
LAYNE CHARGED WITH CHILD SEX CRIMES IN ROANE COUNTY
Law enforcement served sex crime warrants on a man in Roane County. Deputies took 53-year-old Darryl Glenn Layne of Dunlap into custody Saturday afternoon for solicitation sexual exploitation of a min ...

RUST ARRESTED FOR MULTIPLE COUNTS OF THEFT OF PROPERTY
A Roane County deputy observed a wanted man riding a bicycle Saturday on Roane State Highway near Caney Ford Baptist Church. When the officer initiated his emergency lights on the cruiser, 38-year-old ...

DALE RICHARD WILLIS, AGE 75
Memorial services for Dale Richard Willis, age 75, of Crossville will be held Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 3 p.m. at Bilbrey Funeral Home in Crossville. Visitation will be held prior to the service f ...

UCHRA RECEIVES $224,354 GRANT TO AID OLDER WORKERS
The Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency (UCHRA) was recently awarded a grant of $224,354 from Senior Service America, Inc (SSAI). Almost 90 percent of this grant – originally from the U.S. Departme ...

TOMMY RAY WILLIAMS, AGE 72
Funeral services for Tommy Ray Williams, age 72, of Sparta, will be held Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 3 p.m. at Bilbrey Funeral Home in Crossville. The family will receive friends from 2 to 7 p.m. Mond ...

ROANE COUNTY OFFICERS: INMATE NOT TRUTHFUL ABOUT ALLEGED RAPE CLAIM
In a follow-up story, Roane County investigators now say a woman that claimed she was raped in their jail before being transported to the Cumberland County jail was not being truthful. Officers say 40 ...

U.T. VETERINARY MEDICINE HOLDS WORKSHOP IN MEMORY OF FALLEN CROSSVILLE K-9
The U.T. College of Veterinary Medicine held a workshop in memory of a fallen Crossville police K-9. Cain passed away after he was stabbed by a man on the run following a hit-and-run accident in a sto ...

BLOUNT COUNTY AUTHORITIES SEARCHING FOR MISSING WOMAN
The Blount County Sheriff’s Office is increasing the reward for information that leads to a missing woman. Officers state 23-year-old Cheyenne Shropshire was last seen a year ago on August 24, 2018 at ...

CORINNE MARIE DERUBEIS, AGE 91
A Memorial Mass for Corinne Marie DeRubeis, age 91, of Fairfield Glade, will be held Monday, September 9, 2019 at 10 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Inurnment will follow in St. Francis ...

SARAH “BECKY” WEBB COX, AGE 94
Sarah Rebecca “Becky” Webb Cox, age 94, of Harriman, passed away August 23, 2019. She is survived by her daughter: Rebecca Ann “Becky Ann” Scandlyn; daughters-in-law: Peggy Cox and Cathy Cox; grandchi ...

DANIEL W. TAYLOR, AGE 71
Daniel W. Taylor, age 71, of Harriman, passed away August 23, 2019. Survivors include his wife: Patricia Taylor; children: Dionne (Marlon) Plucide, Daymen (Tabitha) Taylor, Jennifer Johnson, and Derri ...

STEVIE REYNOLDS, AGE 64
Stevie Reynolds, age 64, of Harriman, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2019. He is survived by his mother: Linda Reynolds; wife: Debbie Reynolds; children: Lisa and Charles Johnson of Oliver Springs, ...