
TWO MORE TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER FOOTBALL PLAYERS LEAVE THE TEAM
Tennessee linebackers Will Ignont and Shanon Reid and wide receiver Jacquez Jones have left the team. Five players have now walked off since the start of the season. Wide receiver Jordan Murphy and de ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO MEET SEPT. 26
The Cumberland County Board of Education will meet tonight (September 26, 2019). Members will choose a board chairman, vice-chairman and parliamentarian. Also on the agenda is discussion on easements ...

SCATTERED SHOWERS
Showers and even a thundershower is possible through Thursday, the showers will be scattered but some areas will get some much-needed rain. Sunshine returns for Friday with a high near 85. More heat i ...

TRIAL DATE SET FOR FORMER ROANE CO. ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH SEX CRIME
A disbarred attorney from Harriman is set to stand trial for sex crimes soon. Court officials say 64-year-old Kent Booher faces one count of enticement and one count of felony sexual offense against a ...

LAVENDER ARRESTED IN MORGAN COUNTY FOR CHILD RAPE
A Morgan County Grand Jury indicted 68-year-old Dale D. Lavender of Wartburg for child rape. Court documents state Lavender sexually attacked a 5-year-old female. When the child’s mother asked her how ...

ETHAN HADLEY SELECTED AS NEW CROSSVILLE-CUMBERLAND CO. CHAMBER PRESIDENT/CEO
The Crossville-Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce board selected Ethan Hadley as their new president/CEO. Hadley has numerous years of experience in the area of economic development. He served for ...

HOUSTON ARRESTED AFTER SHOTS ALLEGEDLY FIRED IN CUMBERLAND CO.
Cumberland County deputies responded to a home on Old Highway 28 yesterday to a report of shots fired. Officers encountered 66-year-old Coy Junior Houston who claimed several people broke into his hom ...

RHEA COUNTY TO HOLD TWO FISHING TOURNAMENTS SOON
The Rhea County Commission approved allocating nearly $60,000 to fund two fishing tournaments early next year. The funds will be taken from hotel/motel tax revenue, which is designated for economic de ...

MAN REPORTEDLY SHOT WHILE MOWING GRASS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A man is recovering after he was apparently shot late yesterday in Cumberland County while mowing grass. Deputies responded to the emergency room of Cumberland Medical Center where 21-year-old Cirilo ...

HIGH SPEED CHASE THAT STARTED IN MONTEREY ENDS IN OVERTON CO.
Monterey police attempted to stop a vehicle yesterday for a tag violation. It quickly turned into a high speed pursuit on Highway 84 into Livingston. Officers deployed spike strips disabling the vehic ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO RECEIVE THREESTAR GRANT
State Senator Paul Bailey announced this morning Cumberland County will receive a $40,000 ThreeStar grant for strategic community development and prosperity. ThreeStar is a program developed to assis ...

CUMBERLAND CO. MAYOR FOSTER TO RESOLVE LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT
The Cumberland County Commission has granted County Mayor Allen Foster authority to resolve a lawsuit settlement between the county and a former E-911 dispatch director. In the federal lawsuit, Mike B ...