
POLICE TELL HOOPER: URINE IMPOSTER
Thursday afternoon, Crossville police responded to the probation office on Daniel Drive. The probation officer reported 33-year-old Joseph Matthew Hooper of Clarkrange had attempted to use fake urine ...

EMPTY GAS TANK LEADS TO ARREST FOR KNOXVILLE WOMAN
Wednesday afternoon, Cumberland County deputies responded to a report of a disabled vehicle in the roadway on Bat Town Road. They encountered 38-year-old Christine Leann Blevins of Knoxville, who said ...

ROANE COUNTY DEPUTIES RETRIEVE LEE FROM ALABAMA ON 17 OUTSTANDING WARRANTS
Yesterday morning, Roane County deputies traveled to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office in Huntsville, Alabama, to serve 50-year-old Preston Ervin Lee, Jr. with sixteen outstanding warrants (issued A ...

PRELIMINARY DETAILS OF WEDNESDAY’S GRASSY COVE CRASH RELEASED
A spokesman from Tennessee Highway Patrol has released preliminary details of a crash Wednesday morning, April 24, on Highway 68 in Grassy Cove. Apparently, 64-year-old motorcyclist William M. Evans ...

FINAL RIDE FOR SYLVIA LEWIS, THE WAY SHE WOULD HAVE WANTED
Longtime Cumberland County bus driver and very well-known Homestead cowgirl Sylvia Lewis took her final trip today in only the way she would have wanted – a mule-driven wagon. Sylvia had a deep love f ...

WYNONNA AND THE BIG NOISE TO HEADLINE RHYTHM AND ROOTS FESTIVAL
Organizers for the 2019 Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion have announced the entertainment lineup for the annual festival, September 20-22. Headlining the event will be Wynonna and the Big Noise. Othe ...

FALL CREEK FALLS INN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT COSTS SWELL BY $11 MILLION
Projected costs for replacing the inn, restaurant and conference center at Tennessee’s largest and most-visited state park just went up by a whole lot. One third, to be exact. A provision in the prop ...

FATHER, SON CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
A Tennessee teen and his father were charged in connection with an April 20 shooting in Rutherford County that left a 26-year-old Lebanon man hospitalized. Police say 19-year-old Christian Curtis is ...

MAN CAUGHT AFTER STEALING, FORGING CHECKS FROM HIS OWN FATHER FOR DRUGS
Tuesday morning, Crossville police conducting a traffic stop along Elmore Road learned the passenger, 61-year-old Doyle Glenn Rector of Crossville had stashed a needle in the center console. Rector a ...

NORTHVIEW ACADEMY STUDENT ARRESTED AFTER ISSUING THREAT
A 14-year-old student at Northview Academy was charged with harassment after his arrest Wednesday night for "threatening to shoot up the school," a Sevier County sheriff’s spokesman said. Investigato ...

TENNESSEE HOUSE PASSES SPORTS-BETTING BILL
After almost an hour of heated debate on the House floor Wednesday, a bill that would allow sports betting in Tennessee passed the House handily, despite protests of its being a poor reflection on fam ...

PANTSLESS MAN ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION TUESDAY MORNING
While on routine patrol in the area of Deer Run and Red roads just after 9:15 Tuesday morning, Cumberland County deputies saw a man walking along the road, wearing a sweatshirt and underwear. His han ...