
POLICE: HELTON ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO BUY THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILD
Corbin, Kentucky authorities arrested 73-year-old Ronnie Lou Helton after he allegedly attempted to buy a three-year-old child. The incident started when Helton parked his vehicle across the street fr ...

POWERBALL WINNING TICKET WORTH $250,000 SOLD IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Someone who bought a Powerball ticket at D&R convenience store (or more known as Lucky Stop BP) on Plateau Road in Cumberland County needs to check it and quick. The player matched four out of fiv ...

TROOPERS: TWO DEAD FOLLOWING MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH ON HIGHWAY 111
The Dunlap Fire Department and Sequatchie County medics responded to a multi-vehicle accident on Highway 8/111 near the McGlothen Cemetery on top of Cagle Mountain yesterday. The Tennessee Highway Pat ...

LAWMAKERS CONSIDERING BILL THAT WOULD CUT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS IN HALF
Lawmakers in Tennessee are considering a bill that calls for slashing unemployment benefits by more than half from 26 to 12 weeks. The state already has the fourth lowest payout in the nation for unem ...

BILL GIVING SCHOOLS OPTION TO USE BLEEDING CONTROL KITS PASSES IN STATE HOUSE
A proposed bill that would allow schools in Tennessee the option to put into place a "Stop the Bleed" program passed the state House of Representatives yesterday. House Bill 0212 now goes to the state ...

JAMES CRANMER MARENTETTE, AGE 89
A Memorial Mass for James Cranmer Marentette, age 89, of Fairfield Glade, will be held Friday, April 23, 2021 at 10 a.m. central at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Survivors include wife: Cynth ...

BETTY ROSE MITCHELL MOORE, AGE 69
Betty Rose Mitchell Moore, age 69, of Rockwood, passed away April 6, 2021 at her home. She was born on September 17, 1951 in Jamestown, Tennessee. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and siste ...

SOUTH CAROLINA SHOOTING LEAVES DOCTOR AND FAMILY MEMBERS DEAD
At least five people are dead, including two children, following a shooting inside a home in South Carolina last night. A sixth person was hospitalized with "serious gunshot wounds," York County Sher ...

BREAKING – CHILD INJURED IN LAWNMOWER ACCIDENT IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
BREAKING NEWS - A child was injured in a lawnmower accident late this afternoon in Cumberland County. At approximately 6 p.m. emergency personnel responded to Highland Ridge Drive to a lawnmower acc ...

BREAKING NEWS – JUVENILE HIT BY VEHICLE IN ANDERSON COUNTY
BREAKING NEWS - The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department and medics responded to Edgemoor Road in front of the Breadbox where a 7-year-old girl was hit by a vehicle. She was transported to U.T. Medica ...

JAMES ERIC MATHES, AGE 50
Funeral services for James Eric Mathes, age 50, of Crossville, will be held at 1 p.m. central Friday, April 9, 2021 at Hood Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. cent ...

UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 24,789 active cases (down 147) in Tennessee out of 819,505 total cases (UP 1,497) •794,716 recovered ...