LAW ENFORCEMENT SEARCHING FOR ALLISON EVERETTS
The Jonesborough, Tennessee Police Department (just west of Johnson City) is asking for help in finding 23-year-old Allison Nicole Everetts. She was last seen there March 29, 2021 with a Caucasian man ...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM JOINS MASS LAWSUIT AGAINST JUUL LABS
The Cumberland County School Board last night considered joining a mass action lawsuit against JUUL Labs, a manufacturing company for electronic cigarettes. A representative of Frantz Law Group in San ...
STUDENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE SURVEY REVIEWED BY CUMBERLAND CO. SCHOOL BOARD
The Cumberland County Board of Education last night reviewed results from the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services survey. It focused on the use of vaping products, alcoh ...
KNOXVILLE SEES SECOND NIGHT OF PROTEST OVER ANTHONY THOMPSON JR. SHOOTING DEATH
Knoxville saw a second night of protesting yesterday in reaction to the recent shooting death by police of high school student 17-year-old Anthony Thompson Jr. Wednesday’s first night of unrest follo ...
FRANK JOSEPH DENOFRIO, AGE 73
Frank Joseph Denofrio, age 73, of Crossville, was born on July 17, 1947 in Chicago and passed away on April 20, 2021. He is survived by his wife: Joanne; daughters: Antoinette and Tami; grandchildren: ...
JARED AND JAVEN CRASS, AGES 19 AND 17
Jared Thomas Crass, age 19, and Javen Luke Crass, age 17, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at home. Jared was a student at Roane State Community College and worked at Lowe’s. Javen was a student at ...
DONALD GILLESPIE, AGE 58
Donald Gillespie, age 58, of Crossville, passed away April 22, 2021 at his home after losing his yearlong battle with lung cancer. He was born August 24, 1962 in Detroit, Michigan to Virginia Daugher ...
CUMBERLAND B.O.E. KEEPS MASK MANDATE FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF FOR REST OF SCHOOL YEAR
The Cumberland County Board of Education last night voted 5-4 to keep the mask mandate in place for students and staff until the end of this school year which is 25 days from today (April 23, 2021). ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: STATE OF TENNESSEE – 25,287 active cases (UP 763) in Tennessee out of 839,841 total cases (UP 2,008) •813,791 recovered ( ...
BEATY FROM CRAB ORCHARD, MILLSAPS FROM KINGSTON NAMED SEMI-FINALIST FOR PRINCIPAL OF YEAR
The Tennessee Department of Education today released their semi-finalists by region for state Principal of the Year. In the east, they include Kent Millsaps at Roane County High School, Ashley Baessle ...
BILL TO AID VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS ADVANCES IN TENNESSEE
Legislation being co-sponsored by Senator Ken Yager of Kingston to aid volunteer firefighters is headed for a final vote in the Tennessee Senate after it was approved by the Finance, Ways and Means Co ...
ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF FIREARM RESULTS IN INJURY ON STANLEY STREET
Crossville police and medics responded late yesterday to a home on Stanley Street for a male subject with an accidental gunshot wound. The report indicates a male in his early to mid 20’s was cleaning ...
