
JAKE HOOT ADVANCES TO THE TOP 8 ON “THE VOICE”
Jake Hoot from Putnam County advanced into the Top 8 semifinals on the television show “The Voice” last night. Hoot will perform again on the show this upcoming Monday (December 9, 2019). Jake took to ...

STARLA MARIE COLWELL, AGE 34
Funeral services for Starla Marie Colwell, age 34, of Crossville, will be held Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 1 p.m. at Bilbrey Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Pomona Cemetery. Visitation will be h ...

GERTRUDE VICTORIA MCDONALD, AGE 98
Funeral services for Gertrude Victoria McDonald, age 98, of the Mayland community, will be held Friday, December 6, 2019 at 1 p.m. at Bilbrey Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Green Acres Memory Gar ...

MISSING ELDERLY MAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA FOUND SAFE IN CROSSVILLE
Crossville police responded to Comfort Suites on East First Street yesterday to a report of a missing person from Ashe County, North Carolina there. Officers found 77-year-old Kim Lloyd Mitchell who s ...

LENOIR CITY MAN CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE
A Lenoir City man has been charged with child abuse. Police were called to a home on East Broadway Street where they encountered 49-year-old Michael Paul Mattison. The report states Mattison was intox ...

SERIAL BURGLAR TIMOTHY FINK OF HARRIMAN DENIED PAROLE
Serial burglar Timothy Shawn Fink of Harriman has been denied parole. In July 2018, Judge Jeff Wicks gave the 37-year-old Fink 12 years to serve in prison for a string of burglaries in the Swan Pond a ...

TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT IN CUMBERLAND CO. RESULTS IN DRIVER CHARGED
A tractor-trailer accident around sunrise this morning in Cumberland County resulted in the driver being charged. Troopers say a 2020 Volvo Conventional driven by 56-year-old Jung Sik Choi of Montrose ...

BENNETT ENTERS GUILTY PLEAS IN MEIGS COUNTY TO CHARGES FROM FATAL ACCIDENT
A plea was entered this week in Meigs County Criminal Court by a man accused of killing four people in a hit and run accident in 2016. District Attorney General Russell Johnson says 37-year-old John W ...

FUJI FOOD PRODUCTS RECALLING READY-TO-EAT SUSHI AND SALADS
Fuji Food Products has recalled a number of items sold at Trader Joe’s and other retailers, including ready-to-eat sushi, salads, and spring rolls, due to concerns over possible listeria contamination ...

LOOPER APPEARS IN OVERTON CO. COURT CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER
A man charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder in Overton County appeared in criminal court yesterday. Officers say 35-year-old Casey Wayne Looper of Westmoreland was involved in a dom ...

COURT HEARS CASE OF OVERTON COUNTY BUSINESSMAN CHARGED WITH SEX CRIMES
The case against an Overton County businessman charged with sexual battery by an authority figure and indecent exposure was heard in criminal court yesterday. Authorities say 38-year-old Brandon Thoma ...

PART OF STANLEY STREET IN CROSSVILLE CLOSED DEC.4, 2019
Portland Utilities, a contractor for the City of Crossville, will have Stanley Street closed from School Street to Yvonne Avenue today (Wednesday, December 4, 2019) beginning at 8 a.m. for sewer line ...