
BEAUTIFUL DAYS AHEAD
We have nothing but sunny days and clear nights to enjoy through Saturday and probably all the way through Labor Day. Nights in the 50s But highs in the 80s. Fantastic weather for the Cumberland Count ...

FULL LIST OF STUDENTS TO GRADUATE FROM ROANE STATE IN 2018-2019 YEAR
More than 1,100 students graduated from Roane State Community College following the 2018-19 academic year. Here is a list of the graduates. Cum laude indicates a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.5-3.69 ...

SUSPICIOUS DEATH BEING INVESTIGATED IN ROANE COUNTY
The Harriman Police Department is investigating a suspicious death. Police responded Tuesday to Roane Medical Center after a group of individuals brought a deceased female to the emergency room. The s ...

CROSSVILLE COUPLE ARRESTED AFTER 2-YEAR-OLD FOUND PLAYING IN STREET
Two are facing charges in Crossville after their two-year-old was found by police playing in a street. A police officer noticed a little boy in the middle of the road near Burnett and Main Street arou ...

BLOUNT CO. OFFICERS SEARCHING FOR INMATE WHO WALKED OFF FROM WORK RELEASE
Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong is asking for the public’s assistance in locating an inmate who walked off from work release from the animal shelter on Currie Avenue in Maryville this morning. ...

POLICE CHASE IN ROANE COUNTY ENDS WITH ONE IN CUSTODY
A police chase in Roane County yesterday ended with an arrest. An officer spotted a vehicle driven by a wanted man trying to leaving a residence on Roddy Lane. The arrest report states 51-year-old Der ...

JUDGE FINDS JOHNSON & JOHNSON HELPED FUEL OPIOID EPIDEMIC
Following the landmark ruling in Oklahoma on Monday against Johnson & Johnson that found the company responsible for helping fuel the opioid epidemic, U.S. drug czar James Carroll called out drug ...

ARREST MADE IN DEADLY ROCKWOOD SHOOTING
Rockwood police arrested a subject in a deadly shooting that happened early yesterday morning on South Ridge Avenue. Police Chief Bill Stinnett and officers went to a home on Bates Street in Rockwood ...

SEX OFFENDER EASTERLY ARRESTED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County deputies took a registered violent sex offender into custody yesterday. The arrest report indicates 51-year-old James Ray Easterly of Fairfield Glade was charged with violation of th ...

NORA KAY KIRKLAND, AGE 51
A Celebration of Life for Nora Kay Kirkland, age 51, of Crossville, will be held Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 3 p.m. at Haley’s Grove Cemetery in Crab Orchard. Survivors include her husband: Larry Kir ...

HELEN EMILY STRICKLAND, AGE 93
Helen Emily Strickland, age 93, passed away Monday, August 26, 2019. Survivors include daughter: Shela Strickland of Rockwood; son: Bill Strickland (Cindy) of Kingston; grandsons: Joshua A Strickland ...

GARY LYNN COFFEY, AGE 64
Gary Lynn Coffey, age 64, of Harriman, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2019. Survivors include his son: Justin L Coffey (Albury) of Rockwood; grandchildren: Jacob & Jayden Coffey; and sister: Sher ...