NINE TO RUN FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY PROPERTY ASSESSOR SEAT
The Cumberland County Election Commission says the deadline to qualify to run for property assessor was at noon today. Nine are now in contention for the position being vacated by David Simcox who wil ...
VICTIM IN BLOUNT COUNTY HIT AND RUN PASSES AWAY
A man seriously injured in a hit and run in Blount County this past Friday night has passed away. Sheriff James Lee Berrong confirmed today 36-year-old Troy Christopher Sample died from injuries susta ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY RECEIVES STATE AWARD
Cumberland County Sheriff Deputy Kobe Cox has been named the 2019 “Deputy of the Year" by the Tennessee Highway Safety Office. This award is given in recognition for his extraordinary efforts given ev ...
TWO ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION FOUND IN BATHROOM AT HIGH SCHOOL IN MCMINN COUNTY
This morning a Central High School student in McMinn County reported found 2 rounds of ammunition in the floor of a restroom. School officials and the student resource officer were notified. The scho ...
HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
The Cumberland County Fire Department responded recently to a house blaze on Robbins Road. The report released late yesterday states the residence was a total loss and was unoccupied at the time of t ...
VINA MAE TAYLOR, AGE 87
Vina Mae Taylor, age 87, of Crossville, passed away December 9, 2019. She is survived by her children: David Earl Taylor (Sandy), Lou Ann Gaskins, Donald Ray Taylor, and Elizabeth Geneva Evans (Lawren ...
HOBERT A. NEWPORT, AGE 65
Hobert “Hobie” Ancil Newport, age 65, of Harriman, passed away December 9, 2019. He is survived by daughters: Tonya Kelly (David) of Rockwood, Amanda Newport (Fiance - Seth Claiborne) of Crossville, a ...
CROSSVILLE MAN KILLED, TWO INJURED IN VEHICLE CRASH
A vehicle accident yesterday claimed the life of a Crossville man. Trooper Justin Mote says a 2001 Ford Escape operated by 48-year-old Carlos Eldridge of Sparta crossed the center lane on Lantana Road ...
PUTNAM COUNTY FAMILY PREPARES TO LAY TO REST 10-YEAR-OLD AFTER SUICIDE
A Putnam County family will lay to rest a 10-year-old boy that apparently took his own life this past Saturday. Ian Austin died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Austin was a fourth grade ...
LOUDON COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TWO COUNTS OF MURDER
A Lenoir City man entered a plea of guilty in court yesterday to two counts of first-degree murder. Thirty-year-old Colby Shane Cannon fatally shot his fiancée Bethany McKenzie and his sister, Taylor ...
CLARKRANGE BASKETBALL COACH GOING FOR MOST WINS IN STATE HISTORY
Tennessee high school basketball history could be made tomorrow night (Friday, December 13, 2019) at Pickett County High School when the Bobcats host Clarkrange High School. Clarkrange Lady Buffaloes ...
