
DRY AND HAZY
Low temperature near 65 degrees tonight. Friday looks like a repeat of today with partly sunny and Smoky conditions and a high temperature near 85 degrees. Only isolated showers possible Saturday but ...

BREAKING NEWS – HARVEL ORDERED HELD IN FEDERAL DETENTION PENDING HIS TRIAL
BREAKING NEWS - U.S. Magistrate Judge Alistair Newbern just ordered former Cumberland County Solid Waste Director Mike Harvel to remain in federal custody pending his trial in United States District C ...

STATE OFFICIALS WARNING OF TEXT SCAM MAINLY TARGETING SENIOR CITIZENS
The Tennessee Department of Safety is advising citizens of a text scam taking place. Senior citizens seem to be the primary targets. The swindlers send a text pretending to be myTDOT asking for your d ...

“SHARK” SEEN IN THE SKY OVER CUMBERLAND COUNTY
If you looked up into the sky this morning in parts of Cumberland and Roane County and saw a shark…you were right! It in fact was a blimp made to look like the oceanic predator to promote “Shark Week ...

BARBARA ANN BERGHAUSER, AGE 80
Funeral service for Barbara Berghauser, age 80, of Fairfield Glade, will be held Tuesday July 27, 2021, at 7 p.m. central at Bilbrey Funeral Home in Crossville. Visitation will be held prior to the se ...

FRANK YOST, AGE 101
Frank Yost, age 101, of Harriman, formally of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, passed away July 13, 2021. Frank serviced in the U.S. Army. He loved carpentry work and was a photographer for many years. Frank ...

VEHICLE STOLEN IN INDIANA RECOVERED IN CROSSVILLE
A vehicle reported stolen out of state was recovered in Crossville Wednesday. Officers went to Highland Square Shopping Center for a disorderly subject. They encountered 32-year-old Shad Alan Hammond ...

WARRANT SIGNED FOR GATES FOR BURGLARY
Crossville police responded to a store early this morning on the corner of West Avenue and Elmore Road for a theft. A female told officers she parked her truck and went into the establishment. She cam ...

FEDERAL DETENTION HEARING TO CONTINUE FOR MIKE HARVEL, FULL INDICTMENTS IN STORY
A federal detention hearing lasted for 4 hours yesterday and will resume at 2 p.m. today (July 22, 2021) for former Cumberland County Solid Waste Director Mike Harvel. The purpose of the hearing is t ...

FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO HOME BLAZE ON UNAKA STREET
Harriman firefighters responded yesterday to 905 Unaka Street for a residential structure blaze They received mutual aid from Rockwood to battle the flames. It reportedly started in the basement and w ...

ZONING BOARD DENIES PROPOSED ROANE COUNTY DRUG REHAB FACILITY
The Roane County Board of Zoning denied a request last night from Jeffrey Caudill to reclassify property on Old Johnston Valley Road where the old Cedar Grove Baptist Church is located. He wanted to p ...

GEORGIA SPA SHOOTING SUSPECT REPORTEDLY NEARS PLEA DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS
Prosecutors are apparently close to a plea deal with a suspect accused of gunning down eight people during a shooting spree at three Georgia spas. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said she ...