
BLOUNT COUNTY AUTHORITIES CONTINUES SEARCH FOR MISSING TEEN
The Blount County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help in the continued search for a missing teenage girl. Deputies say 15-year-old Karina Montero was last seen April 15, 2020 in Frien ...

RHEA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY SHOT AFTER RESPONDING TO DISTURBANCE
A Rhea County deputy sustained a non-life threatening gunshot wound late last night after responding to a domestic disturbance on Morgan Springs Road west of Dayton. Officers learned a male barricaded ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY BANK RENAMED TO “ONE BANK OF TENNESSEE”
Cumberland County Bank, along with the Bank of Fentress County and locations in Wartburg and Roane County, has a new name. One Bank of Tennessee remains family owned since 1901. Officials say the only ...

TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON I-40 IN MIDTOWN AREA OF ROANE COUNTY LEAVES ONE HURT
A two vehicle accident on I-40 in Roane County last night left one injured. Troopers say a 2001 Nissan Maxima driven by 37-year-old Jonathan L. Woods of Knoxville attempted to pass a 2017 Peterbilt tr ...

ROCKWOOD CITY COUNCIL PASSES 2020-2021 PROPOSED BUDGET ON FIRST READING
The Rockwood City Council passed their proposed new fiscal year budget this week on first reading. So far, there is no proposed tax increase for property owners in Rockwood this year. Department heads ...

DAILY TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: TENNESSEE – 8,477 (down 26 cases from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 25,120 total cases (up 298 cases since ...

RACHEL FRANCES BREWER, AGE 101
Graveside services for Rachel Frances Brewer, age 101, of Sharksburg, Georgia (formerly of Crossville), will be held Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 1 p.m. at Green Acres Memory Gardens. Survivors include s ...

JAMES RAY EASTERLY, AGE 51
A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date for James Ray Easterly, age 51, of Crossville, who passed away June 1, 2020. Survivors include his wife: Mary Easterly; stepson: Ruben Easterly; step ...

VIRGINIA GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES REMOVAL OF ROBERT E. LEE STATUE IN RICHMOND
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced today the removal of one of the country's most iconic monuments to the Confederacy — a statue of General Robert E. Lee along Richmond's bucolic tree-lined Mon ...

REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED IN CROSSVILLE
Crossville police recently took a registered sex offender classified as violent into custody. Officers say 57-year-old Joe E. Petree of Pikeville was standing just outside of the Walmart grocery entra ...

YOUNG CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER IN ANDERSON COUNTY
Oak Ridge police arrested a man this week in connection to a stabbing that took place June 1, 2020 on Utica Circle. Authorities say 33-year-old Jordan Young is charged with attempted second-degree mur ...

LYLES ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY BRANDISHING KNIFE ON TWO SUBJECTS IN CROSSVILLE
Police officers in Crossville responded to the U-Haul Center on Dooley Street this week to a disturbance. The arrest report indicates 32-year-old Jay Travis Lyles, listed as homeless, was holding a kn ...