
TVA CAMPGROUNDS REOPEN FOR 2021 SEASON
The Tennessee Valley Authority reopened its campgrounds today (March 15) for the 2021 camping season until November 15. TVA has more than 80 public recreation areas including campgrounds, day-use area ...

MILITARY PLAQUE STOLEN FOR 2ND TIME AT GRAVE SITE IN NEVER FAIL CEMETERY
A citizen in Cumberland County reported to the sheriff’s office a military copper plaque was stolen from her uncle’s gravesite at Never Fail Cemetery. The name on it is “Carol Vaughn Walker”. The foot ...

TRULOCK ARRESTED FOR DUI FOLLOWING VEHICLE ACCIDENT
Law enforcement in Cumberland County went to the scene of a vehicle accident Friday night on P.O.W. Camp Road near Rimmer Lane. The report states a 1999 Buick sedan driven by 23-year-old James Kyle Tr ...

GRANT CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND RESISTING ARREST
Cumberland County deputies responded to an area on Garrison Road off Highway 68 to a motorist in a Volkswagen who hit a pickup truck. The report states the driver, 47-year-old Jennifer Lynn Grant of D ...

TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL ANNOUNCES PASSING OF K-9 RICO
The Tennessee Highway Patrol announced this morning the death of K-9 Rico. He was a beautiful nine year old Belgian Malinois. Surgery was performed after a tumor was detected in his abdomen. Unfortuna ...

TEENAGER ESCAPES INJURY IN VEHICLE CRASH ON GLADE CREEK ROAD
Deputies in Cumberland County responded to a single vehicle accident Saturday on Glade Creek Road near Never Fail Road. A Ford Expedition driven by a 17-year-old female from Crossville was traveling s ...

AUTHORITIES: MULTIPLE COWS FOUND IN FIELD DEAD OF STARVATION
An investigation into possible animal cruelty, led by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) Criminal Investigation Division, assisted by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA), Tennessee De ...

WALTER FRANCIS WAWRO, AGE 69
Walter Francis Wawro, age 69, of Fairfield Glade, passed away March 4, 2021. After graduating from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale’s School of Communications in 1973, his career in radio b ...

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IN ROANE COUNTY RESULTS IN HIGH SPEED PURSUIT ON I-40
Monterey officers were dispatched Saturday night to the area of I-40 to watch for a gray Infinity that had been involved in an aggravated assault in Roane County. The altercation had resulted in the s ...

REPORT: PARKER “PULLED OUT HUMAN EARS OF VICTIM” WHILE BEING QUESTIONED FOR MURDER
Lake County, Florida authorities say a suspect man allegedly pulled a pair of severed human ears out of his pant pockets while being questioned in his grandfather’s murder. Kolby Parker, age 30, was ...

VOLS MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM IS 5TH SEED GOING INTO NCAA TOURNAMENT
The Tennessee Volunteers men’s basketball team will be the 5th seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA tournament. The Vols (18-8) will play 12th seed Oregon State (17-12) in the first round this Frida ...

DREW BREES RETIRES FROM NFL AFTER STELLAR CAREER
Drew Brees announced his retirement from the NFL yesterday. He made an announcement on his Instagram -- 15 years to the day he signed with the New Orleans Saints. "After 20 years as a player in the ...