
TENNESSEE STATE PARKS OFFER FREE HIKES GUIDED BY RANGER
Rangers at all 56 state parks in Tennessee are offering free ranger-guided hikes later this month. A Tennessee State Parks news release announced the free hikes are scheduled for Saturday, March 23 ...

MOTORCYCLIST KILLED IN CRASH WITH GARBAGE TRUCK IN KNOXVILLE
A motorcyclist was killed in a multi-vehicle crash that shut down Middlebrook Pike this morning. The Knoxville Police Department says officer arrived just after 7:30 to the scene, where the westbou ...

MULTIPLE CHARGES LODGED AGAINST COOKEVILLE MAN, CROSSVILLE WOMAN DURING TRAFFIC STOP
While conducting a traffic stop along U.S. Highway 127 North early Friday morning, Cumberland County deputies arrested 32-year-old Joshua Brian Sparks of Cookeville and 35-year-old Jacquelyn Sibilla o ...

TWO ARRESTED OUTSIDE MILLER AVENUE GAS STATION
While patrolling the area of Miller Avenue late Thursday evening, Cumberland County deputies encountered 36-year-old Jeremy Johnathan Nobles of Crossville pumping gas at a local gas station. A warrant ...

MONTICELLO, KENTUCKY, MAN ARRESTED FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR ON A VARIETY OF CHARGES
Justin E. Smith of Monticello, Kentucky, was arrested on two Wayne County Circuit Court warrants for failure to appear for pretrial conferences on charges of first-degree fleeing or evading police in ...

JOHN H. BURLINGAME, AGE 86
Funeral services for John H. Burlingame, age 86, of Crossville, will be Thursday, March 14 at 3 p.m. at Hood Funeral Home. Family will receive friends Thursday from 2 to 3 p.m. Survivors include widow ...

MARTHA ELLEN GUY, AGE 93
Funeral services for Martha Ellen Guy, age 93, of Crossville, will be Wednesday, March 13 at 2 p.m. at Crossville Memorial Funeral Home, with burial to follow in Lantana Cemetery. Family will receive ...

LIVE SIMULCAST FOR WOMEN AT CUMBERLAND FELLOWSHIP: GOING BEYOND WITH PRISCILLA SHIRER
Cumberland Fellowship presents a live simulcast of Priscilla Shirer’s Going Beyond, Saturday, April 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Lord has called the women of Cumberland County and beyond to unite… ...

BOATERS RESCUED FROM SEQUATCHIE RIVER SUNDAY
Multiple agencies responded to a report of two boaters stranded on the Sequatchie River Sunday. The Bledsoe County Rescue Squad’s Swift Water Rescue Team and the Dallas Bay Fire Department teamed up t ...

LOCAL RESIDENT THWARTS WOULD-BE SCAM ARTIST
Had it not been for some logical thinking, a local resident might have fallen victim to a scam. The resident received a phone call from area code 603 – which is in New Hampshire – indicating trouble w ...

CITY OF COOKEVILLE SHELLS OUT $72,500 TO SETTLE LAWSUIT
The City of Cookeville paid $72,500 in attorney's fees and damages last week to settle a lawsuit filed last year by a Sumner County man who alleged his freedom of speech and religion rights were viola ...

WALKER INDICTED FOR AGGRAVATED STATUTORY RAPE, SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
The man convicted of killing six children in a Chattanooga school bus crash has been indicted in Davidson County on multiple charges of statutory rape, The Davidson County Grand Jury returned the i ...