
STORMY START TO THE WEEKEND, THEN SUN RETURNS
Strong chance of thunderstorms Friday through Saturday; drier skies and warming temps by Sunday into next week. Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm af ...

STEPP NO LONGER SCHOOL DIRECTOR; FARLEY TAKES OVER AS INTERIM DIRECTOR
As of tonight's Cumberland County School Board meeting, William Stepp is no longer the Director of Schools for Cumberland County, as a mutual agreement between him and the school board was voted upon ...

MAN KILLED IN ANDERSON COUNTY MOTORCYCLE CRASH
Anderson County, TN – April 24, 2025 A man was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash Saturday evening in Anderson County, according to a preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol. T ...

Ellen Marietta Hamby, 89
Ellen Marietta Hamby, age 89, of Rockwood, Tennessee passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at Spring City Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on February 11, 1935, in Hebbertsburg, Tennessee. ...

Timothy Wade Adams, 56
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Timothy Wade Adams from COPD on April 22, 2025. Timothy was born on May 2, 1968, in Crossville, TN to Jonah & Betty Adams. Timothy was a talented maso ...

Robert Edwin (Ed) Smylie, 95
Robert Edwin (Ed) Smylie was born to Robert and Leona Smylie on a snowy Christmas Day December 25, 1929 at his grandfather’s farm in Lincoln County, Mississippi. He spent his early years in Mississipp ...

POSSIBLE LANE CLOSURES ON HIGHWAY 70 IN ROANE COUNTY
From the Roane County (TN) Office of Emergency Services & Homeland Security: TDOT Update: ROANE COUNTY, US 70/ SR 1 between SR 326 and Loudon County Line: Motoris ...

CROSSVILLE WOMAN ENCOUNTERS DATING APP SCAM
On April 17, 2025, Officer Matthew Charlock responded to a report at the Cumberland County Justice Center. The complainant met a man, approximately 50-60 years old, using the screen name Mark Walker o ...

$1,500 MOUNTAIN BIKE STOLEN FROM A1 STORAGE
On April 21, 2025, Officer Jackie Grant received a call from a woman regarding her storage unit at A1 Storage on Hwy 70 East. Maintenance reported the unit's lock was cut. She said she last visited ...

TDCI WARNS OF SOPHISTICATED EDUCATION INVESTMENT SCAM
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Securities Division is warning Tennesseans about a new, sophisticated investment scam involving fake “investment education fou ...

BICYCLIST HIT BY MOTORIST ON ELMORE ROAD
Yesterday, a 2019 Ford EcoSport driven by Gracie Lou Harville was traveling west on Elmore Road in Crossville. Bicyclist Ricky Lyle Brown exited a parking lot to cross the road and was struck by Harvi ...

MOCK D.U.I. SCENE TO BE HELD AT STONE MEMORIAL TOMORROW
A Mock DUI Crash scene will be held on Friday April 25th from approximately 10:30-11:20 am at Stone Memorial High School. The program, sponsored by the TAD Center, allows junior and senior SMHS stud ...