
SCHOOL CLOSINGS/DELAYS FOR TUESDAY, JAN. 9, 2024
(Last updated 5:45 a.m. Tuesday, January 9, 2024) The following school systems are CLOSED for Tuesday, January 9, 2024, because of high winds and bad weather conditions: Athens City Schools Bledsoe ...

INJURIES AND A FATALITY REPORTED IN MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN CROSSVILLE
Crossville police and medics responded today to a multi-vehicle accident at the intersection of Lantana Road and Miller Bypass. Just before noon, a Peterbilt dump truck and a Ford F450 box truck were ...

IDENTITY RELEASED OF CHILD WHO DIED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY FATAL FIRE
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office today released the name of the child who died in a house fire late yesterday. Deputies, firefighters, and TBI agents responded to a structure fire at 2074 Fall ...

VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT INTERSECTION OF LANTANA ROAD AND MILLER BYPASS IN CROSSVILLE
(Developing story as of 11:40 a.m. Monday, January 8, 2024) - There is a multi-vehicle accident at the corner of Lantana Road and Miller Bypass in Crossville. Several injuries are reported. The inte ...

DOROTHY MAE CHAMBERS, AGE 80
Dorothy Mae Chambers, age 80, was born on November 29, 1943, to Carl and Lila Thompson in Rockwood and passed away on January 6, 2024, in Rockwood. She is survived by her children: Mark (Cynthia) Web ...

STEVEN WAYNE McGRAW, AGE 70
Steven Wayne McGraw, age 70, of Crossville, passed from this life on January 4, 2024. He was born February 11, 1953, in Washington D.C. to the late Joseph B. II and Bobbie Standefer McGraw. He was al ...

STORM COULD CAUSE POSSIBLE LOCAL AND AREA POWER OUTAGES
A powerful storm system approaching the Cumberland Plateau later today and continuing tomorrow could cause scattered power outages. A wind advisory will go into effect at 6 p.m. central this evening ...

NUDE MAN ARRESTED AFTER ‘CANNONBALL’ PLUNGE INTO AQUARIUM AT BASS PRO SHOP
A man crashed his car outside a Bass Pro Shop in Leeds, Alabama, stripped, and plunged into a giant aquarium inside the store. The incident happened in front of shocked shoppers in the town just outs ...

FIVE TEENAGERS INJURED AFTER VEHICLE LANDS ON HOUSE AFTER STRIKING UTILITY POLE
Law enforcement says five teenagers were injured after a vehicle they were in crashed into a house in Pulaski, Tennessee. The report states the driver was going at a high speed and lost control of th ...

LINDA SUE HINCH, AGE 64
Linda Sue Hinch, age 64, of Crossville, passed away at her home on January 5, 2024. She was born on July 27, 1959, in Crossville, the daughter of the late Wiley Franklin Smith Sr. and Lois Jean (Gird ...

BETTY JO MILES WRIGHT, AGE 87
Betty Jo Miles Wright, age 87, of Harriman, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2024. She was a member of Trenton Street Baptist Church and served in the daycare for many years. Betty loved spending time ...

HOKE SCOTT CULBERTSON, AGE 103
Hoke Scott Culbertson, age 103, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2024. Hoke was born on March 30, 1920, in Surgoinsville, Tennessee. Hoke proudly served in the United States Navy. WW2 Naval Service: S ...