
CRECIA CLOUSE SHARES PRIZE-WINNING ESSAY WITH CUMBERLAND COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN GROUP
The Cumberland County Republican Women hosted Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton as a guest speaker for their January kickoff meeting. Attendees engaged in a question and answer session with the C ...

FORMER WHITE COUNTY TEACHER INDICTED FOR CHILD RAPE
District Attorney General Bryant C. Dunaway says former White County Middle School teacher Austin Damon Allen has been indicted for child sex crimes. A White County Grand Jury yesterday found probabl ...

VEC IDENTIFIES ISSUES WITH DELIVERY OF BILLS BY WAY OF THE POST OFFICE
Volunteer Energy Cooperative (VEC) says it has identified an issue with the delivery of postal service to the VEC Corporate Office which may impact the processing of your monthly electric payment. So ...

LAWMAKER IN TENNESSEE PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR CONVICTED CHILD RAPISTS
Tennessee House Majority Leader William Lamberth has proposed legislation that would make convicted child rapists eligible for the death penalty. House Bill 1663 proposes changing the existing senten ...

CAR FIRE ON NORTHSIDE DRIVE IN CROSSVILLE
Firefighters in Cumberland County responded this morning to a vehicle fire on Northside Drive west of Highway 70 North. No injuries were reported in the incident. The cause of the fire was not initi ...

RICHARD ARTHUR KEARLEY, AGE 77
A memorial visitation for Richard Arthur Kearley, age 77, of Crossville, will be held at Bilbrey Funeral Home on Saturday, January 13, 2024, from 2 until 4 p.m. Survivors include son: Richard Allen K ...

BETTY JANE KIRKLAND, AGE 89
Betty Jane Kirkland, age 89, of Rockwood, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, January 8, 2024. She was born on August 21, 1934, in Rockwood. She was a charter member of the North Rockwood Baptist ...

EULA HOUSTON, AGE 94
Eula Houston, age 94, of Rockwood, went to be with Jesus on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at her home with her family by her side. She was born December 30, 1929, in Wyandotte, Michigan. Mrs. Houston was ...

JOYCE VIRGINIA YOUNG, AGE 89
Joyce Virginia Young, age 89, of Kingston, passed away Monday, January 8, 2024, at her home. She was born May 27, 1934 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Joyce was a member of New Midway Baptist Church. ...

SHAWN MICHAEL FANT, AGE 48
Shawn Michael Fant, of Crossville, born September 11, 1975, passed away peacefully & unexpectedly in his sleep. Shawn was born and grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was raised by his loving m ...

CHARLES “BUSTER” CRABBE, AGE 90
Charles “Buster” Crabbe, age 90, was born on March 2, 1933, to Charles and Stella Crabbe in Taylor, Michigan, and passed away on January 1, 2024, at his home in Crossville from natural causes. He was ...

FOUR INJURED IN VEHICLE CRASH ON CAMELIA ROAD IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says four individuals were hurt in a recent single-vehicle crash. The report released yesterday states a 2012 Ford Fusion driven by 19-year-old Parker Grey Cox ...