
WARM AND BREEZY THURSDAY
Thursday is looking partly cloudy, warm and Breezy with a south wind gusting over 20 miles per hour but temperatures in the 70s. Scattered showers Thursday night and Friday and a bigger weather system ...

SHARON HENKEL, AGE 80
A memorial Mass for Sharon Henkel, age 80, of Fairfield Glade, will be Thursday, April 11, at 10 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Survivors include sons and daughter-in-law Todd and Carr ...

AFTER SUDDEN MEMORY LAPSE, NORTON FINDS CONTRABAND AMID PRIVATES
Late Monday night, Cumberland County deputies brought an inmate into the shower area for a strip search on suspicion of hidden contraband. As 34-year-old Joshua Matthew Norton of Crossville was comply ...

DRUNK EMPLOYEE CREATES DISTURBANCE IN FAIRFIELD GLADE RESTAURANT
Last Wednesday afternoon, Cumberland County deputies were not expecting to find a grown woman, drunk, sprawled on the floor of the restaurant where she worked, hurling obscenities. But that’s what the ...

FOUR FINALISTS ANNOUNCED IN UT KNOXVILLE’S CHANCELLOR SEARCH
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has narrowed the search for its next chancellor to four finalists: Donde Plowman, executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer at the University of N ...

KINGSTON CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES AMPHITHEATER, LIGHT-DUTY POLICY
The Kingston City Council approved a contract for construction of its new Southwest Point amphitheater during last night's meeting. The city received a $500,000 grant last year to construct the amphit ...

POSSIBLE HUMAN REMAINS DISCOVERED NEAR SUNBRIGHT
Morgan County Sheriff Wayne Potter and his officers are investigating the discovery of what appears to be human remains at an unspecified residence near Sunbright. District Attorney General Russell ...

WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN ANNUAL WRITERS COMPETITION
At the Tennessee Mountain Writers’ 31st annual conference in Oak Ridge over the weekend, several area writers came up winners in various categories. Separate categories gave student and adult write ...

BILL COULD ALLOW PARENTS TO SEEK COMMEMORATIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES AFTER MISCARRIAGE
A bill awaiting Governor Bill Lee's signature could allow grieving Tennessee parents of miscarried children to request a commemorative birth certificate. If passed, the doctor who confirms the loss ...

RHEA COUNTY WOMAN CHARGED WITH TENNCARE FRAUD
Aided by the Rhea County Sheriff’s Office, Inspector General Kim Harmon today announced the arrest of 27-year-old Kayla Hickman of Dayton on charges that could put her behind bars for up to ten years. ...

CLINTON UTILITIES BOARD LINEMAN ELECTROCUTED; FAMILY SAYS HE WILL BE OKAY
The Clinton Police Department reports Michael Bavousett, a Clinton Utilities Board lineman, is lucky to be alive after an on-the-job incident late Tuesday morning. An emergency call came in shortly ...

CROSSVILLE STREET CLOSURE ANNOUNCED FOR UTILITY WORK
The City of Crossville Water Utility Department will have Spruce Loop closed from Canary Drive to Camelia Drive, today, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, starting at 9:30 a.m. Traffic will be detoured throug ...