BROADBAND RECONNECT GRANT AWARDED TO BEN LOMAND IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
In a ceremony at Battle Mountain Farm in College Grove, Tennessee, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Ben Lomand Holdings, Inc. (VolFirst) was awarded the Broadband ReCo ...
FORMER ATHENS CITY SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ARRESTED FOR CHILD SEX CRIME
A former Athens City Middle School assistant principal is facing child sex crime charges. Mark Avery Pickel faces transportation of child pornography in interstate commerce and interstate travel with ...
SHERRILL ARRESTED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County deputies responded this week to Beechwood Drive in Fairfield Glade for a suspicious driver reportedly operating the vehicle in a reckless manner. Officers intercepted 22-year-old Dan ...
BUSINESS BURGLARIZED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County deputies responded Tuesday to a store on the 8700 block of Highway 127 North (Rod's Sale, Trade and Buy) for a burglary. The incident report states someone used a rock to bust the fr ...
BODY OF MISSING 6-YEAR-OLD SOUTH CAROLINA GIRL FOUND
The body of Faye Marie Swetlik, a 6-year-old girl who mysteriously vanished in front of her South Carolina home Monday, has been discovered and her death is being treated as a homicide, investigators ...
BREAKING NEWS – VEHICLE CRASH ON I-40 RESULTS IN FOOT PURSUIT ON INTERSTATE IN CUMBERLAND CO.
Cumberland County deputies and medics are on the scene (11:30 a.m. central) of a vehicle accident at the 315 mile marker of I-40. Initial reports indicate a vehicle with a New York tag crashed and whe ...
CROSSVILLE POLICE SEARCHING FOR TWO SUSPECTS WANTED FOR CRIMINAL SIMULATION
Crossville police investigated a recent incident where two males attempted to pass counterfeit checks at Cumberland County Bank on Elmore Road and First National Bank on Main Street, Officers say Jus ...
ROANE COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTS MELTON ON VEHICULAR HOMICIDE CHARGES
A Morgan County young man has been indicted by a Roane County Grand Jury stemming from a fatal accident last year. Court documents state 19-year-old Holden Jeffrey Melton of Wartburg is charged with t ...
CROSSVILLE/CUMBERLAND CO. EMA REQUESTING REPORTS OF STORM DAMAGE FROM PUBLIC
To report damage from the storms last night (Wednesday, February 12, 2020) in Cumberland County, you can call (931) 484-7016 or on Facebook on the Crossville/Cumberland County Emergency Management Age ...
JILL ELIZABETH PERKEY, AGE 69
Jill Elizabeth Perkey, age 69, of Kingston, passed away February 11, 2020 at her home. She is survived by her husband: Joseph Perkey; daughter: Penny (Jim) Neal of Kingston; sister: Mary McNicol of Mi ...
ROANE COUNTY GRAND JURY WANTS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION REGARDING TVA ASH SPILL
A Roane County grand jury now says they will support a criminal investigation into claims that a TVA contractor failed to protect workers cleaning up a massive coal ash spill back in 2008. Many of tho ...
BILL INTRODUCED DECLARING TENNESSEE A SANCTUARY FOR RESIDENTS TO BEAR ARMS
A Tennessee representative has filed a resolution in the General Assembly that would show the state's intent to uphold the Second Amendment. State Representative Micah Van Huss (Republican from Jonesb ...
