
LEGENDARY ACTRESS BETTY WHITE TURNS 99-YEARS-OLD
Legendary actress Betty White is celebrating her 99th birthday today (Sunday, January 17, 2021) and she seems keen to let her many fans in on the celebration. The five-time Emmy-winner’s longtime fri ...

PAULINE FRANCES SMITH, AGE 88
Funeral services for Pauline Frances Smith, age 88, of Crossville, will be held Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 10 a.m. at Bilbrey Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Leffle Webb Cemetery. She was pr ...

CLATA LORINE FINN, AGE 90
Graveside services with full military honors for Clata Lorine Finn, age 90, of Crossville will be held Monday, January 18, 2021 at 11 a.m. at the Winningham-Weaver Cemetery in Fentress County. Survivo ...

UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 74,525 active cases (down 726 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 685,321 total cases. •610,796 reco ...

BREAKING NEWS – OLD BAKERS CROSSROAD SCHOOL DESTROYED BY FIRE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
BREAKING NEWS – Cumberland County and Crossville firefighters are on the scene of a structure blaze at the old Bakers Crossroad school on Highway 70 North. The fire broke out just before sunrise and b ...

CREWS CONTINUE SEARCHING FOR MISSING BOATER ON CHICKAMAUGA RESERVOIR
Crews have continued searching today for Theresa Parker of Hamilton County. Parker was one of three whose boat capsized while canoeing near shore on Chickamauga Reservoir near the Sequoyah Nuclear Pla ...

TRACTOR TRAILER FIRE IN PUTNAM COUNTY STOPS TRAFFIC ON I-40 FOR HOURS
At this hour (3:30 p.m. central, Saturday, January 16, 2021), crews are cleaning up after a tractor trailer fire took place earlier this morning on I-40. It happened at the 273 mile marker in Putnam C ...

MITCHELL AND PLEMONS ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES IN HARRIMAN
The Harriman Police Department Narcotics Unit along with the TBI and the Roane County Sheriff's Office performed a search warrant yesterday at a home at 811 Siluria Street. It reportedly yielded quant ...

NESTLÉ RECALLS 762,000 POUNDS OF PEPPERONI HOT POCKETS
Nestlé Prepared Foods is recalling more than 762,000 pounds of pepperoni Hot Pockets, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said. The frozen stuffed sandwiches shipp ...

COACH JARED LEE HENRY, AGE 47
Jared Lee Henry, age 47, of Coalfield (formerly of Scott County) passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. He was born on March 9, 1973 to Dolphus and Brenda Pemberton Henry. Jared was married to Ch ...

IKEY EUGENE DAVIS, AGE 82
Funeral services for Ikey Eugene Davis, age 82, of Crossville, will be held Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 3 p.m. at Bilbrey Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Crossville City Cemetery. Visitation wi ...

EDWIN PAUL COOK SR, AGE 68
Edwin Paul Cook Sr, age 68, of Harriman, passed away January 14, 2021 at his home. He worked and retired from Harriman City Street Department. He loved to go fishing, hunting, shooting pool and spent ...