
DRIVER ESCAPES INJURY IN TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT ON HWY. 127 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A tractor-trailer driver was involved in a vehicle accident late last night on Highway 127 in Cumberland County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a 2003 Western Star tractor-trailer operated by 49-ye ...

DAILY TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT, PUTNAM COUNTY SEES RISE IN CASES – TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: 13,690 total cases of COVID-19 In Tennessee (119 new cases since yesterday) 226 died (up 7 from yesterday) 1,156 had t ...

TROOPERS RELEASE REPORT OF BICYCLIST HIT BY A DUMP TRUCK IN ROANE COUNTY
The Tennessee Highway Patrol released an accident report today regarding a bicyclist struck by a dump truck in Roane County this past weekend. Trooper Brady Burnam says 36-year-old John Blanton of Sig ...

WOMAN AND CHILD HURT IN TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN CROSSVILLE
A two vehicle accident in Crossville Friday afternoon sent two to the hospital. The crash report released today by the police department states a 2007 Honda CRV driven by 31-year-old Meagan Alana Bilb ...

COMPLAINTS OF ILLEGAL DRUG SALES AT HOME IN CRAB ORCHARD LEADS TO WARRANTS TAKEN OUT AGAINST SHERRILL
Cumberland County deputies went to a home on Market Street in Crab Orchard yesterday after receiving complaints regarding illegal drugs being sold. Officers encountered 49-year-old Edward Junior Sherr ...

BARN BURGLARIZED IN WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County deputies took a burglary report yesterday. A homeowner told officers his barn on Vandever Road near Fred Tollett Road was entered into over the past two weeks. Taken in the theft was ...

PICKETT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL RELEASES INFORMATION REGARDING GRADUATION FOR CLASS OF 2020
The senior class of Pickett County High School will graduate as scheduled. The ceremony for the Class of 2020 will take place on May 15, 2020 at 7 p.m. in the high school gym. In recent days, superin ...

CRADDOCK ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES IN RHEA COUNTY
Rhea County Deputy Jesse Wilkey made a traffic stop this past Friday on Highway 27 for a traffic violation. During the stop Deputy Wilkey and his K-9 partner Gator reportedly found approximately 7 oun ...

JAMES CARL SMITH, AGE 76
James Carl Smith, age 76 of Crossville, passed away May 1, 2020. He was born January 13, 1944 in Byrdstown, Tennessee, the son of Jesse J. and Aldred M. Easterly Smith. He worked many years as a truck ...

(DEVELOPING STORY) – ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED AFTER SHOOTING IN MCMINN COUNTY
(DEVELOPING STORY) – One person was killed and another injured in a shooting this morning in McMinn County. The Athens Police Department says the incident happened at the Clem Jones Housing Complex on ...

TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER RESCUES BOATER
This past Saturday (May 2, 2020), Tennessee Highway Patrol Lieutenant Charlie Caplinger was off duty with his fishing partner, Mike Redmon, in a fishing tournament on Center Hill Lake. Around 10 a.m., ...

DRIVER PASSES AWAY FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN ROANE COUNTY
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a driver passed away from injuries sustained in a two vehicle accident in Roane County last Friday. The accident report released this morning states a 2003 Chrysler P ...