UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 25,287 active cases (down 84) in Tennessee out of 837,833 total cases (UP 1,270) •812,546 recovered ...
JUDY FAYE MARROW PARKS, AGE 72
Funeral services for Judy Faye Marrow Parks, age 72, of Crossville, will be held Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 1 p.m. central at Bilbrey Funeral Home in Crossville. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. ...
HOUSE BLAZES KEEP CUMBERLAND COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS BUSY
(DEVELOPING STORY) - Three separate house blazes kept firefighters in Cumberland County busy this afternoon. The first took place on Roark Drive off of Westel Road south of I-40 around noon. As crew ...
SRO’S HONORED BY ROANE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
The Roane County School Board honored three law enforcement officers. Sgt. Rick Butler for Midway, Deputy Michael Murphy for schools in Kingston and Deputy Greg Sims for Rockwood received the title of ...
STATE SENATE PASSES BILL REQUIRING MOTHERS TO BURY OR CREMATE ABORTED CHILD
The Tennessee State Senate passed a bill today requiring mothers to bury or cremate an aborted child. The legislation was accepted by the state House early this week. It will now be sent to Governor B ...
COMPREHENSIVE PAIN SPECIALISTS AGREE TO PAY $4.1 MILLION TO SETTLE FRAUD ALLEGATIONS
Acting U.S. Attorney Mary Jane Stewart and Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III announced today they have entered into agreements with Anesthesia Services Associates, PLLC d/b/a Comprehen ...
POLICE: WEST ARRESTED AFTER ASSAULTING OFFICER AT MOTEL
Police in Crossville went to Red Roof Inn yesterday for a disturbance. The report states an intoxicated 55-year-old Marcia LeAnn West attempted to pay for another night in a room with cigarettes. When ...
TRESPASSING INCIDENT RESULTS IN ARREST OF WHITSONS
Crossville police stopped a vehicle in a parking lot off North Main Street for suspects inside allegedly involved in a theft incident at Walmart. A check of 53-year-old Janice Lea Whitson of Oak Ridge ...
DRUG ARRESTS TAKES PLACE AFTER TRAFFIC STOP ON WEST AVENUE
A traffic stop by Crossville police on a motorist for speeding resulted in drug charges. Officers pulled over 59-year-old Brenda Dawn Bohannon and a consent search of the automobile, a wallet in Bohan ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY UCHRA OFFICE MOVING TO NEW LOCATION
They’ve called the same location home for nearly 25 years. On May 3, 2021, UCHRA’s Cumberland County team will have a new office and a new address. Last month, UCHRA leadership inked a deal to rent tw ...
TRAVEL ADVISORY – I-40 EASTBOUND NEAR CRAB ORCHARD
(noon central, Wednesday, April 21, 2021) – TDOT is doing work on the bridge on Interstate 40 over Highway 70 in the area of the 328 mile marker eastbound. Traffic is down to one lane eastbound at thi ...
TONY CLOWER NAMED TIAAA ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Tony Clower with the Roane County School System has been named TIAAA Athletic Director of the Year. Clower began teaching and coaching at Coalfield High School in Morgan County in 1990. While there, ...
