
MORSE MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURT CHARGED WITH MURDER
Robert David Morse, age 20, made his first appearance in a Cumberland County courtroom today charged with first-degree murder. He stands accused of the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Matthew Musser at ...

UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 34,198 active cases in Tennessee out of 296,725 total cases. 262,527 recovered (up 3,089 from ...

REWARD OFFERED FOR SAFE RETURN OF TWO MISSING ROANE COUNTY TEENAGERS
For the second time this year, the sheriff’s office is asking for help to find two missing 14-year-old girls from Roane County. Maya Lesick and Jaelynn Hall were last seen November 1, 2020. A $500 rew ...

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON MILLER BYPASS IN CROSSVILLE RESULTS IN ARREST
Crossville police and medics responded to a single vehicle accident on Miller Bypass close to Main Street just after sundown Tuesday. The report states the driver, 46-year-old Sean McCristall of Ohio, ...

HAVLIK ARRESTED ON FELONY DRUG CHARGES IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County authorities recently got a tip of illegal drug sales in a room at the Quality Inn in Crossville. Law enforcement encountered 57-year-old Kurt Dewayne Havlik of Crossville and alleged ...

PASTOR DAVID EVANGELISTA, AGE 92
Pastor David Evangelista, age 92, of Fairfield Glade, passed away November 10, 2020 at his home. He has worked as a Senior Pastor for 61 years, 20 of which was in Fairfield Glade. His last sermon was ...

BUDDY MACK POOLE, SR., AGE 87
Buddy Mack Poole, Sr., age 87, of Chattanooga, former longtime resident of Rockwood, passed away November 11, 2020 in Chattanooga. He was born January 19, 1933 in Emory Gap (Roane County), Tennessee. ...

NOITA ELEMENTARY AND THE HIGH SCHOOL IN MCMINN COUNTY TEMPORARILY CLOSED AFTER RISE IN COVID-19 CASES
The McMinn County School System says two schools will be temporarily closed out of an abundance of caution because of a significant rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. Students will not report to Ni ...

DEATH TOLL RISES IN CUMBERLAND, ROANE, OVERTON, RHEA AND PUTNAM COUNTIES
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 33,943 active cases in Tennessee out of 293,381 total cases. 259,438 recovered (up 3,295 from ...

ROBERT “R.L.” KIRKLAND, AGE 88
Graveside services for R.L. Kirkland, age 88, of Crossville, will be held Friday, November 13, 2020 at noon central time at Haley’s Grove Cemetery. Survivors include wife: Ellegia Kirkland; daughter: ...

PHYLLIS JEAN CLARK, AGE 83
Phyllis Jean Clark, age 83, of Kingston, passed away November 10, 2020 after a long brave battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Phyllis was born in Terre Haute Indiana and lived most of her life in Kingsto ...

GROSSO APPEARS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURT CHARGED WITH MURDER
Diana Lynn Grosso, age 59, appeared in Cumberland County Criminal Court yesterday charged with second-degree murder. Grosso allegedly provided a substance containing fentanyl to 58-year-old Julia Mead ...