
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT – MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: TENNESSEE – 38,013 (down 1,870 cases from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 144,604 total cases (up 667 cases s ...

ANNA MABLE GENTRY, AGE 77
Anna Mable Gentry, age 77, of Pleasant Hill, passed away August 19, 2020. She was born July 18, 1943 in Crossville, the daughter of Willie and Jessie Hughes Presley. She is survived by her husband: Bi ...

CLEMSON RANKED #1 IN 2020 PRESEASON COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 25; TENNESSEE 25TH
The college football preseason AP Top 25 poll was released today and it has taken on a different look in what will be one of the strangest college football seasons in recent memory. Even though the Bi ...

MANUFACTURING PLANT TO RELOCATE TO RHEA COUNTY AND BRING OVER 70 NEW JOBS
Master Manufacturing Group (MMG) officials announced today (Monday, August 24, 2020) the company will relocate its headquarters and manufacturing operations from Rancho Cordova, California to Rhea Cou ...

MORE INFORMATION RELEASED REGARDING VEHICLE VS. PEDESTRIAN INCIDENT IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department released more information this morning regarding a man struck by a vehicle in Lake Tansi last Friday. The arrest report states a Dodge Dart driven by 55-yea ...

BREAKING NEWS – MAN DIES AFTER BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN ROANE COUNTY
(BREAKING NEWS – Roane County Sheriff Jack Stockton says a Caucasian male brought to the jail by Harriman police this morning was unresponsive upon arrival. The male was immediately taken to Roane Med ...

ARRESTS MADE IN PUTNAM COUNTY AFTER ATTEMPTED CARJACKING
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office responded yesterday to an attempted carjacking at the Corner Market Shell station at exit 273 on Interstate 40. Upon arrival, 20-year-old Thomas Johnson of Madison ...

KLIMCZCK ARRESTED AFTER STANDOFF WITH AUTHORITIES ON WEBB AVENUE IN CROSSVILLE
The Crossville Police Department issued more details this morning of a standoff over the weekend. Authorities, along with a SWAT team, all converged on an apartment at 464 Webb Avenue Saturday afterno ...

TDEC UNVEILS NEW VISITORS CENTER AT FALL CREEK FALLS STATE PARK
Tennessee State Parks officials and legislators cut the ribbon to open a new Fall Creek Falls State Park Visitors Center, a $2.7 million, 4,800 square foot facility made possible by an investment by t ...

BROADBAND SERVICES COMING SOON TO CUMBERLAND COVE AREA OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
The state of Tennessee received last month over $25 billion in federal stimulus money from the CARES Act. Over $8 billion of those funds were allocated to the state government for discretionary use. L ...

ROANE COUNTY NATIVE RETURNS FROM DEPLOYMENT ABOARD AIRCRAFT CARRIER
A 2007 Roane County High School graduate and Kingston native returned home this month, marking the end of a seven-month deployment aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Since departing its homepor ...

TROPICAL STORM MARCO WEAKENING; LAURA TO BECOME HURRICANE HEADING TOWARD GULF COAST
Tropical Storm Marco is weakening today (Monday, August 24, 2020) yet it still brings the risk of heavy rain, storm surge, strong winds and tornadoes as the system moves inland. Marco is forecast to ...