
NICE WEEKEND COMING
A great weekend for outdoor activities with fair to partly sunny skies Saturday and Sunday, afternoon high temperatures in the 80s. Changes are coming by Tuesday with showers and thunderstorms likely. ...

PILOT MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING AT ROCKWOOD AIRPORT
BREAKING NEWS - Some tense moments for a pilot of a small aircraft this afternoon around 2 p.m. Cumberland County firefighters were called to respond to the Rockwood Airport near the Roane/Cumberland ...

ACCIDENT REPORTED ON I-40 IN EASTERN CUMBERLAND CO.
There is an accident reported near the Westel Exit in the eastbound lanes in Cumberland County. Traffic is backed up for a couple of miles. If you are heading east, you might consider getting off at t ...

AUTHORITIES TEAM UP FOR SEX OFFENDER COMPLIANCE OPERATION
This week, the U.S. Marshals’ Smoky Mountains Fugitive Task Force and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation assisted the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office with its 2019 sex offender compliance operation. ...

CROSBY ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY TAKING MONEY FROM STORE
Crossville police responded yesterday to the Exxon gas station on Peavine Road for a employee theft. The report states 33-year-old Victoria Lynn Crosby of Crossville was observed on recorded video sur ...

TDOT SCHEDULES WORK TO PATCH POTHOLES ON I-40
TDOT maintenance crews will be patching potholes on I-40 in both directions between mile markers 267 and 301 next week. There will be intermittent night time lane closures starting this Sunday night ( ...

CROSSVILLE DETECTIVES DONATE TO UNASHAMED MINISTRIES
Yesterday, the Crossville Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Unit presented Cassondra Ragan, representing Unashamed Ministries, with a donation check for $540. The money will be used to take ...

BARBARA ANN REEVES, AGE 81
Funeral services for Barbara Ann Reeves, age 81, of Crossville, will be held Sunday, July 28, 2019 at 2 p.m. at Bilbrey Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Mayland Cemetery. Visitation will be held pr ...

TEENAGER RAISING MONEY FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH
When life gives you lemons, one area teenager is making lemonade and raising money for pediatric cancer research. This is the 7th year that Drew Myers has set up his lemonade stand, giving all proceed ...

EARL R. LONG, JR., AGE 74
Earl R. Long, Jr., age 74, of Rockwood, passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2019. He is survived by his daughter: Stacy Arthur (Shawn); grandchildren: James Adkisson, Emily Arhtur, Micah Long, Sarah Long, ...

FBI RAID UNCOVERS BUCKETS OF BODY PARTS
It sounds like something out of a horror movie. A former Arizona body donation center is facing multiple lawsuits after an FBI raid revealed body parts piled on top of each other, a cooler filled wit ...

TN. FATHER DIES SAVING DAUGHTERS FROM RIPTIDE IN FLORIDA
A Tennessee father died earlier this month while rescuing his three daughters who were caught in a riptide off the Florida coast and his last words to one of his girls were, "I got you." Fred Pepperm ...