
PAVING PROJECTS SLOWING TRAFFIC IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Highway 70 West - from West Avenue to the airport, traffic down to one lane for paving Highway 127 South - from Miller Bypass south to the Homestead. Traffic delays for paving Highway 70 East - Just ...

SEARCH CONTINUES FOR WEST TENNESSEE PRISON ESCAPEE
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a Statewide Tennessee Blue Alert for a West Tennessee inmate who escaped and is a person of interest in the death of a Department of Correction employe ...

DENSE FOG ADVISORY ISSUED
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a Dense Fog Advisory, which is in effect until 9 a.m. central time Thursday, August 8, 2019. In the listening area, it includes Cumberland, Fentre ...

CHECK OUT JUPITER AND THE MOON
Lovely evening across the area with temperatures dropping into the sixties tonight. Look to the southern sky and you can see that half moon and then to the left is the planet Jupiter. The moon will be ...

BREAKING NEWS – INMATE ESCAPES WEST TN. STATE PRISON
BREAKING NEWS - An inmate from West Tennessee State Penitentiary escaped this afternoon. Curtis Ray Watson escaped the prison, and is also a person-of-interest in the homicide of Tennessee Department ...

RONALD EASTER, SR. INDICTED FOR CHILD RAPE IN RHEA COUNTY
A Rhea County man is facing charges of child rape and aggravated sexual battery after being indicted by a grand jury. Court documents state 56-year-old Ronald Easter Sr. stands accused of the acts tha ...

TN. TEACHERS TO TAKE COURSE ON HOW TO DETECT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Tennessee lawmakers have passed a new law that requires teachers to take a course on how to detect human trafficking. Some teachers have already taken the course. All teachers must receive a one-time ...

TRAFFIC BACKUP REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 127 NEAR HOMESTEAD
TRAVEL ALERT - Traffic is backed up on Highway 127 in Cumberland County from the VFW (just south of Miller Bypass) to just north of Homestead because of paving. Traffic is very heavy in this area

ROBERT LEE CALDWELL, AGE 49
Robert Lee Caldwell, age 49, of Crossville passed away August 5, 2019. He is survived by his wife: Sheila Caldwell; “special little man”: Zylen Lockett of Crossville; father and mother: Virgil Sr. and ...

CROSSVILLE’S PRESLEY OFFERS TO BUY JAMESTOWN HOSPITAL
Rural Hospital & Clinics of America, Inc. in Crossville has reportedly offered $1 million dollars to Rennova Health Systems for the purchase of Jamestown Regional Medical Center in Fentress County ...

POSSIBLE ROAD RAGE INCIDENT LEADS TO CONFRONTATION IN CUMBERLAND CO.
A Davidson County, Tennessee man told deputies someone pointed a gun at him in Cumberland County yesterday. According to the sheriff department report, the male stopped at a store on Westel Road next ...

DRIVER STRIKES STORE WITH VEHICLE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County deputies responded to a call of a vehicle that struck a store this week. Officers came into contact with a woman who told them she was driving on Clifty Road in the area of Clifty St ...