossville in as many days – a twenty and a hundred. On Wednesday, Crossville Police were called to the Volunteer Energy office on O’Brien Drive for a counterfeit $2 ...
CHRISTIAN COUNSELING CENTER OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY HOSTS FUNDRAISER
The Christian Counseling Center of Cumberland County will present its annual fund-raising event on Friday, March 1 at the historic Palace Theatre at 7 p.m. They’ll be sponsoring a presentation of the ...
AXE-THROWING BAR TO OPEN IN KNOXVILLE
It’s a bar… it’s an axe-throwing venue… wait, it’s both. And now Craft Axe Throwing is planning to open a Knoxville location sometime this spring. The company website describes Craft Axe Throwing as ...
RECORD NUMBER OF VISITORS TO GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK IN 2018
Great Smoky Mountains National Park had a record number of visitors in 2018. In all, more than 11.4 million people visited the Smokies last year – up slightly from the year before. Park Superintende ...
SCREAMING MAN DOING DONUTS ON ELECTRIC CART IN WALMART ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Crossville police responded to Walmart overnight Wednesday for a man causing a disturbance. They found 34-year-old Kyle Richard Barrier of Crossville on an electric cart, screaming and doing circles i ...
GOVERNOR LEE PROPOSES $40M FOR SCHOOL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s forthcoming budget proposal is said to include $40 million for school safety enhancements. In addition to the $10 million already budgeted for school safety from former ...
TENNESSEE TO BEGIN OFFERING REAL-ID-COMPLIANT CARDS IN JULY
Starting July 1, Tennessee will give residents the option to upgrade their driver’s licenses to the new federally mandated Real-ID-compliant cards. Effective October 1, 2020, Real-ID cards will be re ...
AREA TEEN HONORED BY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT FOR SAVING YOUNG MAN’S LIFE
A Loudon County teen is being hailed as a hero after saving a life earlier this month. Thirteen-year-old Bryson Watkins learned a young man was in need of assistance. Bryson ran to an off-duty deputy ...
TDOT SPOKESMAN RELEASES SLIDE-DETOUR MAP
Tennessee Department of Transportation Spokesman Mark Nagi has released an official map showing detours around the collapsed portion of State Route 70 in Hawkins County. The entire road is closed betw ...
MUDSLIDE SWEEPS MAN’S CAR 200 FEET DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, KILLING HIM
A Jonesborough man died after a roadway collapse and resulting mudslide swept his car 200 feet down an embankment. A report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol indicates 62-year-old Steven Lawson was d ...
