
RICHARDS INDICTED BY GRAND JURY FOR OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT
An inquiry by TBI agents resulted in the indictment of a former Fentress County deputy. Back in October 2020, at the request of 8th District Attorney General Jared Effler, officers began investigatin ...

DAKE CHARGED WITH 14 COUNTS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY
Law enforcement charged 59-year-old Ricky Dake of Monterey with 14 counts of animal cruelty and one count of failure to properly dispose of a cattle carcass at locations on Lake Hill Road and Calfkill ...

OPERATION “PUTNAM PROMISE” RESULTS IN ARRESTS
Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris announced today, “Operation ‘Putnam Promise’ was launched by the sheriff’s office after the grand jury indictment of 35 individuals, the result of months of leads an ...

MALE POINTS GUN IN DIRECTION OF FEMALE FOLLOWING LANTANA ROAD VEHICLE ACCIDENT
Cumberland County deputies and the Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to an incident this week in the area of the 5,200 block of Lantana Road. A female motorist hit a deer just before sunrise and pull ...

KEEDY ARRESTED ON FELONY DRUG CHARGE
A check by Crossville police of a tag on a Cadillac on Miller Bypass yesterday came back to a different vehicle. Officers stopped the driver, 44-year-old Jim Franklin Keedy of Pikeville, and a consent ...

GOVERNOR BILL LEE REQUESTS BORDER CRISIS HEARING
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee today called for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing regarding the crisis at the southern U.S. border with Mexico and the alleged unaccompanied minors being flown into the ...

VERNA DELL THOMAS, AGE 101
Verna Dell Thomas, age 101, of Crossville, passed away June 9, 2021. She was born April 23, 1920 to W.N. and Grace Dealey Shrum in Winesap, Tennessee. She is survived by her son: Lee Vaughn Thomas (Di ...

POLICE RESPOND TO GUNSHOT VICTIM AT CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER
Crossville police recently responded to Cumberland Medical Center for a victim with a gunshot wound. Law enforcement stated a female in her 40’s got into an argument with her husband at a residence ne ...

INFORMATION ON PROPOSED CROSSVILLE INDOOR RECREATION FACILITY
After the Crossville City Council voted this week to raise property taxes 15-cent for city residents starting July 1, 2021, many wanted to know just what could be expected with the proposed indoor rec ...

THEFT CASES IN CROSSVILLE UNDER INVESTIGATION
Crossville police recently went to Middle Tennessee Natural Gas for a theft. A contractor for the company arrived to find his 6’ by 12’ trailer hauling two rolls of yellow gas piping missing in a non- ...

NEW LAW COULD SLOW DOWN THEFTS AND RESALE OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS
A new law set to go into effect July 1, 2021 through the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Division of Regulatory Boards should help slow down the theft and resale of catalytic ...

WALTRAUD LENI BAUER TYLER, AGE 85
Waltraud Leni Bauer Tyler, age 85, was born April 30, 1936 to Heinrich and Martha Einsiedel Bauer in Berlin, Germany. She passed away June 3, 2021 in Crossville. She is survived by her son: James Shan ...