FAMOUS TREEHOUSE IN CROSSVILLE WILL NOT BE TORN DOWN
WBIR in Knoxville is reporting the new owner of the property where a famous treehouse was built in Crossville many years ago says the treehouse will remain standing. Last Tuesday night, the Crossvill ...
SEVERAL COUNTIES AND TOWNS IN LISTENING AREA TO RECEIVE GRANTS
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee approved over $26.7 million in Community Development Block Grants, which assist communities with improvements. In the listening area, Cumberland County will receive nearly ...
TROOPER ARREST IMPAIRED DRUG TAFFICKER FOR 4TH DUI IN UNICOI CO.
Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Ryan Fletcher stopped to conduct a motorist assist on a vehicle that had pulled over just off I-26 in Unicoi County. Trooper Fletcher noticed the driver was passed out ...
DEAD BODY FOUND IN VEHICLE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department is investigation the circumstances of the death of a man. Officers were called to the 1800 block of Rock Quarry Road for a suspicious vehicle with a person s ...
CUMBERLAND CO. GRAND JURY CHARGES CHAMBERS WITH CHILD SEX CRIME
A man has been indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury on a child sex crime. The indictment states 60-year-old Mark George Chambers stands accused of sexual exploitation of a minor. The charge stem ...
WOMAN ESCAPES INJURY IN OVERTON COUNTY VEHICLE ACCIDENT
A Putnam County woman escaped injury in a single vehicle accident in Overton County this morning. Trooper William Looper says a 2003 Ford Taurus driven by 21-year-old Kaitlyn Miller of Cookeville was ...
BYRDSTOWN TO GET $525,000 GRANT FOR WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS
State Senator Ken Yager and Representative Kelly Keisling announced today that the City of Byrdstown in Pickett County will receive $525,000 through a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). The la ...
LOCAL AND AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 11, 2019
Rockwood (2-5) @ Cumberland County (0-6) Harriman (1-6) @ Midway (4-2) Oliver Springs (4-2) @ Sunbright (3-3) Scott County (3-4) @ Kingston (4-2) Wartburg (2-4) @ Jellico (3-3) Greenback (4-2) @ ...
ALVIN J. SMITH. AGE 85
Alvin J. Smith, age 85, a resident of the Pine Orchard Community of Oakdale, passed away October 9, 2019. He was a former Corrections Officer at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Morgan County. Su ...
DAVID “LARRY” EAVES, AGE 72
David “Larry” Eaves, age 72, passed in peace October 4, 2019. He is preceded in death by parents Dennis JR Eaves and Regina Hill Eaves; sister, Karen Eaves Ware. He is survived by wife of 50 years, D ...
INVASIVE SNAKEHEAD FISH DISCOVERED IN GEORGIA
An invasive fish species has been spotted in Georgia and wildlife officials want anyone who encounters it to "immediately" kill the animal, which can survive on both land and in water. The northern s ...
NEW CANCER VACCINE SHOWS PROMISE
A vaccine undergoing testing at the Mayo Clinic has reportedly removed cancer cells in a breast cancer patient. Florida resident Lee Mercker became the first patient to participate in a clinical tria ...
