
ICONIC MONTEAGLE RESTAURANT DESTROYED BY FIRE
Jim Oliver’s Smokehouse Restaurant and Trading Post was destroyed by a fire yesterday. It took several hours for firefighter to contain the blaze at the iconic Monteagle landmark. Crews were able to p ...

SENATE PASSES BILL TO PROVIDE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS WITH $600 TRAINING STIPEND
Legislation co-sponsored by Tennessee Senator Mike Bell to aid volunteer firefighters received unanimous approval by the state senate today. Senate Bill 778 will provide an annual $600 payment upon co ...

HEAD-ON CRASH ON HIGHWAY 127 NORTH RESULTS IN INJURIES
Troopers released their report today of a two vehicle accident Monday afternoon on Highway 127 North near Clear Creek Road in Cumberland County. It states a 1997 Ford Explorer driven by 42-year-old Jo ...

UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 25,035 active cases (down 254) in Tennessee out of 844,246 total cases (UP 1,187) •819,211 recovered ...

PARENTS INDICTED FOR AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE AND AGGRAVATED CHILD NEGLECT
A Loudon County Grand Jury indicted 34-year-old Ashley Shaffer and 32-year-old Cody Shaffer of Greenback on six counts of aggravated child abuse and six counts of aggravated child neglect involving tw ...

GOVERNOR LEE ENDS PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS AND LOCAL MASK MANDATE AUTHORITY
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced yesterday the end of statewide public health orders and signed Executive Order 80 to address economic and regulatory functions. Executive Order 80 also ends the l ...

TWRA REQUESTS PUBLIC INPUT ON 2021-22 HUNTING REGULATIONS CHANGES
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is now soliciting comments on the proposed slight changes to the 2021-22 hunting seasons’ regulations that were made at the April meeting of the Tennessee Fish ...

TOM ROGERS, AGE 69
Tom Rogers, age 69, of Kingston, passed away April 20, 2021. He was born September 22, 1951 in Oak Ridge and was a graduate of Roane County High School, Class of 1969, and graduate of The University o ...

SCHOOL BOARD TO DISCUSS ENDING MASK MANDATE IN SPECIAL CALLED MEETING
Jim Inman, Chairman of the Cumberland County Board of Education, has called a special called meeting this evening (Wednesday, April 28, 2021) starting at 6 p.m. central. It will be to discuss Governor ...