
LOUDON COUNTY AUTHORITIES LOOKING FOR MISSING WOMAN
Loudon County deputies are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing woman. They say 31-year-old Elisha Carpenter was last seen around 2 this morning, walking away from her home at River Manor ...

FUGITIVE FROM VIRGINIA ARRESTED DURING CUMBERLAND COUNTY TRAFFIC STOP
Wednesday evening, Cumberland County deputies conducting a traffic stop on Cow Pen Road were advised the driver, 42-year-old Casey Andrew Soulsby of Crossville, had an outstanding warrant from Rappaha ...

SCARLETT NABBED ON ASSAULT, MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES, OUTSTANDING WARRANTS
Wednesday morning, Cumberland County deputies went to Smith Mountain Road to follow up on a trespassing complaint. There they found 38-year-old Joshua McDaniel Scarlett of Rockwood. Scarlett pulled ou ...

SHULL ARRESTED AGAIN; STRIP SEARCH REVEALS METH PIPE HIDDEN IN BODY CAVITY
Cumberland County deputies arrested 38-year-old Shelly Marie Shull of Crossville late Thursday night after stopping her for failure to maintain a lane of travel along Highway 70 East. During a search ...

VANDALISM REPORTED AT LOCAL 4-H CENTER
An employee of the Clyde M. York 4-H Center reported vandalism at the facility. When Cumberland County deputies arrived, they noted damage to the door of the rifle range storage room. It appeared as t ...

PLANE MISSING AFTER LEAVING KNOXVILLE, CREWS SEARCHING NORTH CAROLINA WILDERNESS
A single-engine plane took off from Knoxville’s Island Home Airport about 5:30 last evening, but has not arrived at its intended destination in Aiken, South Carolina. It was due to land around 7 p.m. ...

TWO HOSPITALIZED AFTER CAGLE MOUNTAIN TRACTOR-TRAILER WRECK
State Route 111 coming down Cagle Mountain was blocked for about three hours yesterday afternoon while rescue crews worked to extricate two men trapped in a wrecked tractor trailer. According to th ...

CONSTRUCTION ADVISORIES POSTED THROUGHOUT THE LISTENING AREA
CUMBERLAND COUNTY Peavine Road Grading, drainage, and paving will take place from Firetower Road to Westchester/Catoosa Boulevard. Lane and/or road closures will be needed within Fairfield Glade to a ...

CONFEDERATE STATUE IN MURFREESBORO VANDALIZED
The Rutherford County Confederate Memorial on the Murfreesboro town square was defaced Tuesday night, officials say. Police say a witness reported the vandalism just before 10:30 p.m. The memori ...

‘UT PROMISE’ PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FREE TUITION TO QUALIFYING STUDENTS
The University of Tennessee has announced a new financial-aid program for state students from middle- and working-class families. UT Promise provides free tuition to qualifying Tennessee residents enr ...

MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD WILL NOT RENEW DIRECTOR’S CONTRACT
Last night the Monroe County School Board voted last night not to renew Director of Schools Tim Blankenship’s contract when it expires June 30. Blankenship had served as interim director after Mike ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY OFFICIALS SEEK PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING RUNAWAY TEEN
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance as they work to locate a runaway teenage girl. Jade Miller, 16, is said to have run away from her home in the Lake Tansi ...