
SATURDAY’S 5-DAY FORECAST
Saturday will become a nicer day, but it will take a while to get there with widespread clouds and areas of fog in the morning. Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. South southwest wind ar ...

I-40 EASTBOUND AT 294 MILE MARKER IN PUTNAM COUNTY TEMPORARILY CLOSED
(as of 4:15 p.m. central, Friday, March 1, 2024) - Interstate 40 Eastbound in Putnam County at mile marker 294 is temporarily closed because of a tractor-trailer accident. Traffic is backed up to the ...

CROSSVILLE CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS HOLIDAY LAKE LOW LEVEL 7 DAYS; PROBLEMS REPORTED AT LAKE
The Crossville City Council met in a special session today to discuss the water level at Holiday Lake. Every three years, the council approves dropping the lake level from November 1 to March 1 so ...

FAYE COLLETT LANGLEY, AGE 87
Faye Collett Langley, age 87, of Harriman, passed peacefully on February 29, 2024, from this life into the loving arms of her Lord to rejoin her parents, beloved grandson Matthew Rose, sons-in-law Chr ...

MILBURN PROFFITT, AGE 81
Milburn Proffitt, age 81 of Rockwood, passed away on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. He was born on January 17, 1943, in Daysville. He was a member and deacon at the Daysville Baptist Church and a 50-ye ...

SOME AMERICANS WILL RECEIVE A SECOND SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK THIS WEEK
Fox News reports some Americans will receive two Social Security payments this week (March 1-7, 2024), a rare occasion that is the result of a quirk in the system. Typically, the Social Security Ad ...

MECHELLE LOUISE PYLES, AGE 54
Mechelle Louise Pyles, age 54, of Crossville, passed away at Cumberland Medical Center on February 14, 2024. Ms. Pyles was born on August 14, 1969, in Michigan, the daughter of the late Victor D. W ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ASKING FOR HELP LOCATING PARKER MORRIS
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is urgently seeking the public's assistance in gathering information related to the disappearance of 32-year-old Parker Morris. Morris was last seen in mid-Oc ...

PRELIMINARY HEARING SET FOR KINGSTON WOMAN CHARGED WITH ABUSE OF INFANT CORPSE
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 12, 2024, for a Kingston woman charged with abusing the corpse of her infant child. Police responded last Saturday to a home on the 900 block of Rosedal ...

TENNESSEE HOUSE PASSES PROPOSAL TO REQUIRE FIREARM SAFETY COURSES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
A proposed bill that would require Tennessee schools to teach firearm safety to students passed the state House of Representatives last night. House Bill 2882 proposes requiring teaching firearm sa ...

CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY RECEIVES JAIL TIME
A convicted sex offender in Cumberland County received jail time in court for two counts of violation of the sex offender registry form. Court officials say 27-year-old Joshua Michael Davis receive ...

TRAVEL ALERT – ACCIDENT REPORTED ON I-40 NEAR KINGSTON IN ROANE COUNTY
(as of 9:20 a.m. Eastern, Friday, March 1, 2024) - There is a vehicle crash on I-40 in Roane County at the 353 westbound mile marker east of Kingston. Use caution in this area.