
JAMES MONROE RITTER, AGE 87
James Monroe Ritter, age 87, of Harriman, passed away, March 22, 2021. James was born July 11, 1933 in Harriman to Walter and Mable (Williams) Ritter. Most of his career was spent working at Jordan D ...

EMMA JEAN HILL, AGE 67
Emma Jean Hill, age 67, of Harriman, passed away March 24, 2021. She was a seamstress at the Rockwood Hosier Mill for several years. She was preceded in death by her parents: Bob and Bess Clark; and s ...

ERMA JO TILLEY, AGE 71
Erma Jo Tilley, age 71, of Dalton, Gergia, formerly of Rockwood, Tennessee, passed away March 24, 2021. She was born February 21, 1950 in Crossville. She attended Rockwood High School and later worked ...

TORNADO WATCH TILL 1AM CDT
A tornado watch has been issued for the Cumberland plateau and East Tennessee until 1 a.m. A line of thunderstorms is moving across Middle Tennessee and could produce severe weather. Once this line mo ...

TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT ON I-40 EASTBOUND BACKS UP TRAFFIC
A 2012 Kenworth tractor-trailer jackknifed at the 323 eastbound mile marker of I-40 earlier today. That created heavy traffic congestion for a few hours. The occupant escaped injury and was hauling pr ...

UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 25,573 active cases (UP 233) in Tennessee out of 806,011 total cases (UP 1,519) •780,438 recovered ( ...

BOULDER SHOOTING SUSPECT HELD WITHOUT BAIL ON FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES
A judge ruled today the 21-year-old Colorado man accused of gunning down 10 people at a supermarket in Boulder earlier this week will be held without bail. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, from the Denver subu ...

TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT REPORTED ON INTERSTATE 40
(11:52 a.m. central, Thursday, March 25, 2021) – There is a tractor-trailer that has jackknifed at the 323 eastbound mile marker of I-40 in Cumberland County. It is hauling produce and the driver is r ...

TRAFFIC STOP IN CRAB ORCHARD RESULTS IN DRUG ARRESTS
A deputy in Cumberland County attempted to stop a vehicle early this morning driven by 23-year-old Daniel Tyler Godsey of Kingston on Main Street in Crab Orchard for a busted tail light. Godsey allege ...

STOKES CHARGED AGAIN IN CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS
Johnny Earl Stokes, age 50, has been charged in Cumberland County with a new theft. He was arrested back on March 15 after allegedly stealing catalytic converters at a residence on Highway 127 South. ...

CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED AGAIN
A sex offender very familiar to Cumberland County deputies was arrested again Tuesday night. Police stopped Willie Ashton Dyal at I-40 at Peavine Road for a registration violation. When asked if he ha ...