
CC SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES LIGHTING OVERHAUL PLAN
The Cumberland County School Board recently approved a proposal by Excel Energy Group for an LED lighting upgrade plan that is projected to save the school system $242,878 annually. The new plan is ...

MCCARTY SELECTED FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY
Chris W. McCarty, of the Lewis Thomason law firm in Knoxville, was recently selected by the Cumberland County School Board to serve as the school board attorney. McCarty's qualifications include be ...

TWO CHARGED BY KNOXVILLE PD FOR FORT SANDERS AREA ROBBERIES
Brandon Donathan, 25 of Knoxville, and Sarai Standridge, 24 of Knoxville, have been charged in connection to a spate of robberies or attempted robberies, including three that happened in the Fort Sand ...

FUGITIVE FELONY CHILD ABUSER IN CUSTODY
UPDATE: UPDATE (10/29/2024): #WANTED person Venice Foster turned himself in to police and was booked into the Knox County Jail. Thank you to everyone who shared our post. ORIGINAL STORY: Do y ...

CROSSVILLE MAN ARRESTED WITH STOLEN CHAINSAW AND GENERATOR
On Saturday near the Dunaway Drive area, Deputy Christopher Page served a warrant for Violation of Probation to William Jodie-Dean McCullough. After making contact and placing McCullough into custody, ...

ROAD WORK ON WESTBOUND I-40 NEAR KINGSTON CAUSES CONGESTION
Scheduled Road Work on Westbound I-40 at 351 near Kingston has seen the right lane and shoulder blocked. This has resulted in congestion all the way up to and possibly past mile marker 354. Those head ...

NEW STEAKHOUSE COMING TO CROSSVILLE
A New Steakhouse is set to open March next year on 31 Confederate Rd, near Peavine. The new establishment, named Sandbaggers Steakhouse and Lounge, is set to be opened by local realtor and owner of Th ...

ROADWAY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY (OCTOBER 24-30)
Pulled from TDOT's Roadway Activity Report for the Lower East and Upper Cumberland (October 24-30): CUMBERLAND COUNTY SR-28 (US-127) bridge construction and paving from north of I-40 (LM 17.8) to n ...

PORTION OF EAST SECOND ST. CLOSED TODAY
The City of Crossville Utility Maintenance Department is installing a water service line on East Second St. today. The road will be closed from Webb Avenue to East St. on E. Second St. until the work ...

FIGHT AT APARTMENT ENDS WITH MAN GETTING HAND CUT OFF
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A fight at the Nob Hill Apartment Complex on Saturday afternoon ended in one person being stabbed and two cars totaled. One witness explained to us his version of the story. ...

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES STAY BELOW 5% IN NEARLY ALL COUNTIES
NASHVILLE – Ninety-one of Tennessee’s 95 counties reported unemployment rates below 5% in September even as most counties saw an uptick in their rates over the previous month, according to data from t ...