UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, MAY 6, 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 – 34 active remaining cases (UP 6) out of 2,140 ...
OLD AIRPORT ROAD COULD REOPEN BY MAY 15-16, 2021 WEATHER PREMITTING
Roane County Road Superintendent Dennis Ferguson said Old Airport Road will remain closed at least thru most of next week (May 9-14, 2021) but hopefully be re-opened by next weekend (May 15-16, 2021). ...
FIRE DESTROYS CAMPER AND DAMAGES RESIDENCE OFF OF OLD HIGHWAY 28
Cumberland County firefighters went to the scene late this morning of a residential blaze on the 2,100 block of Old Highway 28 in the area of the Linary community. Crews arrived to not only see the re ...
TRAVEL ADVISORY – INTERSTATE 40 EASTBOUND IN EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
(Thursday, May 6, 2021 at noon central time) - TDOT continues to work on a bridge project at the 328 mile marker eastbound on I-40. Traffic is down to one lane at the site. This is causing traffic bac ...
RICHARDSON CHARGED WITH RECKLESS DRIVING ON MAIN STREET
While on patrol Tuesday, a Crossville police officer observed an operator of a 2020 Kawasaki Ninja accelerate rapidly then stopped abruptly at the red light at Main and Genesis Road. As the patrolman ...
DYKES ARRESTED ON SEVERAL DRUG OFFENSES AT HOME ON HIGHWAY 70 WEST
A domestic disturbance this week at a home on Highway 70 West near Pleasant Hill resulted in several charges. Law enforcement arrived and found 29-year-old Justin Ryan Dykes of Crossville. A consent s ...
ARGUMENT RESULTS IN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CHARGE FOR BURKE
Crossville police responded Tuesday to a warehouse just off of Main Street downtown for a window busted out of a vehicle. Officers state in their report 33-year-old James Burke supposedly threw a bric ...
DRIVER ARRESTED FOLLOWING VEHICLE CRASH ON TAYLORS CHAPEL ROAD
First responders in Cumberland County went to the scene of a single vehicle accident late yesterday on the 7,200 block of Taylors Chapel Road. Deputies arrived to see a pickup in a field, a power pole ...
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE WARNS OF FAKE TEXTS, EMAILS ABOUT DELIVERIES AND PACKAGES
If you receive a text message or an email that says it’s from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), officials say don’t click on the link. In an alert send out, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service warned co ...
‘HERSHEY’S CHOCOLATE SHELL TOPPING’ RECALLED BECAUSE OF UNDECLARED ALMONDS
The Hershey Company issued a recall of its “Hershey’s Chocolate Shell Topping” packaged in a 7.25 oz. bottle because of undeclared almonds. Officials issued it after learning 1,700 bottles were incor ...
AMY LYNN BARNSWELL, AGE 46
No services are scheduled for Amy Lynn Barnswell, age 46, of Crossville, who passed away May 4, 2021. Survivors include husband: Jeffery Jones; daughter: Chelsea Hennessee (Shane); son: Layton Jones; ...
FLOYD ‘DOOLEY’ EZELL, AGE 60
Floyd ‘Dooley’ Ezell, age 60, of Harriman, passed away May 3, 2021 at his home. He was a member of Living Stones Methodist Church in Harriman. Dooley enjoyed helping other people. He was preceded in d ...
