
RAIN EVERY DAY
Showers and thunderstorms will continue to be daily occurrences through Saturday. Very heavy downpours will be associated with some of the showers and storms with high temperatures in the upper 70s. I ...

UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – MONDAY, JUNE 7, 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 – 12 active remaining cases (down 1) out of 2,19 ...

SUSPECTS ARRESTED AFTER TAKING MAIL FROM LOCATIONS IN CUMBERLAND CO.
Law enforcement in Cumberland County went to the travel plaza on Genesis Road Saturday after the discovery of a large amount of mail from various places inside a vehicle. It came from residences on Es ...

YOUNG ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT OF FIRST RESPONDERS
Law enforcement in Cumberland County responded to a home on the 800 block of Old Highway 28 Saturday for a disturbance. The arrest report indicates they encountered 35-year-old Ricky Dewayne Young of ...

FDA APPROVES MUCH-DEBATED ALZHEIMER’S DRUG
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an Alzheimer's drug today called Aducanumab. It is the first time the FDA approved a new therapy for the disease since 2003. However, an independent ad ...

FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR PRESENTED TO PATRICK SOUTH
Cookeville firefighter/paramedic Patrick South received the Tennessee Fireman’s Association “Firefighter of the Year” award. South also serves as a volunteer firefighter/paramedic with the Crossville ...

TBI AGENTS INVESTIGATING SHOOTING OFF OF STANDING STONE HIGHWAY
At the request of 13th District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway, TBI agents continue to investigate the circumstances leading to the deadly shooting of a Sewanee man during an interaction with deputie ...

DANA SUZANNE RYANS HALL, AGE 48
Dana Suzanne Ryans Hall, age 48, of Harriman, passed away June 3, 2021 at her home. Dana was born February 21, 1973 in Oak Ridge. She worked in the Dietary Department at Roane Medical Center several y ...

VEHICLE STRIKES LARGE TREE HEAD ON OFF OF JR. CAMP ROAD
Medics and deputies in Cumberland County went to the scene of a vehicle crash Saturday on the 500 block of Jr. Camp Road. The accident report states a 1998 GMC driven by 62-year-old Randall K. Jackson ...

VEHICLE CRASH ON HIGHWAY 68 SENDS DRIVER TO U.T. MEDICAL CENTER
The Tennessee Highway Patrol released a report this morning of a recent two vehicle accident on Highway 68 in Meigs County. Troopers say a 1995 Ford driven by William T. Owings of Spring City ran a st ...

WILLIAM LEE WHITFIELD, AGE 86
Memorial services for William Lee Whitfield, age 86, of Fairfield Glade, will be held Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 11 a.m. central at Fairfield Glade United Methodist Church. Survivors include wife: Pat ...

STEPHEN EDWARD STRAZINSKY, AGE 97
A memorial service for Stephen Edward Strazinsky, age 97, of Fairfield Glade, will be held Friday, June 11, 2021 at 10 a.m. central at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Fairfield Glade. Survivors includ ...