
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 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 – 4 active remaining cases (UP 1) out of 2,212 t ...

CHARLES ALVIN CANTLEY, AGE 52
Charles Alvin (Chuck) Cantley, age 52, of Monterey, passed away June 16, 2021. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan on October 6, 1968. Chuck was an avid football fan. The Detroit Lions and the Tennessee ...

CROSSVILLE GUARDSMAN AND EAGLE SCOUT DOES MORE THAN HIS DUTY
When COVID-19 swept across the United States and throughout Tennessee in March 2020, Spc. Anthony Spencer knew it was his duty to help his community and state during this time of distress. A trained h ...

THOUSANDS OF DISHWASHERS RECALLED BECAUSE OF FIRE HAZARD
Around 42,000 dishwashers are under a recall alert because of a fire hazard. It involves Cove Appliance 24-inch built-in residential dishwashers model numbers DW2450 and DW2450WS with serial numbers ...

RAILROAD CROSSINGS AND FRONT STREET TO BE REPAVED IN SPRING CITY
Spring City has received grant funding through TDOT to repave both railroad crossings in town as well as Front Street. The work is scheduled to start this Monday (June 21, 2021) and last until Friday ...

MULTIPLE SUSPECTS CHARGED AFTER 60-POUND TENNESSEE TEEN DIES OF STARVATION
Law enforcement says seven adults in a Bartlett, Tennessee (next to Memphis) home were indicted in first-degree murder charges after one of ten children in the dwelling died of starvation. The actual ...

KENNETH “KEN” R. HAYES, AGE 87
Funeral services for Ken Hayes, age 87, of Crossville, who passed away June 14, 2021, will be held Saturday, June 19, 2021, at 1 p.m. central at Bilbrey Funeral Home in Crossville. Visitation is sched ...

HELEN IRENE LEBOUEF, AGE 52
Memorial services for Helen Irene Lebouef, age 52, of Crossville, who passed away June 15, 2021, will be held Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at Bilbrey Funeral Home in Crossville with visitation from 4 until ...

MARY SPANGENBERGER, AGE 99
Memorial services for Mary Spangenberger, age 99, of Crossville, who passed away June 15, 2021, will be held at a later date. Survivors include sons: Dennis Adsit, Don Adsit, Doug Adsit, and David Ads ...

ELLIS JUNIOR TAYLOR, AGE 64
Ellis Junior Taylor, age 64, of Harriman, passed away at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge June 14, 2021. Mr. Taylor was an independent carpenter contractor. He loved fishing and golfing. He was a ...

ANTHONY JUSTICE PRESENTED AWARD FOR SAVING LIVES AT PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY
Anthony Justice, school resource officer at Pleasant Hill Elementary and deputy with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department, received the TNSRO (Tennessee School Resource Officers Association) Pre ...

INJURIES REPORTED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON OAKDALE HIGHWAY
(DEVELOPING STORY) – The Tennessee Highway Patrol and medics responded to a vehicle accident early this afternoon on Oakdale Highway at Ben Henry Road in Roane County. Initial reports indicate three i ...