
TRAFFIC ADVISORY: FIRST STREET & PEAVINE ROAD
The intersection of First Street and Peavine Road may still be hampered by construction equipment. Please use caution in this area. (9 a.m. CDT)

SHANNON M. FLYNN, AGE 44
Funeral services for Shannon M. Flynn, age 44, of Grandview, will be Saturday, May 18, at 12 noon Central Time at Hood Funeral Home, with burial to follow in Johnson Stand Cemetery. Family will receiv ...

TONY VANDEVER, AGE 47
Funeral services for Tony Vandever, age 47, of Crossville, will be Saturday, May 18, at 1 p.m. at Bilbrey Funeral Home, with burial to follow in Lantana Cemetery. Family will receive friends prior to ...

ABE T. COLLINS, AGE 45
Memorial services for Abe T. Collins, age 45, of Crossville, will be Monday, May 20, at 2 p.m. at Hood Funeral Home. Family will receive friends Monday from 1 to 2 p.m. Survivors include parents, Dale ...

SUMMERLIKE WEATHER
We are going to be in a typical weather pattern for this time of year and it is similar to early summer. It is going to be partly cloudy and warm and a thunderstorm can pop up really anytime anywhere ...

JAMESTOWN HOSPITAL ORDERED CLOSED BY SUNDOWN TODAY
According to published reports, Jamestown Regional Medical Center has until sundown today to close its doors – or face being shuttered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. The hospital’s owner, ...

VOLS’ 325-POUND FOOTBALL RECRUIT DUNKS, SINKS FULL-COURT SHOT IN WILD VIDEO
A nearly 325-pound Tennessee Volunteers football recruit showed off his athleticism in a video of him dunking a basketball followed by draining a full-court shot. Elijah Simmons, a 6-foot-1 defensive ...

WEST KNOXVILLE DAYCARE SHUT DOWN AFTER DOZENS OF VIOLATIONS SINCE 2011
The State Department of Human Services has closed a West Knoxville daycare facility after what it called “repeated and escalating” violations. Helping Hands Child Care was ordered to cease operations ...

TN MAN STOLE GUITAR BY STUFFING IT DOWN HIS PANTS
Murfreesboro police are looking for an odd suspect. They say Hayden Snyder stuffed a Fender Telecaster guitar down his pants April 26th and walked out of The String Shop. The guitar is valued at nearl ...

CROSSVILLE WOMAN JAILED TWICE WITHIN 18 HOURS ON ALCOHOL-RELATED CHARGES
No sooner did 36-year-old Tracy Ann Coker of Crossville get released after a night in Cumberland County jail than she was arrested again Wednesday morning. The first incident occurred early Tuesday e ...

ARGUMENT OVER GRASS CLIPPINGS LEADS TO AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CHARGE
Tuesday afternoon, Cumberland County deputies were summoned to an address on Hubert Conley Road, where a man cutting his mother’s lawn drew the ire of his brother. Deputies learned 27-year-old Cody Le ...

RHEA COUNTY TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR STATE ROUTE 68/WASSOM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
Rhea County Sheriff’s Department officials said today TDOT Community Relations Officer Jennifer Flynn reported the agency has no plans to close State Route 68 for slope repairs. “TDOT is planning to ...