
Saturday’s 5 Day Forecast
Clouds will increase Saturday afternoon, but it will stay dry. A wet weather pattern next week. Saturday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 52. Saturday Night: A chance of sprinkles before midnigh ...

Nancy E. “Polly” Hamby, age 87
Mrs. Nancy E. “Polly” Hamby, age 87, a resident of Rockwood, Tennessee passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at her home. She was born July 20, 1935, in Rockwood, Tennessee. Mrs. Hamby was a member ...

Doris Elizabeth (Jones) Rohr, 70
Mrs. Doris Elizabeth (Jones) Rohr, of Burkesville, Kentucky passed away Sunday, January 22, 2023, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky having attained the age of 70 year ...

Bobbie Lewis Pepper, 75
Mr. Bobbie Lewis Pepper, of Burkesville, Kentucky passed away Sunday, January 22, 2023, at his residence in Cumberland County, Kentucky having attained the age of 75 years, 10 months & 19 days. He ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY ROADWAY ACTIVITY FOR JAN. 26-FEB. 1
CUMBERLAND COUNTY (HWY 127) bridge construction and paving from north of I-40 to near Potato Farm Road: The contractor continues grading activities throughout the project limits. Temporary lane closur ...

CUMBERLAND/PUTNAM COUNTY: ROLLING ROADBLOCK ON SUNDAY 1/29
According to the TDOT website, the Tennessee Highway Patrol will be assisting in a rolling roadblock along I-40 between Exit 311 (Plateau Road) westbound and Exit 290 (HWY 70-Putnam County) eastbound. ...

MAN CONFRONTED BY DEPUTY WHEN FOUND PASSED OUT AT STOP SIGN
On Sunday, a Cumberland County deputy was dispatched to a suspicious vehicle stopped at a stop sign on Lawson and Rye Wood Road that had been sitting there for about 15 minutes. When the deputy arrive ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY: IS THE THIRD GRADE RETENTION LAW REALLY FAIR?
At the Board of Education meeting held last night in Cumberland County, three women volunteered to speak under Community Comments. Two of the three ladies voiced their opinion about the Third Grade R ...

JAY LENO IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT MONTHS AFTER SUFFERING “SERIOUS BURNS”
Months after Jay Leno suffered "serious burns" in a gasoline fire while working on one of his vehicles, the comedian said he broke several bones in a motorcycle accident. Leno, 72, was "knocked off" ...

PEDESTRIAN STRUCK AND KILLED ON I-75 NORTH
At around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 26, 2023, Knoxville Police Department officers responded to I-75 North, just south of Merchant Drive, where a pedestrian was struck by at least one vehicle. Th ...

ROANE COUNTY CELEBRATES TWO NEW FACILITIES THAT WILL SOON OPEN TO HELP EMERGENCY PERSONNEL
Officials from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Consolidated Nuclear Security celebrated two new facilities yesterday that will soon begin operation at the Y-12 National Securit ...