
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: TENNESSEE – 16,807 active cases (up 141 cases from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 196,139 total cases (up 1,528 cases sin ...

SARA JO GARRETT, AGE 78
Sara Jo Garrett, age 78, of Crossville, passed away September 30, 2020. She was born December 26, 1941 in Crossville, the daughter of Arthur and Avo Pennycuff Edwards. She was a homemaker and a member ...

KENNETH LEE SWAFFORD, AGE 66
Kenneth Lee Swafford, age 66, of Harriman, passed away September 29, 2020 at Methodist Medical Center surrounded by his friends, Connie, Joe and Tim. Kenneth was on the Harriman Library Board for many ...

ROAD WORK SET FOR SECTION OF NORTHSIDE DRIVE IN CROSSVILLE OCTOBER 1, 2020
The Crossville Street Department will be working on a section of Northside Drive tomorrow (Thursday, October 1, 2020) starting at 8 a.m. for shoulder work. This project involves the road from North Ma ...

TENNESSEE GAME AGAINST STEELERS POSTPONED AFTER TITANS PLAYERS TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
The Tennessee Titans home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers scheduled for this Sunday (September 4, 2020) has been postponed after four Titans players and five staffers tested positive for the coro ...

DRIVER HURT AFTER CAR GOES OFF HIGHWAY 70 INTO CLINCH RIVER IN ROANE COUNTY
Kingston police and paramedics responded last night to an automobile crash and came into contact with 19-year-old Joshua Shillings, 18-year-old Isaac Collins and 21-year-old Robert Lawson. The 2005 go ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTIAN PASSES AWAY FOLLOWING BICYCLE ACCIDENT
Cumberland County authorities and medics went to the scene of a bicycle accident early yesterday afternoon on the 600 block of Clint Lowe Road. Crews found 67-year-old Gerald L. Ellis of Lake Tansi in ...

VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORTED ON DUNBAR ROAD IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A vehicle accident took place on Dunbar Road in Cumberland County yesterday. A 2015 Ford Fusion operated by 24-year-old Destiny Varney of Crossville was stopped waiting to make a left turn onto Oak Hi ...

INSULTS FLY AS TRUMP, BIDEN TUSSLE AT FIRST DEBATE, MODERATOR WORKS TO KEEP ORDER
President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden kicked off their first fiery presidential debate last night, sparring over everything from the Supreme Court nomination, coronavirus and Biden's sons, ...

GRUESOME DETAILS REVEALED IN TRIAL OF SON ACCUSED OF KILLING, DISSOLVING PARENTS IN KNOX COUNTY
Graphic details emerged during the trial this week of a man accused of killing and dissolving his parent's bodies in acid over Thanksgiving weekend in 2016 in Knox County Joel Michael Guy Jr., 32, wa ...

OAK RIDGE POLICE AND FBI INVESTIGATING BANK ROBBERY
Oak Ridge investigators and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents responded to a bank robbery late yesterday afternoon at Enrichment Federal Credit Union at 201 South Illinois Avenue. Upon arri ...

LEGENDARY SINGERS MAC DAVIS AND HELEN REDDY PASS AWAY
Mac Davis, the singer-songwriter behind some of country music’s most iconic hits, died yesterday in Nashville after undergoing heart surgery. He was 78. Davis wrote country hits for several major arti ...