SATURDAY LOOKS GREAT
Saturday gets the weekend started out right with partly cloudy skies and high temperatures near 80° and we can enjoy the lower humidity. Sunday with a cold front approaching we could see a pop-up thun ...
12-YEAR-OLD GIRL DROWNS AT BLOUNT COUNTY DAM
According to the Blount County Sheriff’s Office, a 12-year-old Maryville girl has died as a result of an accident at Peery’s Mill Dam yesterday afternoon. Deputies and the Blount County Fire Departme ...
JOHN D. GAYNOR, AGE 66
Graveside services for John D. Gaynor, age 66, of Crossville, will be Saturday, June 1, at 11 a.m. at Stansbury Cemetery. Family will receive friends Friday, May 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hood Funeral H ...
EUGENE “GENE” COPE, AGE 86
Funeral services for Eugene “Gene” Cope, age 86, of Byrdstown, will be Saturday, June 1, at 11 a.m. at Brown Funeral Chapel, with burial to follow in East Liberty Cemetery in Akron, Ohio. Family will ...
LEWIS COUNSEL ADAMS, AGE 88
Funeral services for Lewis Counsel Adams, age 88, of Crossville, will be Saturday, June 1, at 10 a.m. at Crossville Memorial Funeral Home, with burial to follow in the New Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Fami ...
DODSON CHARGED WITH FELONY METH POSSESSION
Early Monday morning, Cumberland County deputies found 24-year-old Summer Nicole Dodson sitting in the parking lot of Speedway on West Avenue, in a vehicle that was improperly parked across two parkin ...
COUNTYWIDE FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM TO COMMENCE JUNE 3
EMS Director Chris Miller, Cumberland County Fire Chief Trevor Kerley and Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster recently announced a Countywide First Responder Program, set to begin June 3. The new tea ...
INMATE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT OF DEPUTY
Monday morning, a Cumberland County deputy accompanied a nurse into a cell in the Cumberland County jail to check on 23-year-old inmate Casey Blake Hamby. When the nurse asked if he could check his p ...
FACING AGGRAVATED CHILD NEGLECT, CARRIKER APPEARS IN COURT
Bethanie Carriker, the Seymour woman accused of leaving her two baby daughters unattended in a bathtub, appeared in court yesterday. The 15-month-old girl drowned; Carriker’s weeks-old daughter was r ...
FELON CHARGED FOR UNLAWFUL WEAPONS POSSESSION, THREATENS “SUICIDE BY COP”
Early Monday morning, Cumberland County deputies were sent to an address on Bilbrey Road for a possible domestic. After knocking several times, deputies were met at the door by 33-year-old Barbara Lyn ...
“JACK DANIELS” ARRESTED FOR DUI, DRIVING ON REVOKED LICENSE
During a traffic stop, Cumberland County deputies on U.S. Highway 127 encountered 58-year-old Donald Eugene Gilley, who had an odor of alcohol coming from his vehicle. When asked if he’d been drinking ...
FUNDING CUTS EXPECTED FOR JAMESTOWN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
The Centers of Medicaid and Medicare Services announced yesterday that as of next month Jamestown Regional Medical Center will no longer receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. The Department o ...
