POWER RESTORED AFTER 1,500 VEC CUSTOMERS INVOLVED IN OUTAGE
UPDATE - (6:20 a.m. central) - Power has been restored. PREVIOUS STORY - Over 1,500 VEC customers are without power (as of 5:30 a.m. central Monday, February 22, 2021) in Cumberland County and in th ...
SCHOOL CLOSINGS/DELAYS FOR MONDAY, FEB. 22, 2021
The only closings today (Monday, February 22, 2021) includes the northwest portion of the coverage area that still are trying to thaw from the winter storm. The following picture taken late yesterday ...
DRIVER ARRESTED FOLLOWING HIGH SPEED PURSUIT
A motorist was taken into custody following a pursuit with Anderson County authorities late yesterday. The chase ended near the 500 block of Tri-County Boulevard in Oliver Springs when 39-year-old Ter ...
INVESTIGATION INTO KIDNAPPING CONTINUES
Wayne County, Kentucky Sheriff Tim Catron says another arrest has been made in connection to the kidnapping of a female back on February 17, 2021. Deputies took 26-year-old Trenton R. Bell of Montice ...
HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE ON KANSAS LANE
Oliver Springs firefighters responded to a structure blaze on Kansas Lane in the Kellytown community late this morning. They arrived to find the home heavily involved in flames. No one was inside at t ...
TENNESSEE QUIT SMOKING WEEK PROCLAIMED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster has signed a proclamation declaring “Tennessee Quit Smoking Week.” It is as follows: WHEREAS, the United States Surgeon General has stated that smoking remains t ...
NEW JUSTICE CENTER OPENS IN RHEA COUNTY
Rhea County now has a new justice center located in Dayton on Highway 27. Inmates were moved in over the weekend from the old facility. It was built to provide 342 beds for prisoners. This will resul ...
JETS AND PANTHERS PLAY IN DISTRICT BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
The Cumberland County Jets boys basketball team defeated Bledsoe County yesterday 83-64 to advance to the district championship game Tuesday night (Feb. 23, 2021) at 6 p.m. at Grundy County High Schoo ...
WILLIAM “BILL” RICHARD FOLAND, AGE 79
Funeral services for Bill Foland, age 79 of Crossville, will be held Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 3 p.m. central at Crossville Church of Christ. The family will receive friends at the church from 1 u ...
LANA RUTH HENSLEY, AGE 85
Lana Ruth Hensley, age 85, of Lebanon, Tennessee, formerly of Crossville, passed away February 15, 2021. She was born August 2, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan the daughter of Edward A. and Gladys M. Poole ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – SAT/SUN, FEBRUARY 20-21, 2021
This is a combined report for Saturday and Sunday, February 20-21, 2021: The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 27,502 active cases (down ...
TROOPERS RESPOND TO TRUCK ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 127 SOUTH
The Tennessee Highway Patrol worked a property damage truck crash with a dozer that overturned Friday afternoon in Bledsoe County. The accident took place on Highway 127 near the Cumberland County lin ...
