
DAVID D. HARRIS, AGE 80
David D. Harris, age 80, of Crossville, passed away February 14, 2021. He was born June 30, 1940 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, the son of Russell and Anna Belle Hunt Harris. He was retired from Ford Moto ...

GLENDA BILBREY, AGE 61
Funeral services for Glenda Bilbrey, age 61, Of Cookeville, formerly of Crossville, will be conducted Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 2 p.m. at Goff Funeral Home in Monterey. Interment will follow in Bet ...

SCHOOL CLOSINGS/ DELAYS FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021
(last updated 6 a.m. central, Thursday, February 18, 2021) - Click this story to get the latest updates! TENNESSEE ANDERSON COUNTY - CLOSED BLEDSOE COUNTY – CLOSED BLOUNT COUNTY - CLOSED BRADLEY ...

DRIVER ESCAPES INJURY IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON I-40
A driver escaped injury in a vehicle accident this afternoon on I-40 in Cumberland County. A 2005 Chevy Avalanche operated by 49-year-old Clinton Allen of Salem, Virginia was traveling west at the 325 ...

ACTIVE NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES CONTINUE TO FALL
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2021 The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 30,674 active ...

INJURY REPORTED IN VEHICLE CRASH ON LANTANA ROAD
Crossville police and medics went to the scene of a vehicle accident earlier this week on the 2,900 block of Lantana Road. The report released today states a Toyota RAV4 driven by 50-year-old Peggy Je ...

CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED AFTER BEING WITH TEENAGER IN PARK
Lenoir City police took a convicted sex offender into custody. An officer was patrolling the park when he notice a Ford Edge parked in a secluded area there after hours. Gregory Heath Engle, age 33, w ...

ROANE STATE WINS NATIONAL RECOGNITION
Roane State Community College is one of just four institutions from across the country to earn Leader College of Distinction status, the highest designation offered to institutions in the Achieving th ...

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTED ON I-40 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
(1:50 p.m. central, Wednesday, February 17, 2021) – There is an accident reported at the 325.6 mile marker of I-40 in Cumberland County. Westbound right lane is blocked as well as the right shoulder. ...

TALK RADIO PIONEER RUSH LIMBAUGH PASSES AWAY AT AGE 70
Rush Limbaugh, who transformed talk radio and politics in his decades behind the microphone, helping shape the modern-day Republican Party, died today at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer. ...

HOUSING AUTHORITY OFFICE DESTROYED BY FIRE
The Athens Fire Department responded to a blaze at the housing authority office late last night on Clark Street. They arrived to see the structure completely engulfed in flames. The McMinn County, Eng ...

GOLDBERG INDICTED BY GRAND JURY ON 27 COUNTS
A Roane County grand jury indicted 55-year-old Donald E. Goldberg of Harriman on 27 counts including theft and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. Court documents state one of the offenses in ...