HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPERATION RESULTS IN MULTIPLE ARRESTS
A two-day undercover operation by agents with the TBI Human Trafficking Unit, the Oak Ridge Police Department, the 7th Judicial District Crime Task Force, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, and the ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 25,377 active cases (down 196) in Tennessee out of 806,792 total cases (UP 781) •781,415 recovered ( ...
POLICE CHIEF KENNETH MORGAN TERMINATED BY OLIVER SPRINGS MAYOR
Oliver Springs Police Chief Kenneth Morgan has received a letter of termination from Mayor Omer Cox. A reason has not been officially released. Lt. David Laxton has been named interim chief. A meeting ...
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GIVES UPDATE ON ROAD PROJECTS
The Tennessee Department of Transportation gave an update today on three active road construction projects in Cumberland County. The first involves I-40 at near mile marker 328. This is at the bridge ...
FOUR WHEELERS AND LAWNMOWER STOLEN OFF OF SPORTSMAN CLUB ROAD
A resident on the 500 block of Sportsman Club Road in Cumberland County fell victim to a burglary Wednesday. A building above a garage and a barn was broken into. The report states taken in the incide ...
“APPLE SUPPORT” SCAM COSTS VICTIM IN FAIRFIELD GLADE
A citizen in his 70’s in Fairfield Glade reported to authorities he fell victim to a scam. The report indicates he received a phone call from an individual claiming to be with “Apple Support” regardin ...
TWO ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGE AT EXECUTIVE INN
Crossville police responded to Executive Inn yesterday for a consensual encounter with occupants in a room for suspected drug activity. Officers encountered 46-year-old Jeffrey Marlyn Hays of Crossvil ...
TENNESSEE TREASURER RETURNS OVER $7300 IN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY TO CUMBERLAND COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Tennessee Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton and State Senator Paul Bailey joined State Treasurer David H. Lillard, Jr. today to return $7,334.58 in unclaimed property to County Mayor Allen Foster on ...
TORNADOES IN ALABAMA RESULTS IN FATALITIES AND MANY INJURED
At least five people were killed yesterday as tornado-producing storms ripped through central Alabama, destroying homes and structures along the way. Severe weather warnings were issued for the parts ...
UNEMPLOYMENT IN TENNESSEE NEARS PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS
Tennessee’s unemployment rate for February 2021 has reached near pre-pandemic levels, according to data released yesterday by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. February’s statewide, ...
FORMER TENNESSEE SENATOR BILL BROCK PASSES AWAY AT AGE 90
Bill Brock, who served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and as a senator from Tennessee, has passed away at the age of 90. He died in Florida yesterday from complications of pneumonia. He wa ...
LAWRENCE (LARRY) S. CUNNINGHAM JR, AGE 57
Lawrence (Larry) S. Cunningham Jr., age 57, of Rockwood, died suddenly at his home March 24, 2021. He was born September 10, 1963 and had lived in Rockwood most all of his life. He was a 27-year emplo ...
