NEWBORN AND TODDLER FOUND IN SEYMOUR BATHTUB, TAKEN TO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
A newborn baby and a 15-month-old child were transferred to Children's Hospital after their mother found them in the bathtub at a Seymour home. Officials said the Seymour Fire Department and Blount C ...
ROSCOE HOUSTON, AGE 78
Graveside services for Roscoe Houston, age 78, of Sparta, will be Thursday, May 9, at 1 p.m. at Crossville City Cemetery. Survivors include widow, Mary Lou Martinez Houston; sons and daughters-in-law, ...
DATES ANNOUNCED FOR FIFTH ANNUAL SHERIFF’S SUMMER YOUTH ACADEMY
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting its 5th Annual Sheriff’s Youth Academy this summer. This program is designed to provide the youth of our communities an opportunity to gain in ...
TRUCK BURSTS INTO FLAMES AFTER CRASH ON HIGHWAY 58 IN ROANE COUNTY
Tennessee Highway Patrol has released details of a fiery wreck on the 2100 block of Highway 58 about 6:45 last evening. They say 64-year-old Lou Ann Fishbeck of Knoxville was traveling northbound at ...
GRANT ANNOUNCED TO PROTECT HISTORIC WEATHER KIOSK IN KNOXVILLE
The Heritage Funding Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced a grant intended to protect one of the last remaining U.S. Weather Bureau kiosks in the nation. The ki ...
MULTIPLE ONGOING PROJECTS SLOWING TRAFFIC ON I-40 IN ROANE COUNTY
TDOT reports two ongoing westbound and one eastbound road projects on Interstate 40 in Roane County are to blame for causing traffic headaches for commuters and other highway travelers. In one westbo ...
10 DRIVING ON REVOKED LICENSE CONVICTIONS; ON HIS WAY TO NUMBER 11?
Sunday morning, when Crossville police stopped 48-year-old Elvin Lovon Ford of Crossville for a light-law violation, dispatch confirmed Ford’s license was not only revoked, but he has an extensive hi ...
TENNESSEE BEGINS USING ELECTRONIC CARD SYSTEM FOR WIC BENEFITS
The Women, Infants & Children Program in Tennessee has converted to electronic debit card-style payments. The State Department of Health says the WIC program will now enable beneficiaries to use ...
ONE DRIVER KILLED IN TWO-VEHICLE HEAD-ON CRASH IN OAK RIDGE
Oak Ridge police report one person was killed early yesterday morning in a two-vehicle head-on crash on Edgemoor Road, near Haw Ridge Park. One driver was pronounced dead at the scene; the other was ...
NEWPORT PASTOR BONDS OUT AFTER STATUTORY RAPE CHARGES
The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office says a pastor at Dayspring Baptist Church in Newport is out on bond after being charged with statutory rape. Forty-year-old Artie Michael Sturm was arrested April 29 ...
WOMAN ON OPANA TELLS POLICE ABOUT SPRINKLED CHEESE, EVIL GROUNDS
Well before dawn Sunday, Crossville city police were dispatched to remove an unwelcome woman from a home on Underwood Street. They found 43-year-old Sandra Anne Bryan of Crossville standing in the roa ...
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION AT LOCAL LAUNDROMAT
Just before noon on Saturday, Crossville police were called to the Wash N Dry on North Main Street for a report of a woman inside the business possibly on drugs. Police found 39-year-old Ruth Irwin D ...
