
TORNADO HITS PUTNAM COUNTY, AT LEAST THREE FATALITIES REPORTED
At approximately 2 a.m. central time, a tornado touched down between the city limits of Cookeville and Baxter on Highway 70 West in Putnam County. We have confirmed deaths possibly of 3 or more in Put ...

SCHOOL CLOSINGS/DELAYS FOR MARCH 3, 2020
Updated 6:15 a.m. central, Tuesday, March 3, 2020 The following school systems are CLOSED today because of storm damage: MORGAN COUNTY PICKETT COUNTY The following schools are delayed 1 HOUR becau ...

REGION HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GIRLS SEMIFINAL SCORES – MARCH 2, 2020
Here are the scores from the TSSAA Region girls high school basketball semifinals played last night: REGION A GIRLS Oneida 56 Midway 41 Wartburg 53 Tellico Plains 48 Oneida will play Wartburg for ...

TORNADOES LEAVE TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION IN STATE AND IN AREA
(DEVELOPING STORY) - Downtown Nashville took a direct hit from a tornado around 1 a.m. this morning. The Nashville Fire Department initially responding to about 40 structure collapses throughout town. ...

TORNADO WATCH EXTENDED FOR PLATEAU AREA UNTIL 6 A.M. MARCH 3, 2020
A TORNADO WATCH has been extended until 6 a.m. central time March 3, 2020 for the following counties: CUMBERLAND, WHITE, PUTNAM, OVERTON, FENTRESS, PICKETT, and CLAY

CUMBERLAND COUNTY EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS LAUNCHING PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS FOR CORONAVIRUS
With the growing number of questions concerning the coronavirus (COVID-19) , Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster, wanted to share information today on the county’s preparedness efforts. Along with t ...

RESTAURANT BURGLARIZED IN CROSSVILLE
A restaurant in Crossville fell victim to a burglary yesterday. Police responded to Big Johns BBQ on Highway 70 East where sometime between 5 p.m. February 29 and early yesterday the business was brok ...

WOMAN STARTS FIRE IN FRONT OF HOTEL ROOM AT EXECUTIVE INN
Crossville police responded to Executive Inn Friday for a report of a female burning clothes outside of a hotel room. Officers identified a female in her 40’s from Sparta as the suspect in the inciden ...

CROSSVILLE POLICE ARREST MAN AFTER DISTURBANCE AT RESTAURANT
Crossville police went to a restaurant recently on North Main Street to a report of a male subject fighting others in the bar section of the establishment. Officers encountered 49-year-old Norman Eddy ...

J.D. BARNES, AGE 85
Memorial services for J.D. Barnes, age 85, of Crossville, will be held Friday, March 6, 2020 at 7 p.m. at Bilbrey Funeral Home. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 5 until 7 p.m. Survivo ...

JUDITH MAY POOLE, AGE 82
Funeral services for Judith May Poole, age 82, of Crossville, will be held Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 1 p.m. Burial will follow in Green Acres Memory Gardens. Visitation will be held prior to the serv ...

ROGER ARTHUR BEU, AGE 82
Roger Arthur Beu, age 82, of Harriman, passed away February 26, 2020. Survivors include sons: Roger Beu, Jr. of Harriman, Michael Beu of Nashville, Paul (Eden) Beu of Quarryville, PA., and Kenny (Lyne ...