TRAFFIC ACCIDENT – 9,200 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY 127 NORTH – CUMBERLAND COUNTY
(8 a.m. central, Thursday, May 6, 2021) – There is a non-injury accident reported on the 9,200 block of Highway 127 North (in Woody area near Hubert Conley Road) in Cumberland County. One of the vehic ...
NWS: STRAIGHT LINE WINDS, NOT TORNADO, CAUSED DAMAGE IN FAIRFIELD GLADE
The National Weather Service (NWS) now says straight-line winds instead of a small tornado caused damage in Fairfield Glade community this past Tuesday (May 4, 2021). The area around Heatherhurst Golf ...
CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES REPAIRS TO TEMPERANCE BUILDING IN HARRIMAN
The historic Temperance Building was discussed in the Harriman City Council meeting this week. The popular landmark is aging and in urgent need of major repairs. Mayor Wayne Best wants to restore the ...
SUSPECTS ARRESTED ON I-24 AFTER STEALING ROLLS-ROYCE AND SPEEDING NEARLY 180 MPH
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says two suspects were arrested on I-24 after stealing a Rolls-Royce vehicle out of Georgia and speeding at nearly 180 miles per hour Troopers received a look out bulleti ...
GOV. LEE SIGNS BILL ALLOWING STUDENTS TO OPT OUT OF LGBTQ MATERIAL
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has signed a bill requiring schools districts to alert parents of any instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity and let them opt their students out. Senate Bill ...
FROZEN PASTA MEALS RECALLED BECAUSE OF UNDECLARED ALLERGEN
Bellisio Foods, Inc. is recalling nearly 4,000 pounds of its frozen beef spaghetti products because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen. “Michelina’s Spaghetti with Meat Sauce” contains soy, a k ...
“THE BOOK BUS” TO DELIVER FREE BOOKS IN RHEA COUNTY
“The Book Bus” made its first official appearance in Rhea County yesterday. It will now visit summer school camps, neighborhoods, parks, and community events. The literacy project received funding fro ...
SOUTH CAROLINA TO BRING BACK FIRING SQUADS FOR EXECUTIONS
South Carolina is set to bring back firing squads to its list of execution methods amid a shortage of drugs to carry out lethal injections in an effort to resume capital punishment after a decade. Th ...
RAYSHARD BROOKS SHOOTING: FIRING OF ATLANTA POLICE OFFICER WHO PULLED TRIGGER IS REVERSED
The firing of the former Atlanta police officer who's charged with murder in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks has been reversed. Garrett Rolfe was fired in June, a day after he shot Brooks in th ...
EVELYN SERENA DYE, AGE 93
Funeral services for Evelyn Serena Dye, age 93, of Crossville, will held Friday, May 7, 2021 at 11 a.m. central at Bilbrey Funeral Home in Crossville with visitation beginning at 10:00 AM. Interment i ...
EDWARD EUGENE “GENE” BURGESS, AGE 87
Edward Eugene Burgess “Gene”, age 87, was born June 17, 1933 to Dalton and Jewel Vinson Burgess in Jackson County, Tennessee. He passed away May 4, 2021. He began preaching in October of 1956. He was ...
STELLA C. DAVIS, AGE 72
Stella C. Davis, age 72, of Crossville, passed away May 4, 2021. She was born October 17, 1948 in Crossville, the daughter of Frank and Vesta Bolin Vanwinkle. She is survived by her husband: Junior Da ...
