FORMER CONSTABLE INDICTED BY ROANE COUNTY GRAND JURY
A Roane County grand jury has indicted former constable 61-year-old Mark Arwood Patton for aggravated assault and aggravated burglary. Court documents indicate the victim sustained lacerations to his ...
NEW LAW CREATING LIFETIME ORDERS OF PROTECTION GOES INTO EFFECT JULY 1, 2021
A new law giving a new option of a lifetime order of protection to help victims will go into effect this Thursday, July 1, 2021. Governor Bill Lee signed the legislation back in March It creates a li ...
HIGHLIGHTS FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING – JUNE 24, 2021
The Cumberland County Board of Education met last night for their regular monthly session. Absent from the session included board members Rebecca Hamby and Robbie Safdie. Highlights from the meeting i ...
POLICE: SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED AT PLAYGROUND
Acting on a tip, Monterey police received information this week a registered sex offender was at a playground with children present. A check of the suspect, 29-year-old Dylan Osterhoudt, came back he ...
COVID-19 TESTING TO RETURN TO CUMBERLAND CO. HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Effective this Thursday, July 1, 2021, COVID-19 testing will be available for citizens of Cumberland County at the health department. On that day and beyond, testing will no longer be located at the c ...
2021 OPERATION DRY WATER SET FOR JULY 4th HOLIDAY WEEKEND
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will be participating in Operation Dry Water, July 3-5, 2021. Operation Dry Water is a weekend of education and enforcement about the dangers of impaired boatin ...
BLAINE ARRESTED ON WARRANT FOR VIOLATION OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
Cumberland County deputies went to a home on Sequoia Drive in Lake Tansi this week for a wanted suspect. A check of 50-year-old John Christopher Blaine revealed an active warrant out of Muscogee Count ...
HOMES REPORTED BURGLARIZED ON HIGHWAY 70 NORTH
Law enforcement in Cumberland County went to two different homes on the 13,000 block of Highway 70 North yesterday for a burglary. The first case involved medication and jewelry taken. Total loss was ...
OVER A WEEK MISSING, CREWS CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR SUMMER WELLS
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Public Information Officer Leslie Earhart said in a update yesterday the search for 5-year-old Summer Wells continues. Earhart said authorities are working around the ...
NEARLY 100 UNACCOUNTED FOR IN SURFSIDE BUILDING COLLAPSE
A massive rescue effort is underway this morning in Surfside, Florida, in response to the partial building collapse that killed at least one and resulted in nearly 100 people being unaccounted for. " ...
TRACTOR-TRAILER DRIVER KILLED IN ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 40
A two vehicle crash in Putnam County yesterday resulted in a fatality. The highway patrol says a 2014 Freightliner operated by 54-year-old Christopher Mooneyhan of Portland, Tennessee was traveling ea ...
UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 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 (down 1) out of 2,215 ...
