
ROANE COUNTY ESCAPED INMATE CAPTURED
A Roane County escaped inmate was captured today. Deputies, along with Harriman Detective Brian Turner and the U.S. Marshals Smoky Mountain Fugitive Task Force, took Cameron Simpson into custody at a ...

CUMBERLAND CO. SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES TEACHER TENURE LIST FOR 2019/2020
The Cumberland County School Board approved the 2019/2020 tenure list of teachers at their meeting last night. One of the requirements for a teacher to reach a tenure status is to have at least five y ...

MOORE CHARGED WITH THEFT OF PROPERTY IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County deputies responded yesterday to the 1300 block of Chestnut Hill Road for a theft. The arrest report states surveillance cameras recorded 40-year-old Roger A. Moore of Crossville driv ...

TWO VEHICLES STOLEN IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN 24 HOURS
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department reports two vehicles stolen yesterday. The first took place at a home between the 5000 and 6000 block of Highway 70 North where a gold two-toned 1989 GMC pic ...

CAMPBELL TASED BY CROSSVILLE POLICE, ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES
Crossville police responded yesterday to a home on Underwood Street for a welfare check. A consent search for safety reasons of one subject in the residence, 47-year-old Troy Wayne Campbell of Crossvi ...

EL MONTEREY BREAKFAST EGG, SAUSAGE AND CHEESE BURRITOS BEING RECALLED
More than 55,000 pounds of frozen, not ready-to-eat breakfast burrito products containing eggs, sausage, and cheese is being recalled because of pieces of plastic being found inside. Ruiz Food Produc ...

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON MAKES LAST MINUTE EFFORT TO HAVE B.O.E TO RECONSIDER NEW CONTRACT FOR GRAHAM
Cumberland County Commissioner John Patterson of the 9th district appeared at the Cumberland County School Board meeting last night to ask the board to reconsider not giving a new contract to Director ...

BILL INTRODUCED TO RAISE TENNESSEE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR
A bill filled in the Tennessee legislature this week calls to raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour. Senator Jeff Yarbro introduced State Bill 1788 called the Tennessee Minimum Wage Act and woul ...

MISSING 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL FOUND SAFE IN NASHVILLE
An Amber Alert has been canceled after a 12-year-old missing girl from Chattanooga was found safe in Nashville yesterday. Lucy Lucas was last seen at her home on Third Avenue in Chattanooga Tuesday. S ...

TENNESSEE TECH STUDENT IN QUARANTINE WITH POSSIBLE CORONAVIRUS
A Tennessee Tech student in Cookeville is in quarantine at Cookeville Regional Hospital after showing symptoms of the coronavirus. The student recently returned from China and soon after arrival back ...

CROSSVILLE’S ERIN RASSEL NAMED TO CLEMSON UNIVERSITY DEAN’S LIST
Erin M. Rassel of Crossville has been named to the Dean's List at Clemson University. Rassel, whose major is Biological Sciences, made the Dean's List for the fall 2019 semester. To be named to the De ...

TENNESSEE AMBER ALERT ISSUED FOR MISSING GIRL
A Tennessee AMBER Alert has been issued on behalf of the Chattanooga Police Department for 12-year-old Lucy Lucas. She was last seen in her residence in Chattanooga on January 21st, but could possibly ...