
CUMBERLAND COUNTY EVENING NEWS
Once again today with the dry weather there have been several brush fires reported in Cumberland County with fire units called to empty nest Lane and ozone Road. No rain is expected until at least Fri ...

BLOUNT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BIDS FAREWELL TO BELOVED ‘ELVIS’ EMPLOYEE
For the past decade, Tom Cunningham of Seymour had performed as Elvis and prayed with patients while working at local hospitals. For the past week, countless people prayed for him and his wife, Stepha ...

TBI HUNTING FOR ARMED AND DANGEROUS MOST WANTED SUSPECT
Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are on the lookout for a suspect from the Most Wanted list out of Carter County. According to a Tweet from the bureau, Elijah Taylor is wanted by ...

TN DEPT OF HEALTH STATEMENT ON NEW COVID-19 VARIANT, OMICRON
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PRESS RELEASE: OMICRON VARIANT We are monitoring the situation closely. Dr. Piercey has been briefed by both the CDC and White House within the last 48 hours. There ar ...

ROANE CO KICKS OFF A SERIES OF CHRISTMAS PARADES
Bands, floats, kids, cars, emergency vehicles and of course Jolly Ole Saint Nick were all part of Roane Counties first Christmas Parade for the season in Kingston last night . Over 100 entries lined t ...

PLANS FOR COMMUNITY OF TINY HOMES IN PIKEVILLE CONCERNS NEIGHBORS
(From WRCB-TV Chattanooga) A new property owner's plans for a community of tiny homes is stirring up talk among Pikeville neighbors. "They came in here like they owned the place," Pikeville res ...

Joel “Chase” Colton, 24
Funeral Services for Joel “Chase” Colton, age 24, who passed away on November 26, 2021, will be held on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at 1:00 PM at the Chapel at Bilbrey Funeral Home. The family will r ...

HUNDREDS OF FEDEX PACKAGES FOUND DUMPED IN ALABAMA WOODS
BLOUNT Co., Ala. (WIAT) – A FedEx driver has been identified and questioned in the mysterious appearance of hundreds of packages in a wooded area in Alabama last week, the Blount County Sheriff’s Offi ...

WOODS FIRES INCREASE
We just had the third driest November on record dating back to the 1950s with less than two inches of rain for the month when the normal would be 5 or 6 inches. We are starting to see Woods and brush ...

Thomas Joe Gibson, Jr., 61
Thomas Joe Gibson, Jr., was born in Texas on February 12, 1960 and passed away on November 24, 2021 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his parents Thomas Gibson and Ga ...

Marjorie Irene Day, 97
Funeral Services for Marjorie Irene Day, age 97, of Crab Orchard, TN who passed away on November 27, 2021 will be held on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 7:00 PM at the Crab Orchard Christian Church. F ...

Jack Pelfrey, 101
Funeral Services for Jack Pelfrey, age 101, of Crossville, TN, who passed away on November 27, 2021, at his home will be held on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 10:00 AM at the Chapel at Bilbrey Funeral ...