
JAMES OLDS JR., AGE 89
James Olds Jr., age 89, passed away peacefully in Pleasant Hill in the Uplands Village retirement community he had called home for 16 years. Born in Akron, Ohio, Jim was raised in Bath Township with ...

SCHOOL SYSTEM COVID-19 DATA – FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2021
The Cumberland County School System reported this afternoon 17 student and 9 staff active cases of COVID-19. Currently, 157 students and 13 staff are quarantined because of being determined to have ha ...

ROANE STATE PRESIDENT’S LIST ANNOUNCED – STUDENTS NAMED IN STORY
Roane State Community College has announced its President's List for the Fall 2020 semester. The following students were named: Alley Abram of Crossville, TN Ethan Adkisson of Rockwood, TN Emery At ...

INDICTMENT HANDED DOWN BY GRAND JURY IN CONNECTION TO 2016 CASE
An indictment has been issued involving a murder that took place nearly four years in Morgan County that took place four years ago. On April 18, 2016, co-workers found the body of 71-year-old Jerry L ...

ROANE STATE DEAN’S LIST ANNOUNCED – OVER 200 STUDENTS NAMED IN STORY
Roane State Community College has announced its Dean's List for the Fall 2020 semester. It includes: Alley Abram of Crossville, TN Ethan Adkisson of Rockwood, TN Brandon Anderson of Crossville, TN ...

FATALITY REPORTED IN VEHICLE CRASH ON HIGHWAY 127
The Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to a single vehicle accident last night on Highway 127 just south of Pikeville in Bledsoe County. Troopers say a 2004 Toyota driven by 53-year-old Sandra Angel o ...

SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT HONORS TWO FOR THEIR EFFORTS
Roane County Sheriff’s Department Deputies Seth Hammons and Josh Klein received certificates of appreciation from the county Office of Emergency Services & Homeland Security. Both were recognized ...

IDENTITY RELEASED OF DRIVER WHO DIED IN FIERY VEHICLE CRASH
The Tennessee Highway Patrol released the identity today of a driver killed in a recent fiery vehicle crash in Roane County on Highway 322. The remains of 42-year-old Dena Adkins of Madisonville was t ...

SIX-YEAR-OLD SPREADS SUPPORT TO FIRST RESPONDERS IN AREA
A child set out to make a difference in the lives of East Tennessee first responders by delivering some homemade goodies made himself. Last year, 6-year-old Neyland Lawson told his parents he wanted ...

WANTED SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED
Shortly after putting out a bulletin for a wanted sex offender in Crossville yesterday, law enforcement took 46-year-old Christopher Adam Bare into custody. Authorities said in the statement Bare was ...

THREE TENNESSEE RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH STEALING FROM SURVIVORS OF DEADLY ALABAMA TORNADO
Three Tennessee residents, including a juvenile, have been charged with stealing from survivors of the deadly EF-3 tornado near Birmingham earlier this week. Fultondale, Alabama police say the suspect ...

LIQUID NITROGEN LEAK AT GEORGIA POULTRY PLANT KILLS SIX
A liquid nitrogen leak at a Gainesville, Georgia poultry plant killed six people yesterday, with multiple others taken to the hospital. Beth Downs, a spokesperson for Northeast Georgia Health System, ...