
NWS: EF-0 TORNADO IN WHITE COUNTY ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS
(DEVELOPING STORY) - The National Weather Service (NWS) just issued a preliminary assessment based on damage and radar imagery from a line of severe storms this morning. Officials say EF-0 tornadoes t ...

(BREAKING NEWS) – HOUSE EXPLOSION REPORTED ON OZONE ROAD
(BREAKING NEWS) – Cumberland County firefighters and first responders are on the scene of a reported home explosion at 489 Ozone Road. This is east-northeast of the Ozone community in the eastern part ...

STORM DAMAGE REPORTS FROM SEVERE WEATHER ON MAY 4, 2021
The National Weather Service issued their first report of damage from a line of severe weather that hit this morning. In Cumberland County, trees were blown down in Pleasant Hill and Fairfield Glade a ...

DRIVER GOES INTO MEDIAN OF I-40 AND STRIKES SEVERAL SMALL TREES
Troopers went to the scene of a vehicle accident in Cumberland County this morning at the 305 eastbound mile marker. A 2012 Ford Expedition driven by 60-year-old Brian Hinkley of Virginia Beach, Virgi ...

UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report: INFORMATION IN BOLD INDICATES RISES IN NUMBERS FROM DAY BEFORE. BLEDSOE – 20 active remaining cases (UP 1) out of 2,123 ...

RIDLEY ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR 13th JUDICIAL CIVIL CIRCUIT JUDGE
Crossville attorney William Ridley has announced he will run for 13th judicial district Civil Circuit Court Judge. It covers Cumberland, Putnam, Overton, Pickett, Clay, White, and DeKalb Counties. “M ...

TITANS 2021 DRAFT PICK ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING WOMAN
Tennessee Titans fourth-round draft pick Rashad Weaver has been charged with one count of simple assault stemming from an alleged incident on April 18 in Pittsburgh. According to a criminal complaint ...

MARGARET HINCH SMITH, AGE 71
Margaret Hinch Smith, age 71, of Crossville, passed away May 2, 2021. She was born January 9, 1950 in Crossville, the daughter of William Sr. and Johnnie Miller Hinch. She was retired from Delbar and ...

KIMBERLY ANN MCCLENDON JONES, AGE 61
Kimberly Ann McClendon Jones, age 61, of Rockwood, passed away May 2, 2021. She was born January 25, 1960 in Rockwood. While Kim was still young, she and her family relocated to Maryville, Tennessee f ...

PHYLLIS GENE GUTOWSKI, AGE 83
Phyllis Gene Gutowski, age 83, of Carthage, formerly of Rockwood, passed away May 1, 2021 at the Riverview Medical Center in Carthage. She was born on April 28, 1938 in Lexington, Kentucky. She worked ...

SHELIA MOORE HUMBERT, AGE 79
Shelia Moore Humbert, age 79, passed away May 2, 2021 in her home after a battle with cancer. She was born on April 16, 1942 in Orlando, Florida to Luther Leon Moore and Sarah Ingham. She is survived ...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The National Weather Service has issued a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH for the following counties: CUMBERLAND, DEKALB, FENTRESS, OVERTON, PICKETT, PUTNAM and WHITE This watch is in effect from 5 a.m. u ...