RECORD COLD ANNIVERSARY
Partly cloudy skies in the forecast for Friday with highs in the upper 40s. Friday night is looking clear with a low near 25. Saturday kicks off your weekend in fine fashion with sunny and mid to Uppe ...
NTSB RELEASES PRELIMINARY REPORT OF FATAL SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT
The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report today regarding a deadly school bus crash in Meigs County late last year. Here is the report in its entirety: “On Monday, Octob ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 60,863 active cases (down 2,524 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 697,783 total cases. •639,444 re ...
SCHOOLS TO RETURN TO ALL IN PERSON CLASSES STARTING JAN. 25, 2021
The COVID-19 active number for Cumberland County is presently (as of 4 p.m. Thursday, January 21, 2021) at 422 active cases. This moves the school system back into the yellow metric so all students wi ...
STATEWIDE UNEMPLOYMENT INCHES UPWARD DURING DECEMBER
Statewide unemployment inched upwards during the final month of 2020, according to data released today from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). The preliminary, seaso ...
AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY RELEASES FALL 2020 DEAN’S LIST
Austin Peay State University is proud to recognize over 2,000 students who were named to the Dean's List for academic achievement during the Fall 2020 semester. Jaclyn Cranfill of Dayton Autumn Gett ...
CLAIRE H. CYR, AGE 95
Memorial Mass for Claire H. Cyr, age 95, of Fairfield Glade, will be held Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 10 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Survivors include sons: James Cyr and daughter- ...
ROSE VRYLING MANNING RIDINGS, AGE 96
Rose Vryling Manning Ridings, age 96, widow of Alex (Bill) Ridings, Jr., passed away at home January 20, 2021 in Kingston. Rose and Alex were born May 22, 1924 and were married 71 loving years until A ...
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HIRES DANNY WHITE AS NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Tennessee will hire University of Central Florida’s Danny White as its next Athletic Director. The 41-year-old White will replace Phillip Fulmer. White became the UCF Athletic Director in 2015. After ...
TENNESSEE BILL WOULD EXPAND ALCOHOL SALES ON THREE MORE HOLIDAYS
Tennessee Senator Jon Lundberg introduced State Bill 0266 yesterday calling to expand alcohol sales for three more holidays. Current law allows citizens to buy beer, wine and spirits from stores and r ...
MORE DETAILS ON ESCAPE AND CAPTURE OF WORK DETAIL INMATE
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department released more information today regarding the escape and capture of an inmate on a work detail. The prisoners were picking up trash yesterday afternoon on H ...
CREWS PREPARING FOR START OF PHASE THREE OF INTERSTATE DRIVE EXPANSION
Crews are preparing for the expansion of Interstate Drive in Crossville from Genesis Road west to North Main Street. New power poles are installed just north of the existing road. “What is holding up ...
