POLICE: COOKEVILLE SHOOTING VICTIM GIVES FALSE INFORMATION, SUSPECT ARRESTED
UPDATE - The Cookeville Police Department now says a woman who was shot early this morning gave them incorrect information regarding the incident. The victim initially told them an unknown individual ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY MURDER SUSPECTS APPEARS IN COURT
A Cumberland County murder suspect appeared in criminal court today (January 3, 2020). Officers say 48-year-old Billy Joe Wannyn of Spencer is accused of the first-degree murder of 71-year-old Albin B ...
BLEDSOE COUNTY MAN DIES IN SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a Bledsoe County man was killed in a single car accident last night on Freeman Road at Highway 127.Troopers say 19-year-old Steve Freeman of Pikeville was driving a 2 ...
PROPOSED TENNESSEE BILL WOULD REQUIRE CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS TO UNDERGO CHEMICAL CASTRATION
A proposed bill to be considered soon by the Tennessee General Assembly would require certain sex offenders to be chemically castrated as a condition of their parole. House Bill 1585 says persons conv ...
OUT OF STATE FUGITIVE ARRESTED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
An out of state fugitive from justice was arrested in Cumberland County this week. Deputies responded to Dollar Tree on Peavine Road for a possible shoplifter. Officers encountered 47-year-old Kelly S ...
TWO ARRESTED DURING SEARCH FOR MISSING JUVENILE RUNAWAY IN CUMBERLAND CO.
Cumberland County deputies went to a residence on Dunbar Lane this week for a possible runaway juvenile in the home. The report states 19-year-old Gustavo Trejo of Crossville opened the door when depu ...
QUINCE ARRESTED IN CROSSVILLE AFTER ALLEGEDLY CHASING MAN ARMED WITH A KNIFE
Crossville police responded this week to Woodmere Mall for a man reportedly chasing a vehicle armed with a knife. The report states 48-year-old Frank Henry Quince of Crossville allegedly pulled the we ...
HOLDER-BUSH AGRICULTURE SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCED
The Cumberland County Soil Conservation District (SCD) is currently accepting applications for the Holder-Bush Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded annually in the amount of $300 to a des ...
IRAN VOWS ‘HARSH RETALIATION’ AFTER U.S. AIRSTRIKE KILLS IRANIAN GENERAL
President of Iran Hassan Rouhani had words of praise for Iranian General Qassem Soleimani early this morning, hours after the top military general was killed in an airstrike in Iraq ordered by Preside ...
TENNESSEE SCORES TWICE IN 30 SECONDS TO DEFEAT INDIANA IN GATOR BOWL
The Tennessee Volunteers scored twice in a 30-second span late in the game, using an onside kick to help escape a 13-point deficit, and then held on to stun Indiana 23-22 in the Gator Bowl last night. ...
WOMAN SHOT WHILE WALKING IN COOKEVILLE
Putnam County authorities say a woman was shot while walking in Cookeville early this morning. The victim was walking along Jere Whitson Road near North Willow Avenue around 1:30 a.m. when the inciden ...
FLOOD ADVISORY ISSUED FOR COUNTIES IN AREA
The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY until 9 a.m. eastern time this morning (Friday, January 3, 2020) for the following counties: Anderson, Bl ...
