
OVERVIEW OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT RELEASED
The following is a press release sent to 105.7 News from the Cumberland County Solid Waste Department: “With the increasing inquiries and interest by Cumberland County residents on how and what to re ...

FREE CLOTH FACE MASKS TO BE GIVEN AWAY AT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS TENNESSEE
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced the state will be giving free cloth masks to any Tennessean who wants one. Governor Lee recently lifted his Safer-at-Home order, but strongly encouraged everyone ...

ROANE COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT RECEIVES STATE STREET AID GRANT
Roane County Road Superintendent Dennis Ferguson applied for and received funding for a State Street Aid Grant which is 98% state funded and 2% county funded. This was possible after State Senator Ken ...

JIMMY SARGENT, AGE 58
Jimmy Sargent, age 58, of Thomaston, Georgia, formerly of Harriman, Tennessee, passed away May 3, 2020 at his home. He served in the Army. Jimmy owned and operated a cleaning service in Georgia for ma ...

ANNA FAY LEMONS THOMAS, AGE 86
Anna Fay Lemons Thomas, age 86, of Harriman, passed away May 4, 2020 at Roane Medical Center. She retired from Deluxe Dry Cleaner after 20 years. She was preceded in death by husband: Frank E. Thomas; ...

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 ...