BODY OF VICTOR LETNER DISCOVERED; ARRESTS MADE
The body of a missing Roane Countian has been found in East Knox County. Law enforcement located 33-year-old Victor Letner off of Kodak Road. He sustained a fatal gunshot wound. Letner was last seen ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 28,521 active cases (down 989 from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 762,673 total cases. •734,152 reco ...
E.M.S. INSTALLS UV DISINFECTION SYSTEM IN AMBULANCES
Cumberland County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has taken proactive measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious pathogens, by recently installing an ultraviolet lighting system i ...
FATALITY FROM WINTER STORM REPORTED IN UPPER CUMBERLAND
Authorities say a 70-year-old Overton Countian passed away yesterday while trying to seek help after being without power for several days. The gentleman was attempting to walk to a neighbor’s home in ...
OVERTURNED TRACTOR-TRAILER ON HIGHWAY 127 SOUTH
(UPDATE - Tennessee Highway Patrol reports roadway is now clear (3:20 p.m. central) (PREVIOUS STORY) - There is an overturned tractor-trailer on Highway 127 South at the Bledsoe/Cumberland County lin ...
ROBERTS JR. INDICTED BY GRAND JURY FOR ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER
A Roane County grand jury has indicted 48-year-old Charles Edward Roberts, Jr. of Philadelphia, Tennessee for attempted first-degree murder, especially aggravated robbery and two counts each of aggrav ...
REPORT: SHEPHERD HAD METH IN BLOOD SYSTEM DURING FATAL VEHICLE CRASH
A TBI toxicology report indicates 25-year-old Michael Don Shepherd had meth in his blood system at the time of a fatal vehicle accident last month in Cookeville. He was charged with evading arrest and ...
WHAT WILL CUMBERLAND CO. SCHOOL SYSTEM DO IF THEY RUN OUT OF SNOW DAYS?
What will the Cumberland County School System do if they run out of snow days? As of today (February 19, 2021), they have one left until the end of this school year. Director of Schools Dr. Ina Maxw ...
BARRY LEE REED, AGE 78
A Memorial Mass for Barry Lee Reed, age 78, of Fairfield Glade, will be held Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 10 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Survivors include wife of 54 years: Barbar ...
MICHAEL CARSON MCCRACKEN, AGE 74
Funeral services for Michael Carson McCracken, age 74, of Crossville, will be held at noon Monday, February 22, 2021 at Crossville Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will be in Green Acres Memory Gardens. ...
NASA’S PERSEVERANCE ROVER LANDS ON MARS
NASA has unveiled the first pictures from its fifth Mars rover, Perseverance, after a successful landing on the red planet's Jezero crater at approximately 3:55 p.m. yesterday. "This landing is one o ...
FATALITY COUNT RISES FROM WINTER STORMS IN TENNESSEE
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency says six people have died in the state over the last week as a result of winter weather. Two took place in Shelby County, while Dickson, Maury, Overton and W ...
