
FULL MOON AND HOT WEEKEND
We have a full moon, the Strawberry Moon Rising in the Eastern sky this evening and later tonight by midnight it will be in the Southeastern sky along with a bright planet Jupiter and the planet Satur ...

ELDERLY MAN CRITICALLY INJURED IN APARTMENT FIRE IN CROSSVILLE
Crossville firefighters responded just before 3 p.m. this afternoon to an apartment blaze on Rose Street in the Crossville Housing Authority. Deputy Fire Chief Chris South told 105.7 News two neighbor ...

DWK LIFE SCIENCES IN ROANE COUNTY TO REDUCE THEIR WORKFORCE
DWK Life Sciences, formerly Chase Instruments in the Roane County Industrial Park in Rockwood, will begin reduced their workforce Monday, June 8, 2020. The plant will also begin a planned shut down th ...

DAILY TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: TENNESSEE – 8,595 (up 118 cases from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 25,520 total cases (up 400 cases since y ...

RHEA COUNTY DEPUTY SHOT, SUSPECT CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE
Rhea County Sheriff Mike Neal says a deputy was shot late last night after arriving to a domestic disturbance in progress at 255 Morgan Springs Road. Officers arrived and learned 55-year-old Keith H. ...

CROSSVILLE MAN ARRESTED AFTER MULTIPLE WITNESSES SAY HE STRUCK A 5-YEAR-OLD REPEATEDLY
Crossville police responded to Dollar General on Highway 127 North just inside the city for a male reportedly striking a child. The report states multiple witnesses told officers 54-year-old James Dea ...

PUTNAM COUNTY METH DEALER ARRESTED
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Drug Investigation Division arrested an alleged drug dealer and seized almost a pound of meth. Officers say 39-year-old Gregory Howard of Cookeville was taken into ...

CROSSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASES MAY 2020 REPORT – FULL REPORT IN STORY
The Crossville Police Department released their May 2020 report to be reviewed by the city council at their meeting Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Here is the report in its entirety: 57 CITATIONS (offense an ...

ALABAMA SHOOTING LEAVES 7 DEAD
A call about a shooting south of Huntsville, Alabama late yesterday led sheriff’s deputies to the discovery of seven bodies. The victims included males and females, the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office ...

JUDGE RULES TENNESSEE MUST PROVIDE REGISTERED VOTERS WITH MAIL-IN BALLOT OPTION AMID CORONAVIRUS
A Davidson County judge yesterday ruled that the state of Tennessee must provide its 4.1 million registered voters with a mail-in voting option, in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic. County Cha ...

JAMES DALLAS EDWARDS III, AGE 82
James Dallas Edwards III, age 82, of Harriman, passed away June 3, 2020 at Parkwest Medical Center. James graduated from Harriman High School and received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Te ...

JERRY GORDON CROWE, AGE 65
Jerry Gordon Crowe, age 65, of Harriman, passed away June 3, 2020. Mr. Crowe was born August 22, 1954 in Roane County. He was a lifelong resident of this area and attended Mount Pisgah Baptist Church ...