
UPDATE: NASCAR DRIVER RYAN NEWMAN AWAKE AND SPEAKING WITH DOCTORS
FOLLOW UP STORY - NASCAR driver Ryan Newman, seriously injured in a horrific wreck during the Daytona 500 on Monday, is now awake and speaking with family and doctors. Newman, 42, remains at Halifax M ...

PROSECUTORS SEEKING DEATH PENALTY FOR TENNESSEE INMATE CURTIS WATSON
Prosecutors will be seeking the death penalty for a Tennessee convict charged with killing a corrections administrator and escaping prison on a tractor. Lauderdale County district attorney Mark David ...

88-YEAR-OLD KANSAS CROSSING GUARD DIES AFTER SAVING TWO KIDS
An 88-year-old Kansas crossing guard saved the lives of two students before he was struck and killed by a vehicle near an elementary school yesterday morning. Bob Nill, who children at Christ the Kin ...

SIX-YEAR-OLD SOUTH CAROLINA GIRL CAUSE OF DEATH RULED ASPHYXIATION
Officers now say Faye Swetlik, the 6-year-old girl who was found dead last Thursday in Cayce, South Carolina after disappearing from her front yard three days earlier, was killed by her neighbor who a ...

TENNESSEE DEATH ROW INMATE SUPPORTERS SEEKS TO STOP EXECUTION
Tennessee death row inmate Nick Sutton has an unusual group of supporters seeking to block his scheduled execution set for tomorrow night (Thursday, February 20, 2020). Among them are family members o ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY NOW “SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY COUNTY”
Cumberland County is now a Second Amendment Sanctuary County. The county commission passed the resolution in their meeting last night 15-1 with Commissioner Deborah Holbrook being the sole no vote. Ho ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMISSION PASSES RESOLUTION REGARDING NO CONSENT TO A REFUGEE SETTLEMENT
In a packed meeting room last night, the Cumberland County Commission passed a resolution for no consent for a refugee settlement in Cumberland County. The resolution stated Cumberland County is optin ...

ANITA HALE APPOINTED TO SCHOOL BOARD BY CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMISSION
Last night the Cumberland County Commission filled a vacant seat on the school board created by the resignation of Josh Stone. The reason Stone stepped down from the school board was he moved outside ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMISSION PASSES SEVERAL RESOLUTIONS
The Cumberland County Commission met last night (Tuesday, February 18, 2020) and passed several resolutions: RESOLUTION 02-2020-1 – Accepting offer(s) to purchase property owned by Cumberland County. ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY FINANCE DIRECTOR PRESENTS REPORT TO COUNTY COMMISSION
Cumberland County Finance Director Nathan Brock told the county commission in their meeting last night local option sales tax collections came in at $827,204 which is $12,456 above estimated revenue. ...

CUMBERLAND CO. COMMISSION PASSES RESOLUTION NAMING SECTION OF HIGHWAY 68 TO HONOR TWO FALLEN VETERANS
The Cumberland County Commission last night passed a resolution to name a section of highway in honor of two fallen veterans. It states Cumberland County natives and cousins Lynne C. Hayes and Jesse B ...

HARRIMAN CITY MANAGER PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WITHOUT PAY FOR 8 DAYS
The Harriman City council last night voted unanimous to accept Mayor Wayne Best decision to place City Manager Kevin Helms on administrative leave without pay for 8 days. Mayor Best said before the vo ...