
DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR CUMBERLAND PLATEAU
The National Weather Service has issued a DENSE FOG ADVISORY for much of the Cumberland Plateau from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m. central Thursday, July 29, 2021. It includes the following counties of Cumberl ...

STORMS THIS WEEKEND
Clear skies tonight with a low near 65. Thursday will be a repeat of today with sunny and high temperatures 90 to 95 degrees across East Tennessee. Friday will bring a 30% chance of a thunderstorm and ...

ZZ TOP BASSIST DUSTY HILL PASSES AWAY AT AGE 72
ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill passed away at his home in Houston today at the age of 72. Hill was born in Dallas in 1949 and played cello in high school, which made for an easy transition to electric bas ...

ALERT ISSUED BY KENTUCKY STATE POLICE FOR WANTED MURDER SUSPECT
Kentucky police are seeking a murder suspect who allegedly cut off his ankle monitor yesterday and drove off with another man in a pickup truck. James W. Gentry Jr., age 46, was awaiting trial in the ...

STUDENTS PREPARING TO RETURN TO SCHOOL
The summer break is about to conclude and students in many areas will return to school next week. In Cumberland County, pupils will attend for a brief session Monday, August 2, 2021. They will dismis ...

RHEA ARRESTED FOR FELONY POSSESSION OF METH
Acting on a tip this week, a Cumberland County deputy went to intercept a Mazda occupied by three individuals to buy narcotics on Short Road. The vehicle was stopped on Cook Road after a piece of pape ...

BREAKING NEWS – PEDESTRIAN HIT BY VEHICLE IN WALMART PARKING LOT
BREAKING NEWS – (11 a.m. central, Wednesday, July 28, 2021) - Crossville police and medics responding before noon today to the parking lot of Walmart after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle. Initial r ...

MCCLURE ARRESTED FOR FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER
Roane County deputies took 52-year-old Charles Anthony McClure of Oliver Springs into custody yesterday. He is charged with failure to register as a sex offender and violation of community supervision ...

LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST ATHENS POLICE OFFICERS
A lawsuit has been filed against the City of Athens and two police officers stemming from the death of a suspect while in route to jail in August 2020. Court documents state Allen Ott was suffering f ...

EARLENE B. GRESHAM, AGE 82
Earlene B. Gresham, age 82, of Rockwood, passed away July 26, 2021. She was born January 10, 1939, in Muddy Pond, Tennessee. She was a member of the Mt. Vernal Baptist Church in Rockwood and was a for ...

DENSE FOG ADVISORY ISSUED FOR CUMBERLAND PLATEAU
The National Weather Service has issued a DENSE FOG ADVISORY for much of the Cumberland Plateau from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m. central Wednesday, July 28, 2021. It includes the following counties of Cumber ...

UPPER CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE VALLEY COVID-19 REPORT – TUESDAY, JULY 27, 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 – 28 remaining active remaining cases (same) out ...